Morandini -- Apéro Facebook à Nantes: Le jeune homme de 21 est mort
L'homme de 21 ans tombé accidentellement d'un pont en sortant de l'apéro géant de Nantes est décédé en fin de matinée jeudi, a-t-on appris de so...
TechRadar -- HTC Desire finally available on O2
O2 has announced that it has put the HTC Smart and HTC Desire on sale for its customers - the last network to do so.
You can pick up both the phones on the network either online or in store, ranging from free to £99 depending on your contract.
O2 is the last network to release the HTC Desire onto its shelves, after it said it was putting the device through extensive testing, causing a delay from the initial announcement.
Last - and least?
However, Vodafone, Orange, 3, Virgin Media and T-Mobile have already beaten the bubbly network to the punch so far, so it will be interesting to see how many have waited for O2 to pick up the Desire.
The HTC Smart, which is exclusive to the network, is also on sale now, with a similar Sense UI interface but much cheaper contract, with all phones available free.
The Smart is coming in white too - if you're into colour variations and all that - so check out O2's site to see what's happening HTC-style.
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TechRadar -- Exclusive: Skype clarifies position on Windows Phone 7
A Skype VP in the Asia Pacific region set tongues a-wagging earlier this week when he stated that the leading internet telephony company was NOT developing software for Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 mobile platform.
The news came as something of a shock to many, particularly those who rely on Skype as their primary VoIP and instant messaging tool on their mobiles.
Skype VP Dan Neary, the company's Vice President for the Asia Pacific region, clearly stated at an event this week that Skype "not developing software for the new Windows Mobile software due later this year."
Rigorously exploring opportunities
TechRadar was quick to seek some clarification from Skype, with a rep just send ing us the following statement:
"In February, we withdrew our Skype Lite and Skype for Windows Phones apps because they didn't offer the experience our customers had come to expect.
"We explore rigorously opportunities presented by new mobile platforms, and Windows Mobile 7 is no exception. However, we don't discuss future platform developments, and have no further information to offer at this time."
So there we go. A non-committal statement from Skype about its plans for Windows Phone 7.
Microsoft is clearly hoping that Skype's 'rigorous exploration' of opportunities to develop its software for Windows 7 will leads to an official confirmation that Skype IS planning to bring its software to Windows Phone 7 later this year.
As ever, we'll bring you more updates as and when we hear more.
In the meantime, you can see the last update on the Skype blog post explaining the changes back in February relating to Windows current mobile platforms a t blogs.skype.com/en/2010/02/changes_to_our_mobile_lineup.html.
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Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Thaïlande: un général pro-rouge blessé par des tirs à Bangkok
Un militaire thaïlandais qui a choisi le camp des chemises rouges antigouvernementales a été victime de tirs jeudi soir à Bangkok.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/76/20100513/twl-thalande-un-gnral-pro-rouge-bless-pa-1a8f422.html
TechRadar -- In Depth: Android 2.2: everything you need to know
The next version of Android ? codenamed Froyo ? is just around the corner. Google has been tight-lipped about what the new release will offer, but here's what we know so far.
This page will be constantly updated as new information comes to light.
Android 2.2 will be faster ? a lot faster
That's 450% faster than Android 2.1 on a Nexus One, according to Android Police, who benchmarked a Nexus One running Android 2.1 at 6.5-7 MFLOPS and their Froyo Nexus One at 37.6 MFLOPS.
Admittedly, this is only for non-native applications so it won't make the general day to day actions that much faster (although you will see a speed increase as the CPU isn't taxed as strongly in the background). Still, more speed = good, in our book.
Android 2.2 Froyo turns your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot
Froyo will let you broadcast your 3G signal to any device you like (including an iPad). The new update will also support tethering ? although in the UK the HTC Legend and Desire have had this feature for a while.
HTC has been throwing this feature around for a while, too, with its Windows Mobile range, like the HTC HD2 and the HTC HD Mini - so it will have the know-how already to (hopefully) integrate it with the Android range, too.
Android 2.2 will support Flash as standard
Google's next update to its Android platform will feature integrated Flash support ? that was confirmed by VP of Engineering at Google Andy Rubin. Android Police has taken a video of a Nexus One running Flash 10.1.
Android 2.2 will feature automatic background app updates
Android phone owners tired of having to manually update their apps will be pleased to learn that Froyo will let users set their phone to automatically upgrade applications in the background.
But don't worry about it hitting your privacy or acting as a Trojan horse for viruses - it's likely you'll have control over which apps will update and whether you want to do it automatically.
Android 2.2 will let you install apps to memory card
It's one of the entries in our wishlist for what we want to see in the next version of Android, and now it looks as though it's going to happen. An entry from an Android developer on the Google Code site states that this feature is "coming soon". Soon ? like the end of May?
What this means is more memory-hungry applications, like those on the iPhone, which means a better experience than the casual and functional offerings currently available.
Admittedly, we don't like the thought of having to pay for more applications on the Google app Market, but if it increases the quality of what's on offer, we're all for it.
Android 2.2 release date
While Google hasn't given an official release date for Android 2.2, that's likely to be announced at Google's I/O developer conference on May 19-20.
However, it could take a while to deploy to all phones - especially if HTC needs a little while to work Froyo into its Sense UI as well for the HTC Desire and Legend.
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TechCrunch -- OneSocialWeb: We?re Ahead Of Diaspora In The Creation Of An ?Open Facebook?
For all the attention the Diaspora project has been getting, largely thanks to the New York Times, another alternative called OneSocialWeb has been desperately trying to raise even just a couple of eyebrows. Which is frustrating to them, they say, because the goals of both projects are perfectly aligned, while OneSocialWeb is self-reportedly much further ahead of Diaspora in many ways. So what gives?
Slashdot -- Google To Answer Your Questions Directly
RabbitWho writes "Last week Google launched a redesign of its search results page, and is now introducing some changes to the content of its results too. The company says it will directly answer 'millions of different fact-seeking searches' with short answers at the top of its results. Search for 'Catherine Zeta-Jones date of birth', for instance, and the date shows up at the top, along with where Google is pulling the information from. Google says the feature is based on Google Squared, the experimental search tool it rolled out a year ago that gathers facts from the around the web and presents them in an organized way. "
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/G1_gAjFpBZ0/Google-To-Answer-Your-Questions-Directly
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Russie : au moins huit morts dans une attaque au Daguestan
Selon des sources officielles, huit ouvriers ont été tués, jeudi 13 mai, dans une attaque au Daguestan, une république du Caucase russe minée par une rébellion.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/64/20100513/twl-russie-au-moins-huit-morts-dans-une-acb1c83.html
Journal du Geek -- Un logo Google avec 884 photos
C'est l'équipe de Google UK qui vient de réaliser ce logo géant de Google avec 884 photos (4×6) imprimées. Il leur aura fallu 5,5h mais une vidéo de 1,20min résume cela dans la suite du billet. Lire la suite..
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BlogoScoped -- Google's "Something Different" Shows Other Items of a Group in Results
Age-old Google Sets is one of my favorite Google Labs release. You enter two or so related terms and it will find many more terms from that group it derives. It's similar to the later released Google Squared program. Now, Google offers a search feature in the left-hand side bar titled "Something Different", and it's sort of like Google Sets has made it to the SERPs. Entering zebra in google.com, for instance, returns "giraffe", "hippo", "elephant" and more. Sear ...
TechRadar -- Hollywood set to pull the plug on The Pirate Bay
Hollywood looks like it is close to scalping one of its biggest piracy threats in recent years ? The Pirate Bay.
The MPA, which consists of Disney, Paramount, Sony, Twentieth Century Fox, Universal and Warner, has managed to obtain a preliminary injunction against ISP CB3ROB, which hosts the data for The Pirate Bay.
If the injunction is successful, then Hollywood have essentially cut the Pirate Bay off from its source.
The Pirate Bay's host, CB3ROB, is based in a place called CyberBunker in Germany ? which is a Cold War era government command bunker ? and this is where the injunction has been sanctioned.
The writ means that CB3ROB is no longer allowed to connect The Pirate Bay's servers to the web.
Copyright fines
If CB3ROB d on't comply, it may well face hefty fines. This is because the MPA has managed to get the courts to say that it is liable for copyright infringement, for hosting links to torrents for the following movies: The Bounty Hunter, Alice in Wonderland, Our Family Wedding, Green Zone, Repo Men and Cop Out.
Torrent Freak, who initially reported on the MPA's plans, has contacted CB3ROB who explained: "We have no information about this. No letters have reached us or our attorneys."
All this in the same week that LimeWire is fined for hosting copyrighted content. It seems that web pirates are currently finding themselves all at sea.
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Slashdot -- Apple vs. Nokia vs. Google vs. HTC
Lanxon writes "Wired has published a lengthy investigation into the litigation underway among some of the world's biggest cell phone manufacturers, and what it means for the industry of patent lawsuits and patent squatting. 'According to a 2009 report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, from 1995 to 2008 non-practising entities [patent trolls] have been awarded damages that are, on average, more than double those for practising entities. Consider Research In Motion's 2006 payout of over $612 million to Virginia-based patent-holding company NTP, to avoid its BlackBerry network being shut down in the US. As part of the settlement, NTP granted RIM a licence to use its patented technology; it has subsequently filed lawsuits against AT&T, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, and Verizon.'"
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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BlogoScoped -- Verizon + Google Tablet?
Bloomberg writes: Google Inc. is in talks with Verizon Wireless to develop a tablet computer that would compete with Apple Inc.'s hit iPad. The tablet will run on Google's Android operating system, Marquett Smith, a spokesman for Verizon, said today in a phone interview. He declined to elaborate and said the carrier will release more details later this week. The device would accelerate the rivalry between Apple and Google, which already compete in wireless software and mobile advertising. Apple released the iPad in the U.S. on April 3 and sold a million of them in 28 days. Mountain View, California- based Google has worked to move beyond its core business of Internet search and into mobile services. ...
Morandini -- Le cofondateur de Twitter lance un paiement par téléphone
L'un des cofondateurs du site de microblogs Twitter, Jack Dorsey, a lancé mardi, avec sa société Square, un système permettant d'encaisser des paiem...
Le Post -- Votre avatar Twitter, c'est de l'art...
Un artiste veut reprendre les images des utilisateurs du site web pour en faire une oeuvre d'art.
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http://www.lepost.fr/article/2010/05/13/2072083_twitter-devient-de-l-art.html#xtor=RSS-30
TechRadar -- Android 2.2 Froyo turns your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot
Google's next edition of Android just got that much cooler as it seems Froyo will be packing some serious connectivity options.
Among the best is the fact Android 2.2/Froyo will let you turn your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot, broadcasting your 3G signal out to any device you like (including an iPad), according to TechCrunch.
This is a feature HTC has been using on its WinMo phones of late (namely the HTC HD2 and the HTC HD Mini) and is a pretty cool feature when you can't be bothered to tie your phone to your PC.
T stands for tethering
However the new update will support tethering too, so we'd imagine any operator offering Android phones will be clamping d own on their data tariffs sharpish (hang on...Vodafone?)
This latter part isn't as cool, as over in the UK the HTC Legend and Desire have had this feature for a while - but for the wider Android community it's better news.
And even better news for Android fans is that it seems the Android 2.2/Froyo release date is coming - Google has unveiled a frozen yoghurt statue on the front lawn of its US HQ.
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TechCrunch -- How Facebook And Twitter Are Changing Business Models, Shaping Brand Identity [Video]
Now that many corporations have mastered the tricky art of signing up for a Twitter or Facebook account, the next step is leveraging social media tools in a meaningful way that impacts your brand and your bottom line. While some have found varying degrees of success, the vast majority could use a crash course stat. That deficiency has given rise to conferences like Smash Summit, held on Wednesday at the InterContinental Hotel in San Francisco, where representatives of Twitter, Facebook, Salesforce, Google and others offered social media tactics for businesses (Techcrunch was a media partner). During the conference, I caught up with executives from Virgin America, Comcast and Cisco to discuss their strategy and outlook. Major takeaways: social media has led to fundamental shifts in corporate structure/ brand identity, business objectives are more important than the platform, and Facebook can be a blessing (and a real pain). 
TechCrunch -- Buzznet Channels Facebook And Twitter; Adds News Feeds And The Ability To Follow
Buzznet, a social network based around people's interests (i.e. music, art, fashion, photography, movies, television, celebrities), is relaunching today with a more social layer on the platform. Buzznet, which is a property of pop culture media conglomerate BuzzMedia, allows users to share, curate and socialize content based on their personal interests. On the site now, users will be able create a custom content feed when they follow other users or follow communities around topics that appear on other contributors? blogs. The ability to follow a user means tapping into their own content and sharing channel on Buzznet. Users will then see updates in a news feeds from the people they follow on their homepage and in the footer that follows them around the site. Users with the most followers will be trending under ?most followed? on the Buzznet homepage.
TechRadar -- Skype will not be available on Windows Phone 7
Leading VoIP provider Skype is not planning on developing its internet telephony software for Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Phone 7 platform, according to the company's Vice President.
Skype VP Dan Neary, the company's Vice President for the Asia Pacific region, has said this week that it's "not developing software for the new Windows Mobile software due later this year."
No VoIP love for Win Phone 7?
The Skype man has not elucidated on why this decision has been made. But it is quite a blow for Microsoft, with Skype providing its VoIP app to most other smartphone platforms.
Instead, Neary stressed that Skype was developing new offerings for the iPhone, iPad and Android based phones.
If Skype doesn't appear on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 then it is a major competitive disadvantage.
However, this is not to say things might change in the future, as this is not an 'official' announcement that Skype is not going to support Microsoft's new mobile platform ? more that is doesn't have any current plans to do so.
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Gizmodo -- Facebook pourrait être inclus dans l'iPhone OS 4
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/13/facebook-pourrait-etre-inclus-dans-liphone-os-4.html
TechCrunch -- Facebook And Twitter Are On A Collision Course. And We?re In The Middle.
In Jim Sheridan's 2009 film Brothers, Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire play two siblings that are opposites. Maguire's Sam is an Army captain, a straight-laced hard worker, and a family man. Gyllenhaal's Tommy is a fresh-out-of-jail convict, a general screw-up, and someone who doesn't seem to care anyone but himself. But then everything changes (and I'm not giving anything away that isn't in the trailer). Sam goes off the deep-end and becomes the erratic one, while Tommy morphs into the hard-working family man. The only commonality the two share is Natalie Portman's Grace, Sam's wife who Tommy falls in love with. In the tech world, Facebook is Sam, Twitter is Tommy, and Grace is all of us, the Internet users. Facebook and Twitter both want us, and we're watching them morph before our eyes. Convoluted metaphor aside, what I'm trying to say is that Twitter and Facebook are becoming more like one another. I think this obvious fact is getting lost in the latest Facebook privacy debacle. Just imagine if Facebook had been more like Twitter from the start -- which is to say, open (with your data). We wouldn't be having this privacy debate right now. Sure, you could argue that Facebook would never have grown to a network of nearly 500 million users. But Twitter is already at 100 million (and counting) built on top of its public sharing model.
Arrêt sur Images -- Alice Zeniter, la colère et Facebook, d@ns le texte
Article - d@ns le texte, émission :
Ceci est un propos liminaire du producteur, sur les raisons et les circonstances de l'invitation d'alice zeniter : Au début de l'existence du site, on me demandait souvent : "mais pourquoi l'...
Yahoo - En France -- Quand l'apéro Facebook se finit au poste ou à l'hôpital
FETE - A Nantes et à Montpellier, quelques fêtards ont connu une vilaine fin de soirée...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/82/20100513/tfr-quand-l-apro-facebook-se-finit-au-po-4abdc0f.html
TechCrunch -- Exclusive: Google To Add Tethering, Wifi Hotspot To Android 2.2 Froyo
Google added a plastic desert sculpture of a frozen yogurt outside of their Android building today (here's Eclair, the last version), indicating the imminent arrival of the next version of the Android operating system, Android 2.2, AKA Froyo. In addition to full Flash support and a whopper of a speed improvement, we've just confirmed something that's even more stunning. Froyo will have built in USB tethering so you can share your data connection with your laptop, something Apple and AT&T still haven't managed to allow in the U.S. And even better: you can turn your Android phone into a portable wifi hotspot as well. 
Journal du Geek -- La version 2.2. d'Android est TRÈS rapide
Les petits gars du site Android Police se sont amusés à injecter une ROM d'Android 2.2 (aka Froyo) dans un Nexus One, et à comparer du coup les performances affichées par cette version à celles de la version 2.1. Le résultat est sans appel : dans le cas de la réalisation de calculs à la [...]
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Journal du Geek -- Android devant Apple ? Ça reste à voir
Ce n'est pas parce qu'aujourd'hui est un jour férié qu'il faut se laisser aller, et passer outre par exemple ce nouvel exemple de provoc' made in Apple, remettant purement et simplement en question les chiffres diffusés il y a peu par le NPD Group, mettant en exergue le fait qu'il se serait vendu pour la [...]
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Le Post -- Apéro Facebook à Nantes: fin de soirée à l'hosto pour 57 personnes
Au plus fort de la nuit, 9.000 fêtards étaient rassemblés.
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Reuters - Technology News -- Microsoft launches new Office, duels Google online
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp launched an updated version of its Office software on Wednesday, aiming to keep its grip on the hugely profitable business application market while countering the challenge of free online alternatives from Google Inc.
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/-LU3DHbaMU4/idUSTRE64A6JM20100513
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Les recherches suspendues dans la mine de charbon russe
MEZHDURECHENSK, Russie - Les recherches ont été suspendues jeudi dans la mine de charbon de Raspadskaïa (Sibérie) où se sont produites deux explosions le week-end dernier, par crainte d'une nouvelle déflagration.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100513/twl-russie-siberie-mine-explosions-091cf94.html
Ozap -- Aujourd'hui à Cannes : Russell Crowe refait l'Histoire et Tim Burton lance le Festival
En direct de Cannes. Le soleil est revenu. Les dernières pelleteuses s'affairent sur les plages. Et le Président Tim Burton et ses huit jurés ont débarqué sur la Croisette et sont prêts à commencer leur [...]
http://www.ozap.com/actu/festival-cannes-jeudi-13-mai-2010-robin-bois/340354
Hack in the Box -- Turkish student apologises for 'bringing down Twitter' but denies being a hacker
The 17 year-old told The Daily Telegraph that he was â??not proudâ?? of the "chaos" caused by the security glitch that left users, including many celebrities, with no â??followersâ??. But the high school student, from the north Turkish city of Zonguldak, denied he was â??hackerâ??, claiming he only stumbled across problems with the site and tried to pass on to Twitter administrators without success. The bug, which was fixed late on Monday, hit millions worldwide and left users to temporarily lose the list of people who followed them on the social networking site. It also allowed any Twitter user to force another to follow them without permission. Normally, the other person has to initiate such a "following".
