Confirmed: Facebook Caves, Changes Coming to Beacon

Friday, November 30th, 2007

It looks like Facebook has listened to the outcry from users and privacy groups about Beacon. Nick O’Neill has received word from the company that they will be making updates that will make user’s much more aware of information that could be published to their feeds based on actions ...

3G iPhone Coming Next Year

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Actually, when you think about it, while it technically is news, it brings nothing new to the table. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson declared at a California meeting that the 3G iPhone is coming next year, but he didn’t provide any specifics or a more precise time ...

Net Neutrality Coming to Congress

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

When he’s not playing a stunt double for John Tesh, US House Rep. Edward Markey enjoys drafting Network Neutrality legislation, and he’s at it again (that is, legislating, not stunt doubling). He’s readying a new version of his Network Neutrality Act, which was twice defeated last year. The bill ...

MySpace News Feeds, Coming to a Profile Near You

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Newsfeeds. Everybody’s got them, and MySpace wants them too. You’ll find them added to your account in the next month or so, alerting you to all of your friends’ activities. This isn’t the only time MySpace has moved to better emulate Facebook, which seems to have ...

WGA Strike Coming to a Head Tomorrow

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Tomorrow marks another chapter in the ongoing war between the Writers Guild of America’s union, and the higher ups at the studios. A meeting for the two parties is scheduled for Monday at 10 AM, but Guild members will still be picketing, sending the strike into its fourth week. ...

Is The Listener License Coming?

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

One of the folks I’ve had the good fortune of being loosely associated with over the years, thanks to my work with Art Lindsey, is RantMedia’s Sean Kennedy. Sean is an intensely creative individual, as well as the focal point of a fair deal of controversy. This comes ...

Facebook’s Chinese Ambitions Coming into Focus

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

We noticed that Facebook’s new-found capitalization was burning a hole in their pocket already, as they prepared to drop about 40% of it on a new purchase in China two weeks ago. Today, word comes from the East that while Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may be personally acquainted with ...