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36261
Wired -- Verizon CEO: 'We're Working With Google on a Tablet'
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam says his company is working closely with Google on a tablet computer based on the Android operating system.
Wired -- Pirate Bay Appeal Judges Cleared of Bias
The Pirate Bay saga continues, this time with Sweden's highest court ruling that two appellate judges can preside over the BitTorrent tracker's criminal appeal, despite their affiliations with pro-copyright groups.
Wired -- NYU Students Aim to Invent Facebook (Again). Hallelujah!
Four NYU students are so nostalgic for the early days of Facebook that they have set out to re-invent that wheel -- for the good of mankind.
TechCrunch -- Diaspora, The Open Facebook Alternative, Soars Past $50,000 In Micro-Funding
Whenever a service rises to popularity, an "open" alternative is usually close behind. The problem is that most of these alternatives never go anywhere, let along get close to the service they're trying to supplant. But the rate at which Diaspora*, the open project hoping to be the new Facebook, is gaining funding is getting too big to ignore. The New York Times profiled the NY-based project yesterday, noting that the team of four NYU students gave themselves 39 days to raise $10,000 through the online fundrasing site, Kickstarter. As NYT notes, they shot past that goal in a mere 12 days. As of yesterday afternoon, they were at $23,676 in funding> Today, just one day later, that total stands at an amazing $58,315. And they still have 20 days of fundraising to go.
Mashable -- Twitterrific for iPad Supports Video/Pic Uploads
We've just learned from the good folks at Twitterrific that their iPad app will now include the ability to upload images and videos.
Multimedia support is just one feature that makes Twitterrific stand out among iPad Twitter apps — and one feature that will likely keep Twitterrific in many users' hearts in the event that Twitter releases an official iPad app, as well.
The app already includes features such as filters, retweets, link shortening, email and tweet translation. It also allows users to manage multiple accounts with an upgrade.
New capabilities with version 1.1 include support for picture and video uploading, support for custom upload services and image URLs from Img.ly and Tweetphoto that appear in popovers. Additionally, the app now uses OAuth and includes a default "reply all" feature.
What do you think of these new functions? If you're an iPad owner, what app or apps do you use to access Twitter, and what features do you rely on most?
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Tags: ipad, twitter, twitterrific
Mashable -- The 20 Most Popular Twitter Users, According to the "Accept" Bug
If the "accept" bug we encountered this week taught us anything about Twitter, it showed us who users are most desperate to have follow them back.
As a refresher, yesterday's bug allowed users to tweet, for example, "accept mashable." This would then make the account @mashable automatically follow the user who sent out that tweet. While many users saw that they were suddenly following a few new accounts, certain well-known Twitter users were bombarded with hundreds of new follows.
The new guard of Twitter celebrities as revealed by the bug is pop-culture heavy. Although Bill Gates and Barack Obama made the cut, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber scored much higher for follower-happy users. And celeb blogger Perez Hilton ranked as the fifth most popular Twitter account for the exploiters of the "accept" bug.
But the one queen who ruled them all was Oprah, who garnered the most attention in the form of forced-follows during the bug's short lifespan.
Here's breakdown of the top 20 Twitterati who were force-followed this week:
Another interesting point to note is how many folks ended up exploiting this bug before the folks at Twitter shut it down. Almost 6,000 tweets were sent that forced another person to follow the tweeting user. Many others discussed the bug after the loophole had closed, but those tweets comprised just 28% of "accept" bug-related tweets.
Many thanks to RowFeeder, a nifty tweet-tracking tool, for the data and graphic.
Tags: accept, bug, follow, oprah, twitter
Mashable -- The Next Big Platform for Magazines Could be Facebook
Today, Vanity Fair for the iPad appeared in Apple's App Store. This summer, the title — and many others — may be available directly in your Facebook newsfeed.
Synapse, a subscription marketing agency that works with major magazine publishers like Condé Nast, Hachette Filipacchi and Hearst, is working with with Alvenda, a company that specializes in Facebook shopping applications, to enable publishers to sell subscriptions directly on Facebook Pages and even in users' newsfeeds beginning in July or August.
AdAge reports that the tools will allow users to share articles with friends that can then be expanded into dynamic pop-ups on their newsfeeds, complete with ads and directions to subscribe to the magazine elsewhere on Facebook.
"Consumers don't want to leave where they are on the web, wherever they are," Alix Hart, VP for online marketing at Synapse, told AdAge. "Facebook is a place where we think that over the coming year there are going to be more and more opportunities to present magazine offers in a really relevant way to consumers, as they're starting to share magazine content in a much deeper way than ever before."
Notably, Facebook will not be taking a cut of the revenue generated by subscriptions via the app. What's unclear, however, is how much information Facebook will reveal to the publishers — an issue companies like Condé Nast have had with Apple, who will not reveal the names and addresses of those who purchase iPhone and iPad apps of magazines. It's also currently unknown how Facebook will be incorporated into the digital newsstand publishers announced last December.
Either way, this is a smart marketing move for magazines, and one I suspect will have much more success monetizing digital magazine content than simply developing versions for the iPad. I'm also interested to see how publishers of other types of media, like traditional books and news, will emulate this model.
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Reviews: AdAge, Facebook, Twitter
Tags: e-commerce, facebook, magazines, shopping, subscriptions
Bakchich -- Kerviel contre les méchants
Quel monde odieux que la finance ! Jérôme Kerviel, accusé d'avoir fait perdre la bagatelle de 5 milliards d'euros à la Société générale, début janvier 2008, se fait fort, dans l'ouvrage qu'il publie, de nous instruire sur un monde sans pitié. « Aucun trader ne ménageait sa peine. C'est tout juste si nous nous autorisions une ou deux fois par demi-journée une courte pause-café ou cigarette au pied de la tour. » De l'esclavage moderne ?
Songez que les traders, parfaitement désintéressés, n'ont qu'une obsession (…) - COUPS DE BOULE / Société générale, banques, Coup de gueule, Edition, Jérôme Kerviel, trader, Travail
http://www.bakchich.info/Kerviel-contre-les-mechants,10759.html
TechCrunch -- TechCrunch Disrupt: The Facebook And iPad Panels
We're announcing two more exciting discussion panels at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York on May 24 - 26. Love them or hate them, two of the most interesting companies in the world right now are Apple and Facebook. In fact, the disruption caused by these two companies is an underlying theme of the entire event. First, Fortune Magazine senior editor David Kirkpatrick will join us to talk about his new book, The Facebook Effect (see excerpts here). He'll be interviewed by Founders Fund partner and former Facebook President Sean Parker. There will be lots to talk about with the recent (and developing) privacy uproar and social gaming revolts. Second, New York Times columnist David Carr will be on stage to talk about the disruptive potential of the iPad in media. Carr has been on the Charlie Rose show twice recently to discuss the iPad and is an unabashed fan of the device. Joining him will be Norm Pearlstine, the Chief Content Officer of Bloomberg, and Eric Hippeau, the CEO of Huffington Post.
TechCrunch -- Breaking: Google Loses Senior Product Manager Of Android To Facebook
Surprising industry move of the day (or maybe not): Google's Senior Product Manager, Android, Erick Tseng, has departed the company and will start working at that other game-changing Internet company as of next week: Facebook. The move hasn't been announced yet by either company, but Tseng has confirmed the news unequivocally with the following tweet:
"About to begin a new, exciting chapter in my life. Heading to #Facebook on Monday to help innovate at the intersect of mobile and social"
Gizmodo -- Apple remet en perspective les ventes d'Android
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/12/apple-remet-en-question-les-ventes-dandroid.html
Mashable -- Facebook Wants Betty White to Host EVERYTHING
Not content with the glorious victory that was Betty White hosting Saturday Night Live, the denizens of Facebook have now turned their eyes to still more lofty goals: the Emmys and the Oscars.
As of right now, "Getting Betty White to Host the Academy Awards" is the most popular page, with 53,023 members at the time of posting. Then there's "Betty White to Host the Oscars," with 12,600 members. Both pages appear to be fan labors of love, much like "Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!", and they're already garnering copious amounts of media attention.
And then there's "Betty White Must Host 2010 Emmys!", which was launched by blogger Abe Gurko and has a little more than 2,000 fans. Gurko told us his reasoning for nominating the Golden Girls star: "I think that the Emmy awards shows over the years have been horrible. Bad writing, coupled with bad timing by the hosts. As these award shows have decreased in ratings, who better to put on hosting — or even co-hosting duties with Jimmy Fallon — than Betty. To give the show a much needed boost. Betty IS television."
Just a few days ago, the Los Angeles Times covered this trend, pronouncing in the headline: Hipster Culture is Having a Senior Moment. While I would assert that the affinity for elderly stars etc goes far beyond the "hipster" set, I would agree that older folk — and especially White — are, indeed, becoming what amounts to an Internet meme.
Fans are enjoying the power they have come to wield, even when striving for goals that initially seem rather lofty (like having an older, less culturally relevant star host a major awards show). See also: Can This Onion Ring Get More Fans Than Justin Bieber?
Sure, White does have legit fans who want to see her succeed (Gurko and Co. seem extremely sincere), and, yes, she kicked serious ass on SNL last weekend, but, in the end, getting behind Betty seems like it's becoming a bit of a trend.
It remains to be seen how effective campaigns like this will be as more and more continue to launch.
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Tags: facebook, humor, pop culture, television
Wired -- Pirate Bay Appeal Judges Cleared of Bias
The Pirate Bay saga continues, this time with Sweden's highest court ruling that two appellate judges can preside over the BitTorrent tracker's criminal appeal, despite their affiliations with pro-copyright groups.
Mashable -- Determine Your Facebook Page's Value [APPS]
Social media management company Vitrue has released a free tool today, the Social Page Evaluator, designed to help marketers get a better understanding of a Facebook Page's value.
Just submit a Facebook Page URL and the app will come up with a valuation based on factors like number of fans, number of posts per day, number of interactions and so forth.
It's a cool — if not completely scientific — way to gauge the potential value of your Facebook Page to advertisers. The formula used by the Social Page Evaluator is related to the formula that Vitrue released last month to estimate the relative value of Facebook Fans to big brands.
The tool, which was built over 63 hours in a Startup Weekend-style project, is adjustable and interactive. For instance, the base rate of Earned Media Value (or CPM in more traditional terms) is $5, but this can be adjusted to a higher or lower value depending on the brand in question.
Likewise, there is a "Fan-tasize" section that lets you manipulate other features like number of posts per day, engagement level and Fan count to see how that affects the valuation.
You can also compare a Facebook Page with up to three other brands at a time and view a Page's value history. In addition to the valuation data, there is also a list of best practices for getting the most out of your Facebook Page.
So how accurate is this tool? It's difficult to determine, as it is based on a formula that, while derived from a study of large brands, is obviously not going to be applicable to all companies. Still, it's a fun, easy way to get an idea of the factors that impact a Facebook Page valuation. It's also a good stepping stone for marketers to start thinking about the potential advertising power of a Facebook Page.
What do you think of the tool? Let us know!
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Tags: facebook, social page evaluator, social valuations, vitrue
TechRadar -- Samsung Wave and Sony Ericsson X10 mini appear on Vodafone
Vodafone has announced three new smartphones to its line-up today, with the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini and the Samsung Wave joining the Galaxy S in the red ranks.
The Sony Ericsson X10 Mini, which is really tiny with dimensions of 83x50x16 mm, joins its bigger brother the Xperia X10 in the SE Android line up on Vodafone.
With a 2.5-inch screen, teeny frame and the TimeScape UI on top, it's likely to entice a few people into the Android camp, even if it is only running the creaking Donut version of the Google OS.
The X10 Mini will be followed shortly by a keyboard-wielding X10 Mini pro, which is precisely the same phone but with a QWERTY bolted on - although we're not certain this is also heading to Vodafone.
Wave - hello!
The Samsung Wave, the first phone to be running Samsung's new Bada platform, is also coming to the red network in the near future.
Using the TouchWiz interface, the new Wave features HD video recording, a 5MP camera and a Super AMOLED screen to offer a superbly crisp experience.
There's also Flash video enabled, as well as integrated Facebook and Twitter support.
We're waiting for more information on these two phones with regard to pricing - we can only hope they're not too expensive in the face of all the top end Android handsets on Vodafone.
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Yahoo - Technologies -- iTowns, le Google Street View français, est en approche
L?IGN planche sur Stereopolis, une technologie très prometteuse de cartographie 3D à l?échelle de la rue. Parmi les applications, un service de navigation immersive à la manière de Google Street View.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100512/ttc-itowns-le-google-street-view-francai-549fc7d.html
TechRadar -- Vodafone to offer Samsung Galaxy S Android phone in UK
Samsung's new Galaxy S Android phone is coming to the UK with Vodafone, meaning a whole host new tech to play with.
The new Android phone is packing in the best of Samsung's hardware, with a 1GHz processor, a Super AMOLED screen giving pin sharp performance and HD video recording too - a first for Android.
The Galaxy S will also be running Android 2.1, making it capable of enjoying the latest upgrades to Google's OS.
It's got a huge 4-inch screen, a 5MP camera and 16GB of internal memory with a microSD card slot.
Chrome - on a mobile?
Intriguingly, Vodafone is stating that this phone comes with Google Chrome integrated as well, making it 'quick to load, so you can do things faster online.'
The phone is still stuck under the 'Coming Soon' label on the Vodafone website, so we're still not sure how much this Android beast is going to cost.
But with all the tech on board, we'd bet that this one will outperform the recently released Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 - it's going to be a battle royale (hopefully).
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Mashable -- Facebook Now Serving More Than 50 Billion Banner Ads Per Month
During the first quarter of 2010, Facebook served up more banner ads than any other website, according to new data from comScore published in The Wall Street Journal.
In total, the social networking site displayed 176.3 billion ads during the period, for an average of better than 50 billion ads each month. That total represents 16.2% of the total number of banner ads served across the entire Web, and places the site ahead of the likes of Yahoo and Microsoft — the latter by nearly triple.
Of course, Facebook isn't quite monetizing on the level of those Internet giants just yet, with recent estimates placing the company's 2010 revenue at around $1 billion (Yahoo is expected to do nearly $5 billion in revenue this year).
Their monetization strategy expands beyond banner ads though, exemplified by the recent launch of a virtual currency – Facebook Credits – that sees the company takes a 30% cut from game developers with apps on the social network. Some see this eventually morphing into a PayPal competitor.
For now though, the company has established a larger footprint than anyone else when it comes to showing display ads, another impressive milestone as Facebook continues its march to becoming the most trafficked site in the world (it currently sits at number three).
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Tags: facebook
Le Post -- Groupes homophobes sur Facebook: pourquoi ne sont-ils pas modérés?
Alors que des internautes ont monté des contre-groupes, SOS Homophobie annonce qu'une plainte a été déposée.
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Le Post -- Génies en herbe: nouvelle baston géante organisée via Facebook
Dimanche soir, deux groupes d'une trentaine de jeunes se donnent rendez-vous dans un parc près de Niort, pour se battre. Oui vous avez bien lu.
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Reuters - Technology News -- Microsoft launches new Office, vies online with Google
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp launched an updated version of its Office software on Wednesday, aiming to keep its grip on the hugely profitable business application market while countering the challenge of free online alternatives from Google Inc.
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/11oitLwTHsA/idUSTRE64A6JM20100512
TechCrunch -- How To Use Facebook Ads For Social Recruiting
Social recruiting is all the rage right now when it comes to finding new employees to hire. Citysearch CEO Jay Herratti recently told me about a simple but effective way his company is using Facebook ads to hire people. Facebook ads are highly targetable. Citysearch puts up an ad with a picture of the hiring manager and shows those ads only to that manager's Facebook friends. For instance, the image of the ad at right is the one seen by friends of Citysearch senior VP Kara Nortman, who is introducing social features such as business Tweets into Citysearch. Since each ad can be "liked," and thus shared across the social network via the news feed, the ads become implicit referrals. If you know Kara and you see the ad, whether or not you are looking for a job, you might feel inclined to like it and share it with your friends. Or maybe you are looking for a job and since you know Kara or at least are connected to her on Facebook, you feel like you've got an in. The ads seem to be working. Kara's inbox was flooded after the ad ran. 
Gizmodo -- Le glisser/déposer vient enfin à Gmail
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/12/le-glisserdeposer-vient-enfin-a-gmail.html
Yahoo - En France -- Arrestation à Paris de deux agresseurs de call-girls russes
PARIS (Reuters) - Deux hommes spécialisés dans l'attaque de call-girls russes qu'ils attiraient en France en se faisant passer pour des clients ont été récemment interpellés à Paris, rapporte mercredi la police.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/4/20100512/tts-france-russie-call-girls-ca02f96.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Mozilla étend son vérificateur de plug-in à d'autres navigateurs
En octobre dernier, Mozilla mettait en ligne un outil pour permettre aux utilisateurs de son navigateur Firefox de vérifier instantanément l'état de mise à jour d'une quinzaine de plug-in disponibles pour le navigateur : Silverlight, Java, Flash, etc.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100512/ttc-mozilla-etend-son-verificateur-de-pl-549fc7d.html
Wired -- Verizon CEO: 'We're Working with Google on a Tablet'
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam says that his company is working closely with Google on a tablet computer. The tablet will be based on the Android operating system.
Yahoo - Technologies -- Microsoft met à jour Office, Google dans le viseur
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft lance ce mercredi une nouvelle version de sa suite logicielle Office, avec l'ambition de maintenir son emprise sur un marché très lucratif alors que Google propose des alternatives gratuites sur internet à ces applications.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/4/20100512/ttc-microsoft-office-fe50bdd.html
Wired -- NYU Students Aim To Invent Facebook (Again). Hallelujah!
Slashdot -- Creating a Better Facebook
Fed up with Facebook's insatiable need to continue to expose your personal information to ever widening circles, four NYU students have decided to build an open source, distributed competitor to the social networking behemoth. They've raised a few grand, but I imagine it will be harder to convince your mom to log in.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/r01iV2K2k8c/Creating-a-Better-Facebook
Yahoo - Technologies -- Square transforme iPhone et mobiles Android en terminaux de paiement
La jeune pousse fondée par Jack Dorsey, le créateur de Twitter, qui permet d'utiliser un smartphone pour payer par carte bancaire, se lance aux Etats-Unis.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100512/ttc-square-transforme-iphone-et-mobiles-549fc7d.html
Mashable -- Gmail Now Lets You Drag and Drop Images Into Emails
Here's a nice little improvement to Gmail, announced today on the official blog: to add an image into an email, simply drag and drop it there from your computer. You can then resize it and send it immediately.
This feature comes on the heels of a similar feature that let you drag and drop attachments into emails. The difference, however, is in the way images are displayed in the message; with this new feature, image is actually shown inline in the message (as opposed to being merely attached to it).
The feature currently works only in Google Chrome, but Google promises it will soon come to other browsers.
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Apple ne craint pas la concurrence d?Android
États-Unis - Apple conteste les résultats de l'étude du cabinet américain NPD, qui montrent que Google et son Android ont, au premier trimestre, réalisé davantage de ventes de terminaux mobiles que la marque à la pomme.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100512/tsc-apple-ne-craint-pas-la-concurrence-d-04aaa9b.html
TechCrunch -- LinkedIn Upgrades ?People You May Know? Feature With Search Filters
LinkedIn has been making its platform much more social recently, adding a following feature, integrating with Twitter, launching a URL shortener and adding additional sharing features. Today, LinkedIn is making its 'People You May Know" feature a little more social. Sort of. LinkedIn has essentially blended filtered search with the People You May Know Now feature. This makes it much easier to filter the list of people you may know by companies and schools. The end result is that it makes it a whole lot more easier to quickly determine who you want to connect with and how they are connected to you. 
Yahoo - Technologies -- Square transforme l'iPhone ou un Android en terminal de paiement
La jeune pousse fondée par Jack Dorsey, le créateur de Twitter, et qui permet de transformer un smartphone en terminal de paiement bancaire, se lance aux Etats-Unis.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100512/ttc-square-transforme-l-iphone-ou-un-and-549fc7d.html
TechRadar -- Google adds biking directions to free sat nav
Google has updated its mobile maps application to version 4.2 to now include directions for your bike too.
Sadly only for the US, you can select the bike icon when getting directions to get an optimal bicycling route for Android phones packing 1.6 or above (still not the Hero, sadly).
For a more scenic ride, you'll also see the bike layer on the map which shows dedicated bike-only trails (dark green), roads with bike lanes (light green), or roads that are good for biking but lack a dedicated lane (dashed green).
There's also a dedicated icon for the Navigation function too, so if you want to use your phone as a free sat nav then you won't have to go through the palaver of powering up Google Maps just to point your car at the shops.
Share and share alike
The options there are pretty simple - you either enter your destination by speech or typing it in, and also navigate to any of your contacts with geo-location data enabled.
You can also share the location with your friends, which is obviously very helpful if you're all trying to drive to some place to meet up - when you've chosen where you're off too, simply click to send the location via email or SMS.
There's also the option to share a snapshot of where you are in the same way, or use Latitude to broadcast the results to all those in your network - the Google world is your oyster.
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Morandini -- Google travaille sur une tablette proche de l'iPad
L'opérateur téléphonique Verizon Wireless a annoncé hier qu'il travaillait avec Google à une tablette électronique, qui pourrait rivaliser avec...
TechRadar -- Google hiring games boss
Fancy running the new games division at Google? If so, then you might want to apply for a new job with the company
That's right. Google is definitely looking at the games 'space' and, as this job posting, shows that the company is hiring a product management leader for Games.
Look Lively
Google has experimented with virtual game worlds before ? most notably with Lively, which seems to have quietly disappeared back in 2008.
The company now wants somebody to develop Google's games commerce product strategy and to "build and manage the business with a cross-functional team."
Google has also recently hired gaming exec Mark DeLoura as "Developer Advocate" and has acquired Israeli game developer, LabPixies.
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Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Android passe devant l'iPhone aux Etats-Unis
Le système d'exploitation de Google, Android, a ravi à l'iPhone d'Apple la deuxième place sur le marché américain des smartphones (téléphones ayant accès à Internet, aux emails et à des applications) au premier trimestre, rapporte le cabinet d'études NPD Group. Blackberry reste à la première place, et équipe 36% de ...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/79/20100512/twl-android-passe-devant-l-iphone-aux-et-fe7f0c9.html
Le Post -- Annonce de Domenech: pour Guy Carlier, "TF1 nous a pris pour des cons"
Et, "en plus il a fallu se taper le journal de TF1, les lapsus et les savonnages de Laurence Ferrari".
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Skype, mon mobile !
Les opérateurs français vont ouvrir la possibilité de téléphoner via Internet depuis le portable. De quoi alléger sa facture.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/76/20100512/ttc-skype-mon-mobile-79cd011.html
Gizmodo -- Android 2.2 vs Android 2.1: Froyo est 450% fois plus rapide
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/12/android-22-vs-android-21-froyo-est-450-fois-plus-rapide.html
Journal du Geek -- Le N900 de Nokia sous Android 2.1
Le N900 de Nokia, le mobile favori des bidouilleurs, avait déjà eu droit dans le passé d'accueillir Mac OS X 10.3 pour ne citer que lui. Mais pas Android. Du moins, pas la version 2.1 fonctionnelle, comme c'est le cas avec ce nouveau hack, qui offre un support à la fois du clavier et de [...]
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TechRadar -- Verizon and Google developing tablet PC
US mobile operator Verizon is working with Google to develop a tablet PC to take on the Apple iPad.
The latest Google tablet PC news comes from reports on Bloomberg and in the Wall Street Journal.
Google tablet PC imminent
Verizon's CEO Lowell McAdam told the WSJ: "What do we think the next big wave of opportunities are? We're We're working on tablets together, for example.
"We're looking at all the things Google has in its archives that we could put on a tablet to make it a great experience."
Verizon spokesman Marquett Smith then told Bloomberg that "the tablet will run on Google's Android operating system."
The Verizon man said that further details on the new Google tablet were imminent.
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TV News -- Stéphane Guillon : France Inter à Cannes, un vrai festival (12 mai).
Comme chaque lundi, mardi, mercredi sur le blog, voici le billet de Stéphane Guillon sur France Inter. Ce mercredi 12 mai, "France Inter à Cannes, un vrai festival".
Le début : "Comme chaque année, grosse, grosse présence de France Inter au festival de Cannes. Nicolas Demorand et[...]
TechRadar -- Apple says iPhones still outsell Google Phones
Apple has questioned the veracity of a recent US mobile phone sales survey that claimed that Android mobiles were now outselling iPhones in the US.
Apple rarely comments on market research, but it has broken its customary silence to claim that the latest mobile phone sales data from market research outfit NPD is misleading.
Apple questions NPD
You may remember that NPD claimed earlier this month that Android phones were out-selling iPhones, 28 per cent to 21 per cent, in the first quarter of 2010.
The report came as a surprise to many market observers, who assumed that Apple's iPhone was still the market leader.
Apple has now said that the study involved data taken only from an online survey, an d was not representative of actual sales figures. The company also pointed out that a number of other market researchers continue to claim that the iPhone is outselling Android phones across the world.
Apple's reply was lacking in one important thing, however. Actual sales figures and concrete data. We won't really know exactly how many iPhones and Android phones have been sold through the first quarter of 2010 until all the relevant companies file their earnings reports for the financial year.
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TechCrunch -- With A Small, Simple Feature, Gmail Continues Its Assault On Desktop Email
While I occasionally rag on Google Apps for downtime, the fact of the matter is that some of them are getting pretty amazing. The crown jewel is still, of course, Gmail. It's so good that I haven't regularly used a desktop email client in years. But despite that fact, there have still been a few things I've always missed, such as simple drag-and-drop to insert images into messages. Tonight, that changes. As Google has just announced on its Gmail blog, the ability to drag images into messages has been added to Gmail. There is no Labs feature to enable, it just works -- well, provided you're using Chrome. (You see the benefit of developing your own browser?) You can simply click on any image on your computer, drag it into your browser window, drop it into the body area of your Gmail email, and it's instantly inserted in the message.
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Soixante morts dans une mine de charbon en Russie, selon le dernier bilan
MEZHDURECHENSK, Russie - Le bilan des deux explosions survenues dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche dans la mine de charbon de Raspadskaïa (Sibérie) s'est encore alourdi après le retrait de huit nouveaux corps, ce qui porte à 60 le nombre de victimes, rapporte tôt mercredi l'agence de presse Itar-Tass.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100512/twl-russie-siberie-mine-explosions-091cf94.html
TechCrunch -- Another Security Hole Found On Yelp, Facebook Data Once Again Put At Risk
Stop me if this sounds familiar. Last night, we reported on a security exploit discovered by web security consultant George Deglin that would allow a malicious site to quietly harvest a user's Facebook friend list, email address, and other data. The exploit used a technique called Cross Site Scripting (XSS) to inject malicious code into Yelp, and took advantage of the fact that Yelp is one of Facebook's partners for its controversial Instant Personalization feature to harvest the Facebook user data. The hole was quickly patched, and no user data was compromised. Tonight, Deglin discovered a second hole in Yelp that once again allowed him to inject malicious code using XSS that could put Facebook user data at risk. Yelp has now patched this second hole, and once again the company believes that no user data was compromised. Facebook has turned off Instant Personalization on Yelp for the time being as Yelp looks to ensure there are no more vulnerabilities. 
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Nouvelles mesures pour déloger les "Chemises rouges" à Bangkok
BANGKOK - L'armée thaïlandaise a annoncé mercredi de nouvelles mesures pour déloger les "Chemises rouges" de leur campement dans le centre de Bangkok.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100512/twl-thailande-situation-2f4e741.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Firefox 4 : la version bêta sera disponible en juin
La fondation Mozilla a dévoilé ses ambitions pour la future mouture de son navigateur Internet. La première version bêta de Firefox 4.0 devrait être disponible dès le mois de juin.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100511/tsc-firefox-4-la-version-bta-sera-dispon-04aaa9b.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Mozilla détaille ses plans pour Firefox 4
Le « Monsieur Firefox » de Mozilla, Mike Beltzner, a détaillé les plans de l?organisation pour la prochaine version du navigateur libre. Une première bêta est attendue en juin.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100511/ttc-mozilla-detaille-ses-plans-pour-fire-549fc7d.html
TechCrunch -- As Facebook Prepares To Launch ?Places,? Foursquare Improves ?Places? ? Coincidence?
As we reported over the weekend, Facebook is gearing up to launch a new "Places" tab on (at least) the mobile version of its site. This new area is likely to contain a list of venues close to your current location that you can check-in to. Yes, it's basically what you do on Foursquare (and several other location-based services). That's why Foursquare's announcement today that they've made their own "Places" area "smarter" shouldn't come as a big surprise. On its blog today, Foursquare notes that users should see improvements to the venues that show up in their own Places area on their mobile apps (and through their API). Basically, they're starting to look at venue popularity, time of day, and category to determine which venues to show a user. For example, if it's noon on a weekday, a restaurant may be a more likely destination than a movie theater. This should help with the problems some users face not being able to find the appropriate venue at first glance because there are simply too many venues around them.
Reuters - Technology News -- Apple questions Android smartphone surge
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday questioned recent data showing smartphones using Google's Android operating system surpassing iPhone sales in the United States, and said there are no signs that the competition is gaining in the smartphone market.
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/dckKfavobfc/idUSTRE64A4FF20100511
Mashable -- Could Twitter Data Replace Opinion Polls? [STUDY]
A new study from Carnegie Mellon University shows that analyzing data from Twitter yields the same results as conducting a public opinion poll.
We're willing to bet it probably costs less, takes less time and annoys fewer people, as well.
A CMU team from the computer science department looked at sentiments expressed in a billion Twitter messages between 2008 and 2009. The researchers then use simple text analysis methods to filter out updates about the economy and politics and determine if the overall sentiment of the update was positive or negative. The CMU team found that people's attitudes on consumer confidence and presidential job approval were similar to the results generated by well-reputed, telephone-conducted public opinion poll s, such as those conducted by Reuters, Gallup and pollster.com.
For at least some topics, CMU Assistant Professor Noah Smith thinks this kind of passive information gathering could work. "With seven million or more messages being tweeted each day, this data stream potentially allows us to take the temperature of the population very quickly," Smith said. "The results are noisy, as are the results of polls. Opinion pollsters have learned to compensate for these distortions, while we're still trying to identify and understand the noise in our data. Given that, I'm excited that we get any signal at all from social media that correlates with the polls."
The CMU researchers did notice that Twitter sentiments had much more day-to-day variation compared to data gathered from traditional polling data. To compensate, the team averaged the Twitter results over a number of days; at that point, the results were generally quite similar to polling data.
For ex ample, on Twitter as in life, consumer confidence slumped in 2008 and started to revive last spring. And Twitter updates showed the same general decrease in presidential job performance approval through 2009 as was seen in traditional polls. There were a few discrepancies — enough that the CMU folks don't recommend using Twitter to poll for election results just yet. Still, researchers hope that better natural language processing (NLP) techniques will make Twitter and other social media a valuable source of public opinion information in the future.
The paper is available online (use the left column to navigate to the "papers" section, and scroll down to "From Tweets to Polls: Linking Text Sentiment to Public Opinion Time Series"), for those who'd like to dig deeper.
What do you think: Could Twitter and other social media eventually replace public opinion polls? Would you rather have a researcher mining your public stream of updates for information or calling your phone to get the same information?
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TechCrunch -- Twitter In-Stream Ad Network Ad.ly Raises $5 Million, Recruits News Corp Exec As CEO
Twitter advertising network Ad.ly, which launched last year, has raised $5 million in additional funding led by GRP Partners with Greycroft Partners and Matt Coffin (the founder of LowerMyBills) participating in the round. Ad.ly is also bringing on new CEO, Arnie Gullov-Singh. Gullov-Singh was previously EVP of product, technology and operations at News Corp's Fox Audience Network, a group he co-founded 4 years ago. Founder Sean Rad will become President of Ad.ly. Ad.ly's platform places ads within the Twitter stream. Ad.ly links up advertisers with Twitter users and then distribute links to marketing campaigns through the user?s tweet streams with full disclosure. 
Mashable -- Mashable Launches the Bing Local Twitter Trends Map
Mashable and Bing are releasing a new feature today — the Local Twitter Trends Map.
The map displays the top ten Twitter trending topics in major US cities. Once clicked, each local trend displays a listing of the latest Tweets about that topic in the surrounding area. You can also find Mashable articles about the top topics in your locale.
Are New Yorkers tweeting about tech? Is social media the talk of the town in San Francisco? The Twitter Trends Map will help you find out!
I recently sat down with Bing Maps evangelist Chris Pendleton to talk about the launch, plus recent trends in location-based services and mobile social networking — you can view that video here.
Additionally, Mashable has entered a deal to use Bing to power the search on our site. You'll notice our search is now more customized as a result: You can search for the "Most Relevant" or "Most Recent" results, thumbnails are now displayed next to headlines, and share counts from Twitter and Facebook are included in the result pages. We hope you find these new search results more useful!
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Mashable -- Facebook's Social Plugins Now on 100,000+ Sites
Despite ongoing questions about privacy, Facebook's new social plugins continue to expand their footprint across the Web, with the company announcing on Tuesday that more than 100,000 websites have now deployed them.
The plugins – which allow websites to add Facebook-powered social features without requiring users to login – were announced less than a month ago at Facebook's developer conference, and attracted more than 50,000 publishers in the first week.
Some of those publishers are now seeing big traffic gains. Facebook says that The Washington Post has seen its Facebook referral traffic climb 290%, while IMDb has doubled the number of visitors it is seeing via Facebook as users "like" movies in droves.
Certainly, numbers like that are going to keep publishers experimenting with Facebook's new features as a way to drive more engagement and traffic to their sites. Of course, that could all change if the user backlash against instant personalization continues to grow. For now though, Facebook's path to web domination seems to be on track, and perhaps even progressing ahead of schedule.
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Tags: facebook, Facebook social plugins
Yahoo - Technologies -- Nouvelle faille de sécurité sur les données personnelles de Facebook
Facebook a corrigé une vulnérabilité liée à son système de 'personnalisation instantanée' sur des sites partenaires.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/64/20100511/ttc-nouvelle-faille-de-scurit-sur-les-do-1a10180.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Android poursuit sa croissance aux Etats-Unis
Il se vend désormais plus de téléphones portables utilisant le système d'exploitation Android développé par Google que d'iPhone (fabriqués par Apple) aux Etats-Unis, selon des chiffres publiés lundi par le cabinet de marketing NPD.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/64/20100511/ttc-android-poursuit-sa-croissance-aux-e-1a10180.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Android passe devant l'iPhone aux Etats-Unis
Le système d'exploitation de Google, Android, a ravi à l'iPhone d'Apple la deuxième place sur le marché américain des smartphones (téléphones ayant accès à Internet, aux emails et à des applications) au premier trimestre, rapporte le cabinet d'études NPD Group. Blackberry reste à la première place, et équipe 36% de ...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/79/20100511/ttc-android-passe-devant-l-iphone-aux-et-76bd753.html
TechCrunch -- Sobees Launches iPad App For Facebook
Twitter client Sobees, offers a number of social media clients on the market, including a native Windows client, a web-based client and a Twitter app for Android phones. Now Sobees is venturing into the iPad space with a native Facebook app. You can download the app here. The app allows you to view friends? status updates, wall posts, pictures, videos and links; view your friends? recent photo albums; and manage events and birthdays on Facebook simply in a month calendar view. You can also update your status, comment and like a status from the app.
Mashable -- Celebritweets Theater Brings the Melodramas of Twitter to Life [VIDEO]
We know, we know — you don't give a damn about celebrities and what they're tweeting about (neither do we — especially when they're narcissistically freaking out about a Twitter bug that everyone was victim to), but when someone does something creative with these 140-character pearls of not-quite-wisdom, we're admittedly amused. Enter, "Celebritweets Theater."
We're already fans of Odessa Begay's inspired "Museum of Modern Tweets," in which the artist composes surrealistic pictures of the strange things famous people say. "Celebritweets Theater" is basically a horse of the same color — short cartoons that tell the story behind the tweet. A dude that goes by "KCS Cougar" draws these cartoons for celebrity news site Wonderwall, and they have a rather Dr. Katz-esque vibe. I've embedded my favorite — which mocks Lady Gaga — below.
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Tags: humor, pop culture, viral video, web video
Mashable -- Facebook Gets a Useful Unofficial iPad App
We need a native iPad app for Facebook but until Facebook HQ gets around to making one, the next best thing has just arrived via social media aggregator sobees.
sobees for Facebook [iTunes link] is an iPad app that lets you manage your Facebook experience in a native app designed to take advantage of the iPad's enlarged screen.
The app, which is free through the end of May, provides many of the features that Facebook fans have been looking for in an iPad app. This includes the ability to:
View status updates, links, pictures, wall posts and videos from friends.
Look at all of your friends' pictures on one page (like a real "face book").
View your friends' profiles and walls.
Manage events and birthdays with an optimized calendar.
Update your own status and post comments or likes to the statuses of others.
View recent photo albums from your friends and family members.
Check out this video which shows off the app in action:
Given the dearth of good Facebook options for the iPad, we're glad that an app like sobees for Facebook is available. It's a good example of how third-party tools can still offer a valuable — and sometimes superior — experiences in their own right.
What are you using to access and manage Facebook on the iPad? Let us know!
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Tags: facebook, ipad, ipad apps, sobees, sobees for facebook
Slashdot -- Why Google Needs To Pull the Plug On Chrome OS
judeancodersfront writes "It's time for Google to realize that it is way too early to be pushing an OS that only provides a browser. If Chrome OS fails on netbooks it will just make OEMs even more hesitant to use a Linux-based OS instead of Windows. Google should instead build upon its already successful Android platform and provide a system that offers local applications."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Mashable -- Celebritweets Theater Brings the Melodramas of Twitter to Life [VIDEO]
We know, we know — you don't give a damn about celebrities and what they're tweeting about (neither do we — especially when they're narcissistically freaking out about a Twitter bug that everyone was victim to), but when someone does something creative with these 140-character pearls of not-quite-wisdom, we're admittedly amused. Enter, "Celebritweets Theater."
We're already fans of Odessa Begay's inspired "Museum of Modern Tweets," in which the artist composes surrealistic pictures of the strange things famous people say. "Celebritweets Theater" is basically a horse of the same color — short cartoons that tell the story behind the tweet. A dude that goes by "KCS Cougar" draws these cartoons for celebrity news site Wonderwall, and they have a rather Dr. Katz-esque vibe. I've embedded my favorite — which mocks Lady Gaga — below.
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Tags: humor, pop culture, viral video, web video
Journal du Geek -- Android 2.2 se dévoile en vidéo
Alors qu'elle devrait être officiellement dévoilée lors du Google I/O 2010, qui prendra place les 19 et 20 mai prochains, la version 2.2 d'Android, Froyo pour les intimes, se dévoile aujourd'hui dans une vidéo nous montrant la home de l'OS, mais les progrès réalisés quant à l'intégration en natif de flash en son sein. Bref, [...]
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TechCrunch -- Google VP Julio Pekarovic Departs To Become CFO At Quantcast
Audience measurement company Quantcast has poached Julio Pekarovic away from Google to become its new chief financial officer. Pekarovic worked at Google for the past seven years, most recently as Vice President, Global Sales Finance Operations. In addition, Quantcast has appointed Michael Blum as General Counsel; he was previously at Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West.
Slashdot -- Mozilla Reveals Firefox 4 Plans
Barence writes "Mozilla has given a breakdown of its plans for Firefox 4. Perhaps the most striking change to Firefox 4 is the user interface, which takes a great deal of inspiration from Google Chrome. 'Something UI designers have known for a long time is that the simpler an interface looks, the faster it will seem,' said director of Firefox Mike Beltzner during the presentation. Also mooted was the ability to give applications such as Gmail and Twitter their own permanent tabs for easy access, and the introduction of a 'switch to tab' button, allowing power users running hundreds of tabs to quickly find the one they want. Beltzner said Mozilla was also looking at replicating Chrome's tactic of silently updating the browser in the background, removing the annoying wait when Firefox first loads up."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/7wz6TmjJH2A/Mozilla-Reveals-Firefox-4-Plans
TechRadar -- EA announces new FIFA for Facebook
EA has revealed that it is set to release a new FIFA game, FIFA Superstars on social networking site, Facebook.
The game is to be developed by Playfish and will feature multiplayer gameplay through Facebook.
EA Sports president Peter Moore explains the idea on his blog, noting that:
"Leveraging our football gaming knowledge and marrying it with the social gaming expertise of our partners at Playfish is sure to provide more great opportunities to bring hundreds of millions of new fans to compete against their friends to win the FIFA World Cup through an engaging interactive football experience."
Moore promises "more to come on FIFA Superstars soon".
Zynga changes the game
In the meantime, it looks like Zynga's hugely popular FarmVille could be pointing the way to a new economic model for games publish ers.
FarmVille has attracted 78 million active monthly users on Facebook to date. Additionally, Zynga recently announced the private placement of preferred shares which suggest a market valuation of $4 billion.
Most recently, there are rumours that Zynga may well part company with Facebook and create its very own social-networking service.
The Wall Street Journal recently noted that a social videogame like FarmVille may cost in the region of $500,000 to $1 million to develop, compared with spends from mega-publishers such as Activision of more than $20 million to develop traditional $50 or $60 console games.
No wonder that Zynga's business model is becoming increasingly compelling for the likes of EA Sports and other 'traditional' videogames publishers.
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TechRadar -- Twitter gets ready for business time
Twitter has finally revealed its business-based plans to a lucky few companies who use the micro-blogging service.
Mashable has had it confirmed that Twitter has begun rolling out the service to a number of companies but this is said to be expanding.
There are a number of things a business account will allow companies to do, including the customising of the profile page, the addition of a Verified Account badge (which was previously only given to individuals) and a whole bunch of extra features that have been tailored to help businesses reach as many customers as possible.
Just the business?
One of the extra preferences is that you can receive direct messages from anybody, which essentially means businesses can make their Twitter account an easier place to get dire ct contact and maybe improve their customer service ? something that all of us would appreciate.
All of this new functionality is bound to come at a price, but this hasn't been verified yet.
This Business Centre is just one way Twitter is looking at to make money. Recently it also announced the arrival of sponsored tweets to the service.
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TechRadar -- Twitter bug caused by Turkish hacker
Twitter was hacked by a Turkish hacker this week, leaving many users with no followers on the micro-blogging service.
Twitter allows users to update their followers with messages of 140 characters or less.
The latest Twitter bug is understood to have been caused by a user called Bora K?rca, wiping out millions of users' accounts worldwide.
Celeb-Twitterers hit
Twitter has moved quickly to fix the bug, but not quick enough to stop it hitting the accounts of a number of high-profile Twitterers including Oprah Winfrey, pop star Justin Bieber and Tinseltown's favourite couple Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore.
Gizmodo was first to break the news of the bug, reporting: "Follow this dead-simple guide to force any Twitter user ? from Oprah (Winfrey) to (Ashton) Kutcher ? to follow you. No, seriously."
It was a Turkish Twitter user that "fi gured out accidentally that if you tweet 'accept username,' for example billgates, then Bill Gates will follow you."
"For hours, thousands of people were able to take control of other people's Twitter accounts with a trick so easy that even the newest Twitterer could execute it," the report added.
Stephen Fry, the UK's leading 'celeb Twitterer' posted: "Do you know, I was sure I had more followers than that. Must've imagine it."
A Twitter spokesperson said about the problem: "We identified and resolved a bug that permitted a user to 'force' other users to follow them.
"We're now working to roll back all abuse of the bug that took place."
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Gizmodo -- Twitter sauve un japonais de la catastrophe
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/11/twitter-sauve-un-japonais-de-la-catastrophe.html
Journal du Geek -- La première bêta de Firefox 4 pour le mois de juin
Mozilla a annoncé que la première bêta de la version 4 de Firefox allait débarquer dans le courant du mois de juin (puisque comme vous le savez surement, Firefox 3.7 a été purement et simplement abandonné au profit de cette version 4). Que peut-on attendre cette bêta ? Et bien, tout d'abord, une vitesse accrue, [...]
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Twitter : le bogue enfin résolu
États-Unis - Lundi, l'outil de réseau social Twitter a fait l'objet d'un bogue qui permettait de faire suivre "de force" ses tweets aux autres utilisateurs. S'en est suivie une panne de plusieurs heures, durant laquelle tous les comptes d'abonnés ont dû être remis à zéro.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100511/tsc-twitter-le-bogue-enfin-rsolu-04aaa9b.html
Gizmodo -- Firefox 4 : vitesse et puissance.
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/11/firefox-4-vitesse-et-puissance.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Etats-Unis : Android passe devant iPhone
Au premier trimestre 2010, le système d'exploitation de Google a ravi à Apple la deuxième place sur le marché américain des smartphones.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100511/ttc-etats-unis-android-passe-devant-ipho-549fc7d.html
Journal du Geek -- Le "bug" de Twitter expliqué
Si vous utilisez Twitter, vous avez peu être eu hier soir un léger coup de chaud en vous rendant comptez que le nombre de vos followers était descendu à 0. Heureusement, tout est rapidement revenu à la normale. En fait, Twitter a simplement fait chuter le nombre de followers de certains comptes à zéro le [...]
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TechRadar -- Google hiring in new bid to take on Facebook
Google is on the hunt for a social media expert to head up its social strategy, a new job listing reveals this week.
Google has still to develop a social networking strategy that appeals to a mass market of casual users, following in the footsteps of recent successes such as Facebook and Twitter.
Google is late to social
GigaOm was first to obtain the Google letter which outlines the new role, stating: "This is a new and very strategic position, as Google knows it is late on this front and is appropriately humble about it.
"In Google's view, conceptually, there are two ways to tackle social, each impacting who may be successful in this senior post: 1) building an innovative offering specifically in this area; or 2) developing the cap ability and integrating social into Google's existing portfolio."
Google already has an array of social products from Orkut through to Google Buzz and the social search service Aardvark. Yet there is no clear social strategy, as yet.
You can see the full job listing online for the position of Director of Product Management, Social at Google right here.
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Ozap -- Victime de piratage, Twitter efface les compteurs
Twitter a connu une journée agitée hier, en raison d'un bug qui permettait aux utilisateurs de forcer d'autres membres à suivre leurs tweets en entrant simplement la requête «accept "nom d'utilisateur"». [...]
http://www.ozap.com/actu/victime-piratage-twitter-efface-compteurs/339978
TechRadar -- Android mobiles now outselling iPhones
A new market survey has shown that Google's Android OS has surged past Apple's iPhone army for the first time in the US.
Market research firm NPD has noted that while RIM is still taking a large share of the smartphone market (with 36%) Android-powered phones are now sitting pretty in second spot, with 28% share of the US.
Apple's line up, which includes just three models, is still showing strongly in third with 21%, and with the new iPhone HD popping out soon, will be hoping to increase that.
Windows Mobile phones have continued to drop in popularity, coming in at just a shade over 10 per cent of the market.
A whole new world
What is interesting to note that at the same period just 12 months ago, it was a very different story: RIM was miles out in front with 46%, Windows Mobile was having a great time on 22% and the iPhone just behind on 19%.
Google's Android was pootling about on 6% of the market, and in a year, it has nabbed 22%, and mostly from RIM and Apple sales.
However, it might be slightly better news for RIM and Microsoft, as the survey didn't include corporate or enterprise sales ? so while people might have a Googlephone in one hand, a fair few will have a BlackBerry (or maybe WinMo device) in their briefcase too.
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Google répond aux « CNIL » sur la protection de la vie privée
En avril, dix autorités gardiennes des données personnelles dont la CNIL française ont adressé une lettre à Google et ses confrères pour leur rappeler « qu'ils doivent respecter les lois dans chacun des pays où ils ...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100511/ttc-google-rpond-aux-cnil-sur-la-protect-c2f7783.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Twitter sème la panique parmi ses membres pour corriger un bug
Hier, les utilisateurs de Twitter ont pu remarquer un drôle d'évènement, catastrophique pour certains, puisque tout le monde avait perdu ses abonnements (following) et surtout ses abonnés (followers).
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100511/ttc-twitter-sme-la-panique-parmi-ses-mem-c2f7783.html
Journal du Geek -- L'Aigo 7007 sera basé sous Android
La dernière tablette d'Aigo, la 7007, sera finalement basée sous Android. Quelle version ? C'est une excellent question, à laquelle je vais répondre par un joli botté en touche. Ainsi, la 7007 sera également dotée d'un chipset RK2808, d'un écran tactile 7?, d'un GPS et de la 3G. Pas plus d'informations à se mettre sous [...]
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TechCrunch -- Yelp Security Hole Puts Facebook User Data At Risk, Underscores Problems With ?Instant Personalization?
As if Facebook's Instant Personalization needed another knock against it, tonight comes news of a security issue that makes the feature even more unnerving. Web security consultant George Deglin discovered an exploit that would allow a malicious site to immediately harvest a Facebook user's name, email, and data shared with 'everyone' on Facebook, with no action required on the user's part. This specific exploit has been patched, and no user data was compromised, but the security problems behind it remain. The exploit took advantage of Cross Site Scripting to inject malicious code into Yelp. Normally such an attack wouldn't have particularly broad implications for Facebook users, but Yelp is, of course, one of the three sites that have been deemed fit for Facebook's highly controversial Instant Personalization feature. 
Gizmodo -- L'Android a dépassé l'iPhone
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/11/landroid-a-depasse-liphone.html
Gizmodo -- 2 Android, 2 WinMo et 1 Iphone pour une guitare téléphonque
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/11/2-android-2-winmo-et-1-iphone-pour-une-guitare-telephonque.html
Morandini -- Panne sur Twitter : Des comptes effacés
Le service de micro-blogs Twitter a été touché par une panne lundi qui, pendant quelques heures, a conduit à remettre automatiquement à zéro tous le...
http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-39192-panne-sur-twitter-des-comptes-effaces.html
TechRadar -- Google looks for new head of 'social' strategy
Google is on the hunt for a social media expert to head up its social strategy, a new job listing reveals this week.
Google has still to develop a social networking strategy that appeals to a mass market of casual users, following in the footsteps of recent successes such as Facebook and Twitter.
Google is late to social
GigaOm was first to obtain the Google letter which outlines the new role, stating: "This is a new and very strategic position, as Google knows it is late on this front and is appropriately humble about it.
"In Google's view, conceptually, there are two ways to tackle social, each impacting who may be successful in this senior post: 1) building an innovative offering specifically in this area; or 2) developing the cap ability and integrating social into Google's existing portfolio."
Google already has an array of social products from Orkut through to Google Buzz and the social search service Aardvark. Yet there is no clear social strategy, as yet.
You can see the full job listing online for the position of Director of Product Management, Social at Google right here.
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Mashable -- Firefox 4 Plans: Faster, Friendlier, More Secure
Almost one year ago, we've gotten a glimpse of the next major iteration of Firefox, at least when it comes to its gorgeous new visuals.
Now, however, Mozilla's Mike Beltzner has shared a presentation that reveals quite detailed plans for Firefox 4. HTML5 and CSS support are mentioned, as well as faster operation, a greater focus on security and stability, new developer tools, and a lot of personalization options. Furthermore, from the screenshots embedded in the presentation, we can see that the visuals from one year ago haven't changed much, although most menu items (the home button, for example) are positioned differently.
The plans, embedded below, sound fantastic, but Mozilla warns once again that they could change before Firefox 4 is finalized.
Firefox 4: fast, powerful and empowering
View more presentations from Mike Beltzner.
[via Engadget]
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Tags: Firefox, web browser
TechRadar -- Firefox 4 beta could arrive in June
A set of slides has been published that suggest the eagerly anticipated Firefox 4 from Mozilla could be making a beta arrival in June, with a final release in November.
With huge strides being taken by the likes of Apple's Safari, Google's Chrome and Opera, Mozilla is keen that the next version of Firefox can ensure that it builds on its strong second place to the waning Internet Explorer.
Firefox 4 will represent a major overhaul of the browser; a step change by Mozilla in response to rival browsers' improvements.
Fluid plans
The slides, which appeared on Mozilla's Mike Beltzner's blog, indicate some of the improvements, as well as an early timeline ? which could of course be subject to change.
"Please understand that these plans are fluid and are likely to change," blogs Beltzner - who is director of Firefox at Mozilla.
"As with past releases, we use dates to set targets for milestones, and then we work together to track to those targets.
"We always judge each milestone release against our basic criteria of quality, performance, and usability, and we only ship when it's ready."
Improvements
Mozilla indicates that Firefox 4 will be 'super-duper' fast, support the next generation HTML5, bring touchscreen and 64-bit support, offer a completely revamped user interface, hot swappable add ins, better stability and 'empower' users to take control of their data and web experience.
Of course, many of those improvements are to be expected from any major browser release. Speed remains a key factor as the browser is asked to do increasingly complex operations, and support for HTML5 represents the next great wave of internet standards.
But all eyes will be on the overhaul of the UI and the way in which Firefox empowers its users ? something that has been the bedrock of its success in the past.
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TechRadar -- Twitterer fined £1,000 for airport bomb joke
Twitter user Paul Chambers has been found guilty of threatening to bomb Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport via the micro-blogging service - even though his tweet was meant to be a joke.
And while #twitterjoketrial continues to gain traction, the real question is this: is it okay to make a joke about blowing up an airport on a public communications network?
For Paul Chambers, the answer is clearly "no, it wasn't" because he has just obtained a criminal record and a £1,000 fine for doing so.
Crap! Bomb airport!
Chambers has been prosecuted under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 for sending an "indecent, obscene or menacing" message for Tweeting:
"Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week... otherwise I'm bl owing the airport sky high!"
So just be careful what you say on Twitter, is the lesson learned here.
Chambers now has a £1,000 fine and a criminal record, for threatening to bomb an airport on a publicly viewed communications system.
Was he an idiot for doing so? Or has he been unfairly scapegoated for a throwaway tweet?
This is one ruling which may have reverberations regarding what users can say on Twitter and get away with.
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Yahoo - Dans le monde -- La Russie en quête d'une idée nationale
C'est avec un faste exceptionnel que la Russie a célébré le soixante cinquième anniversaire de la défaite de l'Allemagne hitlérienne. La grande parade sur la Place Rouge, digne de l'époque soviétique, avec l'exhibition des systèmes d'armes les plus sophistiqués, avait été précédée d'un martelage médiatique sans p ...
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TV News -- Stéphane Guillon : "Noir, c'est noir" (France Inter le 11 mai).
Comme chaque lundi, mardi, mercredi sur le blog, voici le billet de Stéphane Guillon sur France Inter. Ce mardi 11 mai, "Noir c'est noir".
Le début : "Alors, la semaine dernière, François Fillon nous annonçait la nécessité de réduire le train de vie de l'Etat, et bien ça y est, à[...]
Yahoo - Technologies -- Twitter victime d'une panne
Twitter était touché par une panne qui remettait à zéro le nombre d'abonnés, sans toutefois interrompre l'affichage de messages.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/64/20100510/ttc-twitter-victime-d-une-panne-1a10180.html
Reuters - Technology News -- Face-to-face time makes us happier than Facebook
SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Nothing makes us happier than our families and loved ones, a new study shows, with face-to-face socializing beating reaching out to people online hands down.
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/9ZO6ePM_sKc/idUSTRE64A0L320100511
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Barack Obama relance l'accord sur le nucléaire avec la Russie
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Le président américain Barack Obama a relancé lundi l'accord de coopération avec la Russie sur le nucléaire civil, suspendu il y a près de deux ans par l'administration Bush en riposte à l'intervention russe en Géorgie.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/4/20100511/twl-usa-russie-nucleaire-38cfb6d.html
Mashable -- Facebook Faceoff: "Like" vs. "Become a Fan"
A month ago, Facebook began phasing out the Facebook Fan Page, changing the action of "becoming a fan" to "liking." The change was part of a broader plan to spread the Like button across the web and to lower the barrier for users to become connected with brands.
Not everyone "likes" Facebook's small but important wording change, though. Now that we've had a month to digest the changes that the social network has implemented with Facebook Pages, we wanted to ask you: which wording do you prefer?
The debate between "like" and "fan" is the subject of this week's Web Faceoff, our weekly poll series pitting two web apps against each other. Do you like the change, or are you loyal to the fan page until the end of time?
Cast your vote in the poll below. You have until 12:00 PM PT on Friday to cast your ballot. Don't forget to leave your reasoning in the comments!
Which do you prefer: Facebook Like or Facebook Fan?customer surveys
Tags: facebook, Facebook Fan, facebook page, fan, like, poll, Web Faceooff
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Obama veut relancer la coopération américano-russe sur le nucléaire civil
Le président américain a présenté lundi au Congrès l'accord avec Moscou sur le nuclaire civil, suspendu depuis la guerre de Géorgie en 2008.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/64/20100511/twl-obama-veut-relancer-la-coopration-am-acb1c83.html
Journal du Geek -- Twitter à la sauce Star Wars
Vous êtes fan de Star Wars et de Twitter alors voilà un API Twitter qui pourrait vous intéresser ! En effet Twit Galaxies affichera vos Tweet à la façon du générique de Star Wars ! Inutile donc indispensable ! via ascii Lire la suite..
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Hack in the Box -- Facebook Hires Former FTC Chair
In the face of increased scrutiny of its privacy practices, Facebook has hired former U.S. Federal Trade Commission chairman Timothy Muris to defend the popular Web site's privacy practices in Washington, D.C. Muris, who created the Do Not Call registry as head of the FTC, is expected to guide the social networking site through the FTC's growing scrutiny of the community of more than 400 million users. Just last week, advocacy group the Electronic Privacy Information Center, in partnership with 14 other consumer and privacy organizations, urged the FTC to investigate recent changes to Facebook's policies. The government is scrutinizing Facebook policies that automatically share account holders' information with other sites and that make more users' information public by default, not opt-in. As the site's popularity grows, Facebook also is becoming a more attractive target for hackers and cybercriminals. On Sunday, friends of Facebook board member Jim Breyer received a phishing email purported to be from the venture capitalist, according to peHUB.
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36228
Wired -- A 'Legit' Pirate Bay Makes Sense in Theory, If Not Practice
An ambitious, embattled entrepreneur named Hans Pandeya in on a Quixotic quest to turn The Pirate Bay into a legit distributor of content even though he has no money to buy a domain the owners say isn't for sale. But his idea -- people who currently pay about $6 a month for an under-the-radar connection to the torrent service might pay a similar fee for a version of the site that was full of licensed content -- might not be so crazy after all.
Wired -- Facebook's Gone Rogue; It's Time for an Open Alternative
Facebook's latest moves shows the company cares more about dominating the web than treating its users respectfully. It's time the web come up with an open alternative to return control to users.
TechCrunch -- Facebook, Zynga And Groupon Investor Yuri Milner To Speak At TechCrunch Disrupt
Yuri Milner, the CEO of Russian investment and holding company Digital Sky Technologies, will be on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on May 24 - 26 in New York. Milner has spearheaded a new type of venture investment in Silicon Valley - invest in a hot startup at a high valuation (maybe higher that what others will pay), and then do a subsequent investment by purchasing employee common stock at a lower valuation. It's a perfect structure in a world where companies are delaying going public and it releases pressure from employees looking to sell some or all of their stock. People are calling these "DST deals," and I spoke to Milner earlier this year on camera about the strategy. His recent U.S. investments include Facebook, Zynga and Groupon. He plans to invest a billion dollars in social startups in the next few years, and he is one of the most fascinating technology investors in the world today. We've added Yuri to the TechCrunch Disrupt speaker page.
Mashable -- Skype to Introduce Ads?
As Skype prepares to roll out five-way video calling this week — an addition the company plans to charge for at a later date — it's also thinking of monetizing the now free user-to-user web calling serving with advertisements.
In an interview with The Telegraph, CEO Josh Silverman explains that the company — once again its own entity — is challenged by its desire to keep Skype-to-Skype calls free and to maintain the quality of service. As a result, the Skype team is "seriously considering" including ads from third parties in order to continue to operate the service free of charge.
On that note, Silverman shares that, "It's challenging to get right as the way people use is Skype is very personal but we think our users expect us to do it so we can continue to support free. But it will be done in a tasteful way" [sic].
As it stands, Skype currently makes money from paid services that allow users to purchase credits to call landlines or mobiles, receive calls and manage a Skype voicemail account. Last week, Skype lowered calling plan rates and extended those rates to more countries.
Given that Skype has operated ad-free for so long, any introduction — regardless how tasteful — is bound to draw a strong reaction from users, especially those who have relied on the service to phone loved ones or opt for one-on-one video conferencing in lieu of face-to-face meetings.
How would you feel about ads in your Skype chats or calls?
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Slashdot -- Android Sales Surpass iPhone Sales
gollum123 writes with this excerpt from VentureBeat: "Smartphones based on Google's Android mobile operating system outsold Apple's iPhone in the US during the first quarter of 2010, according to a report by research firm The NPD Group. The data places Android, with 28 percent of the smartphone market [last quarter], in second place behind RIM's Blackberry smartphone market share of 36 percent. Apple now sits in third place with 21 percent. NPD points to a Verizon buy-one-get-one-free promotion for all of its smartphones as a major factor in the first-quarter numbers. Verizon saw strong sales for the Motorola Droid and Droid Eris Android phones, as well as the Blackberry Curve, thanks to its promotional offer. Verizon launched a $100 million marketing campaign for the Droid when it hit the market in November 2009, which likely contributed to strong sales in the first quarter as well." Preston Gralla notes that it's not all bad news for Apple; this report could help their case in upcoming antitrust discussions.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/xSHF6yRca-s/Android-Sales-Surpass-iPhone-Sales
Wired -- A 'Legit' Pirate Bay Makes Sense in Theory, If Not Practice
An ambitious, embattled entrepreneur named Hans Pandeya in on a Quixotic quest to turn The Pirate Bay into a legit distributor of content even though he has no money to buy a domain the owners say isn't for sale. But his idea -- people who currently pay about $6 a month for an under-the-radar connection to the torrent service might pay a similar fee for a version of the site that was full of licensed content -- might not be so crazy after all.
Wired -- Facebook's Gone Rogue; It's Time for an Open Alternative
Facebook's latest moves shows the company cares more about dominating the web than treating its users respectfully. It's time the web come up with an open alternative to return control to users.
Slashdot -- Android Sales Surpass iPhone OS Sales
gollum123 writes with this excerpt from VentureBeat: "Smartphones based on Google's Android mobile operating system have outsold Apple's iPhone in the US during the first quarter of 2010, according to a report by research firm The NPD Group. The data places Android, with 28 percent of the smartphone market [last quarter], in second place behind RIM's Blackberry smartphone market share of 36 percent. Apple now sits in third place with 21 percent. NPD points to a Verizon buy-one-get-one-free promotion for all of its smartphones as a major factor in the first quarter numbers. Verizon saw strong sales for the Motorola Droid and Droid Eris Android phones, as well as the Blackberry Curve, thanks to its promotional offer. Verizon launched a $100 million marketing campaign for the Droid when it hit the market in November 2009, which likely attributed to strong sales in the first quarter as well." Preston Gralla notes that it's not all bad news for Apple; this report could help their case in upcoming antitrust discussions.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Panne mondiale pour Twitter
INTERNET - Tout est rentré dans l'ordre en fin d'après-midi lundi...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/82/20100510/ttc-panne-mondiale-pour-twitter-29d0bca.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Twitter : le bug qui remet les compteurs à 0
Lundi, une faille a permis de se faire "suivre" sur le site de microblogging par n'importe qui et très simplement.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/76/20100510/ttc-twitter-le-bug-qui-remet-les-compteu-79cd011.html
Le Post -- La crise grecque: une aubaine pour les french lovers?
Les Grecs nous devancent dans le classement des peuples les plus sexuellement actifs...
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Mashable -- REVEALED: How Today's Twitter Bug Was First Discovered
According to an e-mail we received this morning, the Twitter bug and ensuing 0 followers/0 following fiasco was inadvertently started by a
Le Post -- Twitter remet les comptes à zéro: les meilleurs moments du bug
Florilège de twitts...
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Mashable -- Facebook Board Member's Account Hacked
Even Facebook board members are not immune to phishing attacks. On Saturday, Jim Breyer of Accel Partners became the latest victim when his account was used to send a spam message to more than 2,300 friends.
The message in question (see below) came in the form of an event invitation reading, "Would You Like a Facebook Phone Number?" and included an RSVP link.
The physical scam prompted individuals who clicked on the faulty link to enter their login credentials, which then caused their accounts to be hacked in the same manner.
A Facebook spokesperson confirmed the hack to PEHub. "This was a phishing scam and Jim's account appears to have been compromised … The issue has since been resolved and we're actively trying to block this activity."
Breyer's compromised Facebook account is another blemish on the company's muddied reputation concerning user privacy and safety. There's currently a swell of negative Facebook sentiment concerning the opt-in settings of Instant Personalization. In addition, Facebook recently had to disable chat following a privacy blunder that exposed users' live Facebook chat sessions.
Still the majority of Facebook's more than 400 million members — many of whom are not all that concerned with their privacy — won't restrict their status update behavior following the hack. But it's certainly an embarrassing moment for the company, and one that does highlight the fallibility of the world's most popular social network.
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TechCrunch -- Hey Twitter, Can We Have Our 1.4 Million Followers Back?
Twitter is all sorts of wacky today. Earlier Mike Butcher at TC Europe reported on a bug which can be used to force any Twitter user to follow you. Now, everyone's follower count has been wiped out, at least temporarily. If you look right now at the TechCrunch Twitter account, for instance, it lists 0 followers and 0 following. That is down from 1.4 million or so earlier this morning. This is true for every account. It appears to be temporary and part of Twitter's attempt to deal with the first bug mentioned above. Tweets still seem to be going out, so everyone can breathe easy.
Slashdot -- Twitter Bug Lets Users Force Others To Follow Them
Several readers have sent word of a Twitter bug which has been allowing users to make any other user follow them by simply tweeting "accept (username)". People have been abusing it to make the accounts of various celebrities and publications follow them. Twitter acknowledged the bug and disabled the follow/unfollow system until they can get it fixed.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Reuters - Technology News -- Google's Android takes No 2 spot from iPhone
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc displaced iPhone maker Apple Inc to become the second most popular provider of smartphone software in the United States during the first quarter, the latest sign of the increasing competition in the fast-growing mobile market.
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Boing Boing -- Facebook fixes leaky IP problem related to Facebook auto-sent emails
On Friday, I blogged a privacy problem with Facebook: certain emails auto-sent by Facebook leaked users' IP addresses. Good news on that issue: Facebook policy communications officer Barry Schnitt updated us in the comments to let us know that the issue has been resolved....
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Mashable -- Twitter Bug Lets You Control Who Follows You
Twitter has an embarrassing bug on its hands – one that allows users to make anyone follow them. Mashable reader Ozan Y?lmaz emailed us the details this morning, writing "[tweet] accept [username]" then the [username] immediately starts following you."
We confirmed the issue when we noticed that our main Twitter account is now following lots of new people that we didn't manually follow on our own. That means that if you choose to exploit this bug, your tweets can show up in anyone's timeline — at least until the issue gets resolved.
Other reports confirm that this exploit is currently being used by many users. No word yet from Twitter on when this might be fixed and if they'll be able to do undo the damage, but we'll update here when we know more.
Below, an image of the 194 people Conan O'Brien now follows. Previously, the comedian was famously only following one person:
Update: Many users are also noticing that their following/follower counts have been reset to 0.
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TechCrunch -- Does A Bug In Twitter Force Anyone To Follow You?
We've been tracking down some of Facebook's little quirks and flaws lately. But let's get back to an old favorite. Twitter, which appears to have sprung a leak as well. Is there a bug in Twitter which literally forces any account to follow you?
Wired -- The Facebook Privacy War: What Is Personal Data?
You're pretty upset (again) about the Facebook privacy changes (again). You're not alone. But you really didn't think anything you shared on the internet was 'personal data,' did you?
Wired -- Facebook's Gone Rogue; It's Time for an Open Alternative
Facebook's latest moves shows the company cares more about dominating the web than treating its users respectfully. It's time the web come up with an open alternative to return control to users.
Wired -- A 'Legit' Pirate Bay Makes Sense in Theory, If Not Practice
An ambitious, embattled entrepreneur named Hans Pandeya in on a Quixotic quest to turn The Pirate Bay into a legit distributor of content even though he has no money to buy a domain the owners say isn't for sale. But his idea -- people who currently pay about $6 a month for an under-the-radar connection to the torrent service might pay a similar fee for a version of the site that was full of licensed content -- might not be so crazy after all.
TechCrunch -- Man Found Guilty After Twitter Joke About Blowing Up An Airport
A man who threatened on Twitter to blow up Doncaster airport has been found guilty of sending a "menacing electronic communication". He is thought to be the first person in the UK country to have been arrested for comments on Twitter. He is now the first person to be found guilty for being "menacing" on Twitter. On January 6 Paul Chambers joked on Twitter "Robin Hood airport is closed," he wrote. "You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!!" He was annoyed that snowfall threatened to delay his plans to travel to Ireland on January 15. 
TechCrunch -- Make Up Your Mind Facebook, Because Your Privacy Controls Are A Mess
Since last week's chat exploit, I've received further tips of Facebook 'security bugs'. Only each time they've turned out not to be bugs at all, but, well, features. With regard to the site's privacy controls, users are clearly confused. This confusion, I suspect, is leading to over sharing, which Facebook's critics say is intentional. More sharing equals greater monetization opportunities. As an example, a privacy quirk on Facebook appears to produce the following scenario: User A sends a friend-request to user B but they choose not to accept, at least not yet (it's a pending request, so they haven't declined either). However, just by issuing that request, some of user B's activity begins showing up in user A's Facebook News Feed under 'Most Recent'. That's probably OK, assuming user B knows what they are doing. But, more bizarrely, the feed could also show who user B has recently befriended.
Mashable -- Tweet Trumps Turns Twitter into a Card Game [APPS]
How do you prefer wasting time online during work: Playing solitaire or tweeting? Well, now you don't have to choose. From the dude who brought you Tweleted and Stupid Fight comes Tweet Trumps, a card game in which the only jokers and kings are your followers.
Tweet Trumps — which was created by Tom Scott and Dom Hodgson over the course of 24 hours at European developer conference Warblecamp — generates a deck of online trading cards culled from your mutual Twitter followers (people who follow you back). Basically, you're given a card with a collection of stats about a certain follower — number of tweets, grammar quality, number of followers, etc — and then you must guess in which category said person "trumps" another one of your followers.
Here, I was given a card featuring my friend Sammy Davis, who is an awesome vintage clothing seller. Since Sammy D. is rather loquacious, I guessed that she tweets more than my average follower. As you can see, I was correct; she beat out Mashable Features Editor Matt Silverman handily.
The game still has a few bugs — it was created in one day — and only works for unprotected accounts and people with more than 20 mutual followers, but it's still a pretty stellar way to kill your morning. Also, it's a hell of a lot cheaper than online poker. Amirite?
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Tags: apps, humor, pop culture, software, twitter
Mashable -- HOW TO: Make the Most of Your Twitter Profile Page
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Whether you're new to Twitter or are a veteran Tweeter, chances are you give more thought to the content of your Tweets than your profile page. But optimizing your Twitter page is fairly simple and there are a number of tools to help you get the job done.
We've showed you how to create a better profile picture and how to organize your Twitter account, and now we're going to show you how to make the most of your Twitter profile page.
Add your own favorite tips and tools in the comments.
Write a Great Bio
You get 160 characters to wow the world with your bio. Use them. And we mean use as many of 'em as possible. Don't overlook the importance of a bio. You know you rock, your mom knows you rock but the wider world might need a little more persuasion. Your bio shows up in the new(ish) box that people see when they hover over your name or image so it needs to sell a Twitter user enough to make them want to click through and hit that follow button.
Think of Twitter as a giant people-based search engine and think of key search words you'd like your profile to appear for, the first of which might be your full name. Other key words that could be relevant to you might include "mom," "developer," "entrepreneur," or "musician", write those down and use them as the basis for your bio. Finally, don't be afraid to add at least one personal element, preferably one that's funny — people do this to great comedic effect and it will make you less of a "tweople" and more of a real person to viewers.
One of the things Twitter gives you total control over on your profile page is the color of your text, but be mindful of the color your choose. You want to make sure it matches your background color and isn't so bright that it's not readable.
Choose a Rockstar Picture
A fair amount of research has gone into what makes a great social networking profile pic but it's still an area that generates great debate. The accepted wisdom is that a face shot, with eye contact and a smile is the best way to go.
Bear in mind that Twitter profile pictures are displayed in a square (so make sure your picture is cropped without chopping off any vital features) and only measure 48 pixels by 48 pixels (so make sure it also works small). Although the picture will be shown small in most instances, don't forget that if people do click through to your profile and click the picture, the full size will display.
Create a Funky Custom Background Offering More Info
Although longer than a Tweet, 160 characters is a very small space in which to convince the world of your awesomeness. If you're struggling to get your message across, or if you want to be contactable via other methods than Twitter (especially considering you have to be following someone to send a Direct Message) you can use your Twitter background to display more info about yourself.
Services like TwitBacks (along with others) specialize in helping create customized Twitter backgrounds with a left-hand panel where you can not only expand on your bio, but provide links to other social networking profiles.
If you don't want to add more info then, as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, consider changing Twitter's default background to something that is more you.
Make Use of the Web Link
Use the web link that Twitter offers. Aside from being about the only place on Twitter where you'll find full fat, unshortened URLs, it's a vital way to tell people more about yourself. Additionally, because Twitter shows full URLs here, it's probably the one place you don't want to use a URL shortener, especially if you have your own branded domain that someone might identify with.
If you don't have a personal website to link out to then why not link to another of your social networ king profiles, such as Facebook? Better still, use free, super-easy, templated blogging services like Posterous or Tumblr to create a one page "about me" microsite – it's as easy as picking a design and chucking up some words and there's no hosting or domain name hassle.
Pay Attention to Those Last Few Tweets
While a great Twitter profile can tell you a lot about a person, their actual Tweets are a vital indicator of the kind of content you can expect if you're to follow them. You should be aware of the last few Tweets you've sent out, as those show up first on your profile page and those are the ones people are likely to look at when deciding to follow your or not.
Use Lists to Broadcast Your Fascinating Interests to the World
Twitter is all about engagement and creating lists shows that you are interested in more than just broadcasting your own bon mots. In addition to showing how community-minded you are, lists are yet another area in which you can tell people something about yourself.
Are you really into music? Then list your favorite artists that Tweet. Do you work in marketing? Then create a rockstars-of-marketing Twitter list. Whether the areas you cover with your lists are personal or professional they will go some way to building up a picture of who you are and just what it is you're all about, which, let's face it, on one level is what Twitter is all about.
You can further explore and add your own lists on Listorious and Mashable's own Twitter List Directory.
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Mashable -- Android Now Outselling iPhone [REPORT]
Smartphones carrying Google's Android operating system outsold the iPhone in the first quarter of 2010, according to new research out today from NPD.
During the quarter, Android handsets accounted for 28% of smartphone sales, beating out iPhone OS and its 21% share. BlackBerry was the bestselling OS, with its devices capturing 36% of the market. NPD attributes the shift to strong sales of the Motorola Droid and Droid Eris.
The news follows a report last month from AdMob that showed Android's share of the mobile OS market had actually grown past that of iPhone OS, at least in the U.S. Worldwide, iPhone OS still has a big lead, however, with 46% share compared to Android's 25%. AdMob's data is based on ad requests across mobile websites and applications.
With the new Droid Incredible reportedly selling quite well, this trend may continue in the near-term. However, the fourth-generation iPhone is expected to debut next month. Rumors that the iPhone will soon come to Verizon also continue to intensify, with that carrier's customers indicating they are ready to welcome the device with open arms. If all of that happens, the numbers could quickly swing back in Apple's favor. Stay tuned.
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Tags: android, apple, blackberry, Google, iphone, RIM, smartphones, trending
TechRadar -- Obama: Twitter is 'putting pressure on democracy'
US President Barack Obama has warned of technology overload, blaming iPads, Xboxes and Twitter as things that distract rather than empower.
Speaking recently to students at Hampton University in Virginia, Obama cited games consoles and social networks as part of a 24/7 media environment which is becoming a burden for the youth of today.
In his speech he explained: "With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations ? none of which I know how to work ? information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation."
New pressures
He also noted that social media, including the likes of Twitter, meant that "some of the craziest claims can quickly claim traction.
"All of this is not only putting new pressures on you. It is putting new pressures on our count ry and on our democracy."
Obama was quick to note that going against the changing technological landscape wasn't the solution but educating people to live within it was: "We can't stop these changes. But we can adapt to them. And education is what can allow us to do so. It can fortify you, as it did earlier generations, to meet the tests of your own time."
Obama may admit to being a luddite when it comes to games consoles and the iPad, but he is an avid BlackBerry user.
He did mention back in November, though, that he has never used Twitter but did stick up for the site saying he was "an advocate of technology and not restricting internet access," when speaking about China blocking social networks.
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TechRadar -- In Depth: 10 things Google should change for Android 2.2
Android's greatest strength is also its biggest problem.
The constant, lightning-fast pace of development has left many users out in the cold when it comes to getting the latest OS updates - just ask anyone who owns an HTC Hero how they feel about being stuck with Android 1.5 in this day and age.
But the mobile OS marches on regardless, with the latest update, Android 2.2 - known as Frozen Yogurt or "FroYo" for short - rumoured to be due any day.
So what should Android 2.2 do? How can it improve on an OS that's already stormed the world during 2010?
These are our suggestions, should anyone from Google be reading and have a bit of spare time this afternoon.
1. An 'Update All' or 'Auto Update' option for apps
Yes, we understand Google needs to cover its arse in getting us all to click 'OK' on the privacy options when installing an app the first time, but must we go through this rigmarole again when installing simple version updates of our apps?
When you've got 30 apps on your phone and eight of them all coincidentally want updating at once one morning, the update process becomes a bit of a chore. Just let everything auto-update. We won't complain about privacy violations, promise.
2. Android Market syncing with PC
Isn't it just a bit bizarre that Google, King of the Internet, offers no way of letting users browse the Android Market from a PC?
Is that done on purpose, as a way to illustrate a future in which we're free from desktop computers? Or is it simply too big a job? Either way we don't care - we want it and Google has enough people and computers to make it happen.
Also, can the Android Market be a bit more user friendly while you're at it? Finding what you're looking for is tough, especially if you're looking for something generic-sounding, like a Twitter app. The ability to sort apps by user ranking would be a good start.
3. The death of fragmentation
The big speculation about FroYo is that it'll somehow magically end fragmentation of the Android OS. Would it be technically possible for Google to push out firmware updates via the Android Market in future? Probably not for older handsets - they're doomed! - but if every phone that launches from the FroYo era onwards could have its OS updated free from network delays and interference it'd be a great move.
Imagine a future in which everyone can install Android updates from the Market, or a Google web site, free from the chains of their local network operator, the day they come out. That's a future we would embrace.
Battery life is terrible on all Android phones. Big screens, multitasking and data-syncing all eat lithium-ion constantly, so wouldn't it be great if FroYo let us select ultra-low-power modes for when we're not Tweeting or downloading? It'd also be a cool eco-friendly bullet-point on the Android 2.2 feature list.
We're sure Android is already as power efficient as possible, but we'd like to try getting our battery life up from six hours to maybe six and a half. Also, can the alarm clock work when the phone's turned off, please? It's crazy that decade-old Nokias can wake you up when they're switched off, yet Android phones can't. Put that in the hardware spec from now on, please.
5. More app payment options
It's odd that Android isn't particularly well integrated with the networks. Buying apps requires use of a credit card - why can't we have purchases added direct to our network bill?
Sure, it'd be a logistical nightmare, but Google has made a living out of sorting out logistical nightmares for the betterment of mankind, so we expect more. Some apps are starting to support PayPal outside of the Market loop, but there's a long way to go before Android offers a simple, seamless payment system.
6. Jazzier default music player
The default Android music player is a pretty bland, generic affair. It works, it's fine, but it's not the prettiest of things and could do with some developer attention and a 2010 makeover.
A better organised file browsing system along with the option to switch the phone to a music player mode, enabling people to scan through songs with the trackball or by pressing some other buttons, would be great - if only to help sell And roid to the mainstream crowd. And an official Google file-syncing service would be handy, too, for listening to our favourite MP3s while out and about.
7. Install apps to SD card
A bit of a boring one, but this is the number one request from the power users. Android apps are mostly rather small affairs and don't consume that much memory, but some of the fancier games do consume a large chunk of memory - and being able to hide these away on the SD card would be very useful. People just want the choice, that's all.
8. Advanced Notifications tab
We tend to use the Notifications area as a phone maintenance 'To Do List', putting off tiresome app updates until we're bored enough. So it'd be great if we would dismiss individual Notifications one at a time rather than only being able to clear the whole list, leaving only the few important-sounding Notifications we need to 'action' later. We do occasionally have other things to do than fuss over our phones, making sure everything's up-to date, you know, Google.
9. USB/Bluetooth keyboard support
A USB keyboard would presumably be a little tricky to implement what with its power needs, but the new Bluetooth HID (Human Interface Device) Profile would let Android easily connect to a Bluetooth keyboard. iPhone already supports this feature, so enabling it on Android 2.2 would carry on annoying Steve Jobs - which is the most important thing of all.
10. Offline Maps caching
The mobile networks seem to be taking a hardline approach to data transfer at the moment, rendering use of our always-on smartphones something of a minefield of excess fees and charges.
So if we could cache up all our map data via Wi-Fi before setting off into the world it'd be lovely. The networks would be happier - and we wouldn't have to worry about getting monstrous data bills at the end of the month for daring to use our phone's features. A 'Favourite Maps' option, something like that. That's all we're asking for.
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TechRadar -- Rumour: FarmVille to leave Facebook?
Reports suggest that casual game developer Zynga may well have its own plans to leave Facebook in the near future and run its hugely popular games such as FarmVille and Mafia Wars on its own dedicated social network.
If Zynga was to launch its own social gaming network, as the report on TechCrunch suggests, then it would be a major blow to Mark Zuckerburg and his team at Facebook.
Facebook pushes Zynga
Latest reports claim that relations between Zynga and Facebook are at an all-time low, largely down to Facebook's "Facebook Credits" system, which is the only way that independent game makers can get paid via Facebook.
The credits system gives 30 per cent of revenue to Facebook, v ery much like Apple's own system with the App Store.
Facebook is apparently pushing Zynga into signing a new long-term exclusivity deal, which has pushed the issue to the fore.
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has now informed staff to prepare for a the possibility of a split from Facebook and, according to a leaked email, is planning to "launch a social game network called Zynga Live."
Facebook told TechCrunch "we have conversations with our large developers all the time and we don't typically comment on specific discussions."
Zynga has so far declined to comment.
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TechRadar -- Skype to offer ads to keep free service
Skype is set to consider offering adverts to keep its VoIP service free, according to the company's CEO.
Josh Silverman, CEO of of Skype, is "seriously considering" launching third party advertising on the service, according to The Telegraph.
Silverman says Skype's mission statement is to be "the fabric of real-time communication on the web", and has announced that the company is looking for additional revenue streams.
Ad-supported Skype
Which, basically, means an ad-supported Skype. Which is no doubt going to annoy those users that have been making Skype calls for year unimpeded by advertising gimmicks.
"It's challenging to get right as the way people use is Skype is very personal but we think our users expect us to do it so we can continue to support free. But it will be done in a tasteful way," Silverman said.
Skype recently announced a range of new monthly subscription services as well as new services such as five-way video group calling, currently still in beta testing.
Via The Telegraph
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TechRadar -- Twitterer fined £1,000 for airport bomb joke
Twitter user Paul Chambers has been found guilty of threatening to bomb Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport via the micro-blogging service - even though his tweet was meant to be a joke.
And while #twitterjoketrial continues to gain traction, the real question is this: is it okay to make a joke about blowing up an airport on a public communications network?
For Paul Chambers, the answer is clearly "no, it wasn't" because he has just obtained a criminal record and a £1,000 fine for doing so.
Crap! Bomb airport!
Chambers has been prosecuted under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 for sending an "indecent, obscene or menacing" message for Tweeting:
"Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You've got a week... otherwise I'm bl owing the airport sky high!"
So just be careful what you say on Twitter, is the lesson learned here.
Chambers now has a £1,000 fine and a criminal record, for threatening to bomb an airport on a publicly viewed communications system.
Was he an idiot for doing so? Or has he been unfairly scapegoated for a throwaway tweet?
This is one ruling which may have reverberations regarding what users can say on Twitter and get away with.
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Journal du Geek -- Android devant l'iPhone !
Selon le cabinet d'analyses NPD, il se serait vendu pour la première fois plus de smartphones sous Android que d'iPhone aux US durant le dernier trimestre, soit une part de marché de 28% pour Google contre 21% pour Apple. Bon, il y a cependant un constructeur qui met tout le monde d'accord avec ses 36%, [...]
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Facebook, Hadopi, Google : tous nommés aux Big Brother Awards 2010
France - Fin mai, la branche française de l'ONG Privacy International organisera comme chaque année la cérémonie des Big Brother Awards. Celle-ci élit les plus grands ennemis de la vie privée. Aux côtés de l'autorité Hadopi, sont nommés Facebook, Google, mais aussi les Pages Jaunes.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100510/tsc-facebook-hadopi-google-tous-nomms-au-04aaa9b.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Un bug de Facebook installait des applications sur votre profil
Le réseau social a reconnu un problème technique la semaine dernière. Il serait lié aux fonctions Facebook intégrées par certains sites.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100510/ttc-un-bug-de-facebook-installait-des-ap-549fc7d.html
Journal du Geek -- Dolphin Browser HD disponible pour Android
La navigateur Dolphin Browser vient de sortir dans une nouvelle version nommée Dolphin Browser HD et destinée uniquement aux mobiles sous Android 2.0 et supérieur ! Cette version prend notamment en charge le multitouch, les plug-ins, la navigation par onglets, le téléchargement des vidéos Youtube sur la carte microSD, une meilleure gestion des favoris, le [...]
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeJournalDuGeek/~3/R0NW4J-80o8/
Journal du Geek -- Un autre clone de l'iPad sous Android
Écran de 10? (1024×600), processeur ARM Cortex A8 1GHz, 512Mo de RAM, SSD de 16Go, port SDHC, trois ports USB, Wifi, prise jack, micro, batterie de 2400mAH, port Ethernet ou encore sortie HDMI, voici un nouveau clone de l'iPad qui tourne sous Android 2.1 et qui est disponible en Asie pour un peu moins de [...]
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeJournalDuGeek/~3/8sCjnpD-FM0/
Journal du Geek -- Et Google Chrome devient tactile…
Le navigateur de Google s'offre enfin une compatibilité avec les écrans tactiles, et ce grâce à une extension nommée Chrome Touch, et qui, comme vous allez pouvoir le voir dans la vidéo nichée dans la suite de ce billet, offre une précision assez bluffante, et plus particulièrement sur des écrans de netbooks. Mais, évidemment, vous [...]
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeJournalDuGeek/~3/9DdViMw4pFw/
TechCrunch -- Facebook Hires Former US FTC Chairman Tim Muris
Facebook has hired former US Federal Trade Commission chairman Timothy J. Muris in the face of increased government scrutiny of its privacy policies. The former senior Bush administration regulator will be defending the social networking company's privacy practices in Washington. The hiring of the top gun antitrust lawyer comes at a time when the FTC is busy taking a close look at complaints against the company that were filed by privacy advocates, sources tell the Financial Times.
Journal du Geek -- Jouez avec une Wiimote sur un mobile Android ou un iPad !
Justement, je vous en parlais la semaine dernière, il est maintenant possible de se servir d'une Wiimote comme manette pour jouer à des jeux sur un mobile Android (ici le Nexus One) mais aussi sur un iPad jailbreaké ! D'un côté, nous avons WiimoteController pour Android qui est disponible dans une version Alpha et de [...]
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Journal du Geek -- Les SmartQ V5 et V7 sous Android 2.1
Les deux MID V5 et V7 de SmartQ vont eux aussi avoir droit à la mise à jour 2.1 de Android. Celle-ci va notamment apporter la gestion des fonds d'écran dynamiques, l'accélération 3D, une optimisation de l'interface ainsi que du Bluetooth. Pour rappel, le V5 offre un écran tactile résistif de 4,3? (800×480px), un processeur [...]
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Le Post -- Ruquier: "Si Naulleau et Zemmour partent, ce ne sera pas gênant"
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Morandini -- Ruquier: "Si Naulleau et Zemmour s'en vont c'est pas gênant"
Alors qu'Eric Naulleau et Eric Zemmour sont en train de renégocier leur contrat, pour rester - ou pas- la saison prochaine dans "On n'est pas couché"...
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Russie : 30 morts et 60 disparus dans un drame minier
Le bilan d'un double coup de grisou dans une mine en Sibérie s'est alourdi à 30 morts lundi, alors que 60 personnes, prisonnières de la galerie, étaient...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/73/20100510/twl-russie-30-morts-et-60-disparus-dans-d79e08a.html
TechCrunch -- Facebook Confirms Its Location Product
As I said earlier tonight, code doesn't lie. Facebook has now confirmed their location-based feature, which is apparently due to launch shortly if the code found on their touch.facebook.com site is any indication. Of course, they only confirmed it so they could clarify something else. "There are currently no plans to add marketing partners to this product. We may consider working with marketers to enhance the experience in the future, but have no plans to do so at launch," a Facebook spokesperson tells us in response to our story. You'll notice two key words in there, "product" and "launch." So Facebook is acknowledging the "product" that we found. And you have to believe they wouldn't bring up a "launch" or know details about it if it weren't happening soon.
TV News -- Stéphane Guillon : Michèle Laroque est une "enfoirée" (France Inter)
Comme chaque lundi, mardi, mercredi sur le blog, voici le billet de Stéphane Guillon sur France Inter. Ce lundi 10 mai, "Michèle Laroque est une "enfoirée"".
Le début : "Vous avez lu cette histoire incroyable ? Michèle Laroque, la compagne du ministre du budget François Baroin,[...]
TV News -- Adeck, le jack russell de Dechavanne : 50.000 peluches.
Adeck est le jack russel le plus médiatisé de France. Le chien qui accompagne depuis plusieurs années Christophe Dechavanne dans ses émissions (La roue de la fortune, Une famille en or, les premières parties de soirée...).
D'après l'hebdomadaire Télé Loisirs, dans son numéro en[...]
Mashable -- HOW TO: Find Long Lost Friends on Facebook
Facebook is now an essential unifying force in many people's social lives — it helps friends arrange events, wish each other "happy birthday," solidify communities and social bonds, and share recent memories with images.
All of that has been always possible by other, less convenient means, but Facebook helps us do one thing that's unique to our time: Get daily updates on the lives of friends all over the world, in different walks of life.
In a way, that's what the service originally was. Its name and college origins conjure images of a yearbook, intended not to keep up on what's new but to act as a record of past relationships, associations and accomplishments. Facebook hasn't forgotten that, so it provides tools for reconnecting with friends from your past — past schools, past jobs and even past e-mail exchanges.
Here's a list of ways to find long lost friends on Facebook.
Find Friends You E-mail
Look in Facebook's right navigation panel and you'll see an area labeled "Get Connected." It's easy to miss, but this is where you'll start when looking for old friends. Click "Find your friends" underneath "Who's on Facebook?" and you'll be taken to the "Find people you know on Facebook" portal.
The first option you'll see is "Find people you e-mail." Just type in your e-mail address here, and if your e-mail service is a popular one (like Gmail or Yahoo), a window will pop up that will log into your account and import all your contacts.
You'll get a list of people you've e-mailed who have registered on Facebook using the e-mail address from your contact list. Check the ones you know and click "Add as Friends" once you've found all the folks you want.
Follow Facebook's Recommendations
Head back to that first page and look further down the options, below the e-mail one, and you'll see a collage of profile pictures and names under the header "Suggestions." These are people Facebook's computers think you might know based on factors like whether or not you have lots of mutual friends.
If you don't know someone on the list, click the "X" by that person's name to make him or her disappear, and he or she will be replaced by a new possibility. If you do know the next one one, just click "Add as friend" and you're set.
F ind Friends By Name or E-mail Address
In the bottom left of the "Find people you know on Facebook" page, you'll see a subsection labeled "search for people." There's a simple search field where you can type in a name or e-mail address. Facebook will look for any users with that name or e-mail address, then give you the option of adding whoever it finds as a friend.
Find Former or Current Classmates or Co-workers
When you don't know your former contact's e-mail address or if his or her name is so common that you can't find him or her in the search, you can search based on school or workplace. You can only do this for schools or workplaces you've attended. Click on any of the links below the name and e-mail search field (such as "Find former college classmates") to navigate to another friend-finding page.
You can type in the school name or the class year, then (optionally) a name to find a classmate. Alternatively, you can search by company and name to find co-workers and colleagues.
Find Friends You IM
Step back to the main portal and look in the bottom right corner to find the IM option. It works just like the e-mail one, except that you have to select a service. For example, click on AOL Instant Messenger and type in your screen name and password to import all your AIM contacts. If your AIM buddies have Facebook accounts that list their screen names, they'll appear in the results and you'll be able to add them.
Use Facebook Search
If none of the above options helped you find the person you're looking for, you can really get your hands dirty by using Facebook's more general search feature. The search field is always at the top of every Facebook page.
Type in a name, but don't hit enter or return yet because you might get taken straight to a specific profile or page. Instead, click "See More Results…" at the bottom of the drop-down list that appears.
In the left navigation menu (the one that says "All Results," "People," etc.), click "People." Now you can narrow your search by typing in location, school or workplace in addition to name.
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TechCrunch -- Spotted: Facebook?s Check-In Functionality And New ?Places? Tab
Code doesn't lie. Over the past several weeks, there's been a lot of speculation about Facebook's location functionality. At least part of that speculation can end now. We now know what Facebook is planning to launch with regard to location shortly, because it's right there in their code. Specifically, it's right there in the JavaScript on the touch.facebook.com version of the site. This is the mobile version of Facebook that is optimized for phones with touchscreens like the iPhone and Android phones. Visiting this site on the Safari web browser (which, of course, the iPhone uses a version of) causes something interesting to happen: it just hangs. And when you enable debug mode, it's easy to see why.
Hack in the Box -- Facebook statuses reveal happiness
Facebook has extended its "Gross National Happiness" prototype app to 18 new countries. The app analyzes words in status updates like "awesome" or "tragic" to track changes in the collective emotional state of its users. When Facebook applied the methods to its U.S. userbase last year, it found that happiness went way up on holidays and way down when celebrities like Michael Jackson or Heath Ledger passed away. While the results of the study weren't surprising, the idea of using status updates to measure national happiness was a novel one. After Facebook's latest update, the list now includes the U.S., Canada, India, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Italy, Chile, Uruguay, Spain, Mexico, South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Ireland, Venezuela and Colombia. Status updates in the English, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish languages are included in the data.
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36200
Hack in the Box -- Think twice before sharing something on Facebook
Facebook has become the conference room for the young generation. They are sharing their personal ideas identity and views over there with others. In addition to this they can send and receive mails and messages as well by this social networking site. And one thing must be noted that all these are virtual and in done the cyber space. We can make friends. We can share a chat with them as we do when we meet physically. But what if our own personal data will be stolen or misused by others. That is by hacking and phishing i. e. stealing others data or information without the owner's permission. The hackers are simple programmers who are the master of any software and website related issues. In case of facebook there should be a perfect privacy control and phishing filters. The existing protocols are not working and our vital information which is in Facebook is open for any misuse. There are thousands of incidents proving the vulnerability the website.
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36209
TechCrunch -- NSFW: Facebook Breached My Privacy, And Other Things That Whiny, Entitled Dipshits Say
Starting this week, I'm implementing a rule for readers of this column. The fact is, I express some pretty controversial views here on TechCrunch. Views on subjects like race and prostitution and terrorism and mental illness. Views that you - as a smart, educated TC reader - are perfectly able to process and discuss in a mature way, but views that could easily be misconstrued by the wider internet community, should they be reposted on other blogs, or quoted out of context. From this point forward, then, I'm banning you from reposting, quoting or even discussing my columns outside of TechCrunch. It's to protect my privacy more than anything else: I mean, sure, I've chosen to share those views online - in an inherently unsecure environment - but still I reserve the right to be shocked and outraged should they find their way from one semi-controllable online environment to another slightly less controllable one. And I reserve that right to be outraged for one reason alone: I am fucking delusional about how the Internet works.
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Drame dans une mine russe, les secours s'activent pour retrouver les rescapés
Au moins douze personnes sont mortes après un double coup de grisou dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche dans une mine en Sibérie. Plus de quatre-vingt personnes sont toujours portées disparues.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/64/20100509/twl-drame-dans-une-mine-russe-les-secour-acb1c83.html
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Chavez va créer un fonds pour traiter les demandes faites sur Twitter
Le président vénézuélien affirme avoir reçu de centaines de demandes via son compte Twitter, pour des problèmes de santé ou de logement.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/76/20100509/twl-chavez-va-crer-un-fonds-pour-traiter-1a8f422.html
Morandini -- Laurent Baffie dans une pub télé ! Regardez
Après Alessandra Sublet dont vous parlait jeanmarcmorandini.com en milieu de semaine, c'est Laurent Baffie qui vient de céder aux sirènes de la public...
http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-39108-laurent-baffie-dans-une-pub-tele-regardez.html
Le Post -- Rouen: le préfet refuse l'apéro organisé sur Facebook
Après avoir interdit les apéros géants de Dieppe et de Fécamp, le préfet de Haute-Normandie veut empêcher ceux prévus à Rouen et au Havre.
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http://www.lepost.fr/article/2010/05/08/2066097_a-rouen-le-prefet-refuse-l-apero.html#xtor=RSS-30
Slashdot -- A Call For an Open, Distributed Alternative To Facebook
qwerty8ytrewq writes "Ryan Singel, writing for Wired, claims that Facebook has gone rogue: 'Facebook used to be a place to share photos and thoughts with friends and family and maybe play a few stupid games that let you pretend you were a mafia don or a homesteader. It became a very useful way to connect with your friends, long-lost friends and family members. ... And Facebook realized it owned the network. Then Facebook decided to turn "your" profile page into your identity online ? figuring, rightly, that there?s money and power in being the place where people define themselves. But to do that, the folks at Facebook had to make sure that the information you give it was public.' Singel goes on to call for an open, distributed alternative. 'Facebook?s basic functions can be turned into protocols, and a whole set of interoperating software and services can flourish. Think of being able to buy your own domain name and use simple software such as Posterous to build a profile pag e in the style of your liking.' Can Slashdotters predict where social networking is going? And how?" Relatedly, jamie points a graphical representation of how Facebook's privacy settings have changed over the last five years.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Explosion meurtière dans une gigantesque mine russe
Le bilan du coup de grisou qui s'est produit samedi soir dans une mine de charbon de Sibérie s'est alourdi à douze morts au moins et les recherches engagées pour ramener les survivants en surface ont été suspendues à la suite d'une seconde explosion.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/78/20100509/twl-explosion-meurtire-dans-une-gigantes-5231d91.html
TV News -- Frédéric Beigbeder célèbre à sa façon "Parkeromane" d'Eric Naulleau.
Entre Frédéric Beigbeder et Eric Naulleau, les piques fusent régulièrement. L'un fustige le procureur d'un spectacle répugnant, l'autre lui répond qu'il ne deviendra jamais un grand écrivain s'il n'accepte pas d'autres critiques que de lui-même, de ses co-employés et de ses potes. Etc...
[...]Yahoo - Dans le monde -- La Russie célèbre la 'Grande Guerre patriotique', unique rescapée de l'ère soviétique
La commémoration de la victoire de 1945, orchestrée par les autorités russes, réveille une controverse sur le rôle de Staline.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/64/20100509/twl-la-russie-clbre-la-grande-guerre-pat-acb1c83.html
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Douze morts et 80 disparus dans une explosion minière en Russie
RUSSIE - Les opérations de secours sont pour le moment suspendues...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/82/20100509/twl-douze-morts-et-80-disparus-dans-une-8f38f87.html
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- 12 morts et 83 disparus dans un accident minier en Russie
Les opérations de sauvetage sont interrompues en raison du danger dans les galeries.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/76/20100509/twl-12-morts-et-83-disparus-dans-un-acci-1a8f422.html
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Attentat contre une base de l'armée russe au Daghestan
MAKHACHKALA, Russie (Reuters) - Un attentat suicide à la voiture piégée a fait au moins un mort près d'une base de l'armée russe au Daghestan, dans le sud de la Russie, a-t-on appris de source militaire.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/4/20100509/twl-russie-attentat-41953f5.html
Mashable -- Betty White's SNL Monologue Blasts Facebook [VIDEO]
Betty White hosted Saturday Night Live tonight, the result of months of campaigning by members of the Facebook page Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!. The Golden Girls star took the opportunity to both thank and ridicule her Facebook fans.
White commented in her monologue, "I really have to thank Facebook … I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. I would never say the people on it are losers, but that's only because I'm polite. People say 'But Betty, Facebook is a great way to connect with old friends.' Well at my age, if I wanna connect with old friends, I need a Ouija Board. Needless to say, we didn't have Facebook when I was growing up. We had phonebook, but you wouldn't waste an afternoon with it."
Are you a Betty White fan on Facebook? What did you think of her monologue?
Tags: betty white, facebook, saturday night live, snl
Wired -- The Facebook Privacy War: What Is Personal Data?
You're pretty upset (again) about the Facebook privacy changes (again). You're not alone. But you really didn't think anything you shared on the internet was 'personal data,' did you?
Wired -- Facebook's Gone Rogue; It's Time for an Open Alternative
Facebook's latest moves shows the company cares more about dominating the web than treating its users respectfully. It's time the web come up with an open alternative to return control to users.
Wired -- A 'Legit' Pirate Bay Makes Sense in Theory, If Not Practice
An ambitious, embattled entrepreneur named Hans Pandeya in on a Quixotic quest to turn The Pirate Bay into a legit distributor of content even though he has no money to buy a domain the owners say isn't for sale. But his idea -- people who currently pay about $6 a month for an under-the-radar connection to the torrent service might pay a similar fee for a version of the site that was full of licensed content -- might not be so crazy after all.
Wired -- Facebook's Gone Rogue; It's Time for an Open Alternative
Facebook's latest moves shows the company cares more about dominating the web than treating its users respectfully. It's time the web come up with an open alternative to return control to users.
Wired -- A 'Legit' Pirate Bay Makes Sense in Theory, If Not Practice
An ambitious, embattled entrepreneur named Hans Pandeya in on a Quixotic quest to turn The Pirate Bay into a legit distributor of content even though he has no money to buy a domain the owners say isn't for sale. But his idea -- people who currently pay about $6 a month for an under-the-radar connection to the torrent service might pay a similar fee for a version of the site that was full of licensed content -- might not be so crazy after all.
Mashable -- 5 Ways to Send Real-Life Gifts To Your Twitter Friends
The online nature of Twitter means that it's highly unlikely you know the physical addresses of many of the people you follow, which if you want to send them something in the real world, could be problematic.
Whether it's a Twitter buddy's birthday, someone's a little under the weather, you want to say thank you, or just be awesome, there are a variety of services out there that can help you out in such a situation.
We've pulled together a list of five websites that, utilizing just a Twitter handle and a credit card, will have actual gifts winging their way in the real world to your online friend in no time at all.
1. ParcelGenie
Perhaps aimed at the younger Twitter user, ParcelGenie offers affordable gifts across the categories of "fun," "flirty," "cheeky," "cult" and "celebratory" with Love Hearts and strawberry lip gloss the current most popular items while we were visiting. Basically, if you're looking to send a Twitter contact a Whoopee cushion, or a badge that reads "boob inspector" then this is your new go-to place.
Once you've signed in via oAuth, the site auto-selects a gift and someone from your followers to send it to as a kind of demo. This is unnerving at best, and frankly terrifying at worst as you sit petrified, scared to move the mouse as the site lines up "After Dinner Willies" for your boss, complete with an auto-generated message. Obviously you have to actually add the item to your cart before anything really happens, but it's a point worth noting for the faint of heart.< /p>
On the practical side of things, you can only send gifts to people that are following you. Once you have selected an item and a recipient, you choose whether you want the gift to be public, private or anonymous, after which ParcelGenie messages the giftee asking for an address and, assuming your buddy provides the requisite info, the parcel is then sent.
Delivers To: The U.S., Canada, UK, Australia, plus some European countries
Gifts Available: Keyrings, badges, candy, drinks, mugs, magnets, various other low value items
2. Tigerbow
This good-looking site offers a more grown-up selection of giftery with books and movies catering to any get-well soon scenario, flowers and food great for thank yous, and comedy tees. There's also a card-sending service which is available worldwide (unlike the gifting that's currently U.S.-only), with the nifty option to design your own.
Once you've registered, verified your email and selected your gift, it's just a matter of signing in to Twitter, selecting a contact from the list and then adding a Twitter message (there's a separate option later in the checkout process to add a message to go with the actual gift). At this stage you can chose whether you want the recipient to be able to see the gift they are getting, or keeping it a surprise.
The giftee then gets a message from Tigerbow, can view your message on the site and then decide whether they want to accept, and if so, where they want the parcel sent. If the recipient refuses the present, then you won't be charged and at no point is any address info shared.
Delivers To: The U.S. only for gifts, cards worldwide
Gifts Available: Flowers, cards, foodie items, t-shirts, books, movies
3. Twitgift
Twitgift currently offers a very limited selection of items made up of mostly cookies and a few geek-themed phone cases and jewelry. However, the site is actively looking for suppliers with "interesting, unique or tasty" products, and is supposedly making plans for expansion to other countries, so it's definitely worth bookmarking.
Boasting a super-simple user experience, you simply sign in via oAuth with your Twitter account, select the gift you want to send, enter the Twitter name of who you're sending it to and enter payment info.
The recipient then gets a tweet that is customizable, but along the lines of: "I just bought you a @twitgift! Claim your @twitgift at http://twitgift.me/claim/" The recipient can then visit Twitgift to add their shipping details (at which point the service tweets you to let you know the gift has been accepted). Alternatively, if the gift is not claimed in a week, the ord er is canceled and nothing is charged to your card.
It's worth noting that unlike other services, the @mention nature of the notification means you can use Twitgift to send gifts to people who don't follow you.
Delivers To: The U.S. only
Gifts Available: Cookies, phone cases, jewelry
4. Twegistry
Once you've oAuthed the sign-in on Twegistry, you can browse the online present selection which includes some nice gifty bits as well as some sexy underwear – so, clearly ideal for the stalker market.
Simply enter your recipient's Twitter name and select the gift (prices include both shipping and taxes) and then checkout via PayPal.
Twegistry will then send a message containing an @mention to the person you're sending the present to with a link so that they can either accept or decline. Like Twitgift, the way this system is set up means the person you want to send something to does not need to follow you back in order to generate the message.
If they do decline, then your purchase will be refunded, otherwise the gift will be sent off to them pronto.
Delivers To: The U.S. only
Gifts Available: Flowers, candy, cakes, teddy bears, saucy undies
5. SendSocial
In addition to being UK-only at this stage, SendSocial works on a different principle than the services outlined above as it does not restrict your choice of gift. It's more a social delivery service that will help you send anything to a Twitter user.
Just sign in with your Twitter ID via oAuth, enter your name, email and address info (and go through the email verification process) and select the Twitter name of the person you want to send something to.
The service then generates a tweet along the following lines "@[recipient] I would like to send you [item], via SendSocial. To accept, go to http://sendsocial.com/r/[unique link]" Once the receivee accepts and enters their address, SendSocial creates a barcoded address label (so the actual location is not revealed at any stage) for you to print out, stick to your parcel and wait for the courier to collect.
Pricing is worked out on a wei ght basis, with anything up to 2kg costing just £3.99 (around $6) to send and the service takes between three to five days once the parcel has been collected.
Delivers To: UK only
Gifts Available: None – send your own
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More Twitter resources from Mashable:
- 5 Free Services for Pre-Scheduling Your Twitter Updates
- What Twitter's New Ad Model Could Mean for Small Business
- 10 Dos and Don'ts for Brands on Twitter
- HOW TO: Spring Clean Your Twitter Account
- 4 Tips for Tapping Into Twitter Conversations
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Wired -- Facebook's Gone Rogue; It's Time for an Open Alternative
Facebook's latest moves shows the company cares more about dominating the web than treating its users respectfully. It's time the web come up with an open alternative to return control to users.
Wired -- The Facebook Privacy War: What Is Personal Data?
You're pretty upset (again) about the Facebook privacy changes (again). You're not alone. But you really didn't think anything you shared on the internet was 'personal data,' did you?
Wired -- A 'Legit' Pirate Bay Makes Sense in Theory, If Not Practice
An ambitious, embattled entrepreneur named Hans Pandeya in on a Quixotic quest to turn The Pirate Bay into a legit distributor of content even though he has no money to buy a domain the owners say isn't for sale. But his idea -- people who currently pay about $6 a month for an under-the-radar connection to the torrent service might pay a similar fee for a version of the site that was full of licensed content -- might not be so crazy after all.
Mashable -- Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
Justin Bieber (and his fellow Teen Pop mercenaries) have conquered the hearts and minds of Twitter yet again this week. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has peeked over at the trending topics list at any time, day or night, for months.
In the world of news that actually matters, a flurry of tweets about the UK general election sent the topic's moniker up into second place, ousting "Follow Friday" from the list for the first time in weeks.
Sports, Star Wars nerdiness, and talk of the failed terror plot in New York City kept tweeters on their toes as well.
Below is the big list, courtesy of our friends at What The Trend. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart.
You can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section as well as read more about this past week's trends on What The Trend.
Top Twitter Trends This Week: 5/1 – 5/7
Rank
Topic
Top Index This Week
Change
Description
#1
Justin Bieber
1
1
Justin Bieber taped an episode of Oprah, and Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers started mocking him as "Bustin Jieber."
#2
GE2010
1
People are tweeting about May 6th's UK General Election results. It is official, there is a hung parliament. The Tory Party only have a minor majority over the Labour Party.
#3
NBA
1
The NBA playoffs continue, with a notable game being the elimination of the Oklahoma City Thunder by the Los Angeles Lakers in 6 games.
#4
Star Wars
2
The 4th of May prompts Star Wars fans to celebrate the popular movie series with the phrase, "May the Fourth be with you!."
#5
Jonas Brothers
1
Jonas Brothers fans are tweeted about the best lyrics of their songs, and other fans spent time discussing how awesome the Jonas Borthers are.
#6
Boxing
1
Floyd "Money" Mayweather's unanimous decision victory over Shane Mosley has the web on fire. Manny Pacquiao refuses to take a blood test so he can fight Floyd Mayweather. After the Mayweather-Mosley fight many tweeters are realizing that Manny is the only one who MAY be able to beat Mayweather.
#7
Cinco de Mayo
2
Mexican Holiday commemorating the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
#8
Mother's Day
2
3
Mother's Day is a time of commemoration and celebration for Mom. Mother's Day will be celebrated on Sunday May 9, 2010 (in the U.S. & Canada). In the UK Mothering Sunday is celebrated on the 14th of March, 2010.
#9
Miley Cyrus
2
"Can't Be Tamed" is the name of American Pop/Rock singer Miley Cyrus' new song. She is trying to achieve a more "grown up" look with this song. Its music video premiered this week.
#10
Time Square Bomb
3
There was an 'incendiary' device found NYC's Times Square area Sunday. A 'person of interest' was arrested at JFK airport about to board a plane to Dubai. New York's Times Square was evacuated tonight after a suspicious device was found in an SUV.
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Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Massacre de Katyn: la Russie remet de nouveaux documents à la Pologne
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100508/twl-russie-pologne-katyn-091cf94.html
TechCrunch -- An Early Look At Twitter Annotations Or, ?Twannotations?
During a presentation in London today, Twitter engineer Raffi Krikorian offered up an early glimpse of what Twitter's highly anticipated new annotations feature (or, as he refers to them at one point "Twannotations") will look like. "Threw together a quick, and extremely preliminary view on what @twitterapi has been working on ? and what I feel has the ability of being a game-changer on the platform ? Annotations," he writes on his Posterous blog. Krikorian also posted his deck, which I'll embed below. Of note, Krikorian says that every tweet annotation will have a "type," and each type can have several attributes. This information will apparently have same "visibility policy" as tweets themselves, which seems to mean "public" unless you set your account to private.
Mashable -- Hugo Chavez Hires 200 People to Manage His Twitter Account
Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, who only recently signed up to Twitter, has rapidly risen up the rankings to become the top tweeter in the country, despite having previously described the service as a "tool of terror." The leader has also hired hundreds of staff to reply to tweets.
Chavez ("Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela. Soldado Bolivariano, Socialista y Antiimperialista" according to his bio), has, at the time of writing 239,994 followers and enjoys inclusion on 7,538 lists. Presumably some of which list people who are "threats to the open web".
With "Verified Account" status on the service, Chavez follows just five others, but it's unlikely the majority in Venezuela follow him — recent estimates put the percentage of the population that boast internet access at just 31%, although this figure has risen under Chavez's rule.
However, it seems public engagement with the president's new online presence has been high with over 50,000 messages reported in the two weeks since he's been tweeting. So how does Chavez find time to tweet to the people? A newly appointed team of 200 Twitter aides will help to lighten that load, reports the AP. Chavez said of the new hires, "I'm creating a team due to the avalanche of requests, and some grievances".
Chavez has also changed his tune on Twitter since he joined and rose to become the number one user in Venezuela. He now calls the service "a weapon that also needs to be used by the revolution."
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Slashdot -- Google Attorney Slams ACTA Copyright Treaty
Hugh Pickens writes "CNET reports that Daphne Keller, a senior policy counsel at Google, says ACTA has 'metastasized' from a proposal to address border security and counterfeit goods to an sweeping international legal framework for copyright and the Internet that could increase the liability for Internet intermediaries such as, perhaps, search engines. 'You don't want to play Russian roulette with very high statutory damages.' One section of ACTA says that Internet providers 'disabling access' to pirated material and adopting a policy dealing with unauthorized 'transmission of materials protected by copyright' would be immune from lawsuits but if they choose not to do so, they could face legal liability. Both the Obama administration and the Bush administration had rejected requests for the text of ACTA, with the White House last year even indicating that disclosure would do 'damage to the national security.'"
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Wired -- A 'Legit' Pirate Bay Makes Sense in Theory, If Not Practice
An ambitious, embattled entrepreneur named Hans Pandeya in on a Quixotic quest to turn The Pirate Bay into a legit distributor of content even though he has no money to buy a domain the owners say isn't for sale. But his idea -- people who currently pay about $6 a month for an under-the-radar connection to the torrent service might pay a similar fee for a version of the site that was full of licensed content -- might not be so crazy after all.
Wired -- Facebook's Gone Rogue; It's Time for an Open Alternative
Facebook's latest moves shows the company cares more about dominating the web than treating its users respectfully. It's time the web come up with an open alternative to return control to users.
Mashable -- 5 Ways to Get Free Stuff On Twitter
Erin Gifford writes at Coupon Cravings where she shares coupons, daily deals, and of course, freebies. You can find Coupon Cravings on Facebook or follow along on Twitter at @eringifford.
I love it when I can get free stuff. It doesn't matter whether it's a free sample of hand lotion, a free soft pretzel, or a free magazine subscription. I love free, and Twitter makes it easy to quickly find all kinds of freebies.
Here are five ways to use Twitter to get your fix of free stuff.
1. Track Hashtags
Hashtags (topics marked with the # symbol) have grown in popularity, almost to the point of overuse. But they make it easy to find tweets related to particular topics. Enter #freebie or #freebies into the search box to pull up tweets related to free stuff.
If you use TweetDeck or TweetGrid, set up a column alongside your Twitter stream to monitor for incoming tweets with certain hashtags.
Another option is Twitterfall for a constant stream of tweets related to key terms. I sat and watched tweets cascade down my screen and in about a minute I found out about a 60-day trial membership to a wholesale club, ice cream, and movie tickets –- all free.
If you use an RSS reader, one more option is to subscribe to a feed with the #freebie or #freebies hashtag. I did this using Twitter Search. Once I did my search, I clicked "Feed for this query" in the upper right-hand corner to grab the RSS URL. You can also use a service like Twilert to get hashtag search results sent directly to your inbox when you want them, whether every hour or once a week.
2. Follow Freebie Tweeters
There are quite a few people on Twitter who only tweet out freebies, including free food at restaurants and free samples.
A few that I follow include:
In my opinion, these accounts share the most legitimate freebies.
You can also use Twellow or WeFollow to find other freebie tweeters. Search for key terms like "freebie" or "free stuff" and see which accounts pop up. Twitter users are sorted by number of followers.
To make it easy to follow these new friends, create a list on Twitter for only your freebie-loving tweeps. Or, subscribe to my Freebies Twitter list to follow a bunch all at once.
Giveaways are abundant on Twitter too, with many brands and bloggers using them as a way to gain followers and readers. A couple of users I follow to find out about the latest giveaways include @twitaway and @ilovegiveaways.
3. Visit Freebie Aggregators
Another way to find free stuff posted on Twitter is by using an aggregator site like TwitterFreebies.com. This site displays a running list of freebies and giveaways along with links back to the Twitter users.
Best bets are to click on either "Twitter Freebie" or "Twitter Giveaway" for the most relevant freebie tweets. Click on the "Free on Twitter" tab, and you'll find too many irrelevant tweets from people with "free time on their hands" and whose sites are "free to join," since this category basically culls all tweets that include the word "free."
4. Stop By a Twitter Party
You'll find a Twitter Party going on every night of the week, and sometimes during the day. The Twitter Party has become the marketing vehicle of choice these days, and loads of brands have signed up to host these online events that feature an hour or two of discussion on a set topic, as well as giveaways of CDs, gift cards, coupons, and even bigger prizes like iPhones.
There are multiple groups that host these events, and to follow along you'll want to log in to a site like TweetGrid or TweetDeck that enable you to separate tweets into columns. I use TweetGrid, and with three columns, I can view at-a-glance all event-related tweets, all tweets by the event hosts, and all tweets to me.
For a few calendars with upcoming Twitter party events, check out Twitter Party Guide, Twitter Moms, and Resourceful Mommy.
5. Follow Your Favorite Brands
If you want free stuff, it's a wise move to follow your favorite brands and retailers, but then separate them into a dedicated Twitter list. By following your favorites, you'll be among the first to know about special deals, coupons and freebies. In many cases, these are Twitter-only benefits.
Recently, True Lemon was giving away free tote bags to Twitter users who sent in a Twitpic of themselves drinking True Lemon flavored drinks. Last summer, Rubio's, a Southwestern restaurant chain, gave away free All-American Tacos to anyone who shared an "All-American Moment" photo via Twitter, Facebook, or e-mail.
I wonder what freebies I'll be able to score today. A free shampoo sample, a free pack of gum — maybe a free reusable tote bag. Who knows? But just the thrill of discovering a freebie is enough for me.
What Twitter strategies do you use to score free stuff? Please share them in the comments below.
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More Twitter resources from Mashable:
- 5 Free Services for Pre-Scheduling Your Twitter Updates
- What Twitter's New Ad Model Could Mean for Small Business
- 10 Dos and Don'ts for Brands on Twitter
- HOW TO: Spring Clean Your Twitter Account
- 4 Tips for Tapping Into Twitter Conversations
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Slashdot -- Google Resolves Gmail Name Dispute In UK
united_notions writes "Slashdot has previously reported the legal challenges over the Gmail brand in Europe. Now, the BBC reports that UK users can finally register @gmail.com addresses ? and existing @googlemail.com users can switch to @gmail.com too. Google has put up a page describing the change."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/KOBuQc5m6PA/Google-Resolves-Gmail-Name-Dispute-In-UK
Yahoo - En France -- Nicolas Sarkozy annule un voyage en Russie
POLITIQUE - Il invoque «la crise financière» pour excuse...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/82/20100508/tfr-nicolas-sarkozy-annule-un-voyage-en-4abdc0f.html
Slashdot -- Google Resolves Gmail Name Dispute In UK
united_notions writes "Slashdot has previously reported the legal challenges over the Gmail brand in Europe. Now, the BBC reports that UK users can finally register @gmail.com addresses ? and existing @googlemail.com users can switch to @gmail.com too. Google has put up a page describing the change."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/nGu3UQuIJy4/Google-Resolves-Gmail-Name-Dispute-In-UK
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Le déplacement de Nicolas Sarkozy en Russie annulé
PARIS - Le président Nicolas Sarkozy a annulé son déplacement en Russie prévu dimanche en raison "de la crise financière que traverse la zone euro", a-t-on appris samedi auprès de l'Elysée.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100508/twl-france-russie-sarkozy-visite-091cf94.html
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- La Russie célèbre la 'Grande Guerre patriotique', unique rescapée de l'ère soviétique
La commémoration de la victoire de 1945, orchestrée par les autorités russes, réveille une controverse sur le rôle de Staline.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/64/20100508/twl-la-russie-clbre-la-grande-guerre-pat-acb1c83.html
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Deux morts et 13 blessés dans une série d'attaques à Bangkok
BANGKOK - Une série d'attaques non revendiquées ont fait deux morts et 13 blessés dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi à Bangkok, selon un bilan des services de secours.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100508/twl-thailande-situation-2f4e741.html
Gizmodo -- Googles propose des « lunettes » traductrices pour Android
Wired -- A 'Legit' Pirate Bay Makes Sense in Theory, If Not Practice
An ambitious, embattled entrepreneur named Hans Pandeya in on a Quixotic quest to turn The Pirate Bay into a legit distributor of content even though he has no money to buy a domain the owners say isn't for sale. But his idea -- people who currently pay about $6 a month for an under-the-radar connection to the torrent service might pay a similar fee for a version of the site that was full of licensed content -- might not be so crazy after all.
Slashdot -- Google Acquires BumpTop Desktop
TuringTest writes "BumpTop, a company providing a multi-touch physical desktop metaphor has been acquired by Google and made to 'no longer be available for sale.' BumpTop provides a direct way to handle information through simple gestures. Some media see this acquisition as a movement by Google to position against the iPad. Will BumpTop be ported to Android?"
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5Bnp84FvsDQ/Google-Acquires-BumpTop-Desktop
Mashable -- ShinyTweet is a Shiny Twitter Client for iPad
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Name: ShinyTweet
Quick Pitch: ShinyTweet's goal is to provide a highly usable columned Twitter interface with support for multiple Twitter accounts.
Genius Idea: ShinyTweet is Twitter client built specifically for iPad that takes advantage of customizable columns and supports in-line links, official and old-school retweets, geolocation via Google Maps and multiple accounts. It's currently $1.99 in the App Store [iTunes link] and its a nice option in the still nascent iPad Twitter client market.
Creating new columns is relatively easy, though we think the horizontal scrolling could use a little bit of work. We do like how when you add a new column, it automatically scrolls the device to display that column.
Check out this video to see ShinyTweet in action:
We also like the support of geolocation and the fact that you can read links or view images inline. We do wish pinch zoom was extended to manipulating column size itself. Also, while the app is pretty fast, we have a feeling it could be faster.
ShinyTweet supports search columns but it doesn't load in any saved searches associated with your account. It also doesn't support Twitter Lists, which is a feature we think would make the app a lot better.
Still, for $1.99, this is a good alternative for users w ho aren't satisfied with the likes of Tweetdeck or Twitterrific for the iPad.
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Boing Boing -- Yet another privacy risk with Facebook: leaked IP addresses
We've been covering the mounting privacy violation woes for Facebook users here on Boing Boing in recent weeks?here's another one to be aware of. Matt C. at Binary Intelligence Blog reports that Facebook's automated email notifications (which go out when, say, a friend comments on your status or sends you a message) appear to contain your friend's IP address. The email headers contain a line similar to: X-Facebook: from zuckmail ([MTAuMzAuNDcuMjAw]) Copy this line out and feed it to this page: http://www.myiptest.com/staticpages/index.php/trace-email-sender You will get the IP address of your friend and clicking on it will get a geolocation-based map. This will also show you if your friend used their cell phone to post and who they use as their service provider. This information is great when a fugitive is taunting law enforcement through their Facebook page, but not when a wife is trying to hide from an abusive husband and assumes Facebook is the best form of communication. As Matt points out in the blog post, this may not be the most onerous of Facebook's privacy problems, and it's certainly not the only one. But no good purpose for users is served by leaking user IPs, and there are many good reasons not to. Facebook, get your shit together for chrissakes. Facebook Leaks IP Addresses (binint.com, thanks Jake Appelbaum / IMAGE: Facebook, a Creative Commons-licensed photo from the Flickr stream of Franco Bouly) Previously:What data does Facebook publish about you? Infographic: Facebook's "anti-privacy monopoly" Personalized Facebook ads are creepy Interview with Facebook employee will not make you feel better ... Timeline of Facebook privacy policy: from reasonable (2005) to ... Facebook further reduces privacy control for users More Facebook privacy woes: rogue marketers can data-mine your ... Six reasons to hate Facebook's new anti-privacy system ... US Senator wants FTC to regulate privacy on Facebook, other social ... Opportunity to ask Fac ebook about privacy! Facebook and the Social Dynamics of Privacy Facebook privacy meltdown: company removed opt-out prior to launch ......
http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/L7J7nK6ON3E/yet-another-privacy.html
TechCrunch -- Report: Facebook Location Coming In A Few Weeks. But Is It Foursquare Or Twitter?
Yesterday, AdAge ran a story that Facebook was preparing to roll out its first true location-based service (beyond its for-fun Presence thing). The story said that the social network was partnering with McDonald's for a special Facebook app that would allow people to check-in to restaurants and get deals. But apps that use location to emulate Foursquare on Facebook have limited appeal. Much more interesting is what Facebook itself is planning to do with location. AdAge offered a little bit about that in their story, but didn't go too deep. Today, they have a new story that, to be honest, seems more like a recap of yesterday's, but with less of a focus on McDonald's. According to their sources, Facebook will start allowing users to update their status messages with their location as soon as late May -- yes, a few weeks away. What's still not clear from all of this is if this location ability will be more like Foursquare or more like Twitter? What I mean by that is, Foursquare is predicated around the idea of checking-in to a specific venue (as are Gowalla, Loopt, and others). Twitter, meanwhile, allows you to tag a tweet with your location -- not really a check-in. To me, this Facebook location system sounds more like the latter.
Boing Boing -- Hey gang, Gulf Oil Spill has its very own official BP/US gov. Facebook page!
What's the only thing that could possibly make the catastrophic Gulf oil spill any worse? Facebook! Here's a Facebook page launched by the joint U.S. and BP spill response team. So, what, we're supposed to hit the "Like" button? Related: BP's on Twitter. (via Tara)...
http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/cXGQISIyUq8/hey-gang-gulf-oil-sp.html
Wired -- Facebook's Gone Rogue; It's Time for an Open Alternative
Facebook's latest moves shows the company cares more about dominating the web than treating its users respectfully. It's time the web come up with an open alternative to return control to users.
Mashable -- HOW TO: Add Facebook "Like" Buttons to Your WordPress Blog
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Facebook officially unveiled its new Open Graph API and tools a few weeks ago, making it possible for developers and end users to easily hook their own sites into Facebook's broader ecosystem.
In just the first week, Facebook's social plugins were integrated into more than 50,000 websites. We expect that number will continue to increase at a rapid rate, especially as businesses and e-commerce sites figure out how to best harness the power of Open Graph.
Although Facebook has ample documentation to help you implement the "Like" buttons onto your own website or blog, it's still easier on some platforms than it is on others. Posterous and Typepad users, for instance, have "Like" buttons as a built-in option. Today we're going to look at some of the ways you can implement Facebook's Like buttons and other social plugins into your hosted WordPress blog or website.
Option One: Edit Your Theme Files
As we will discuss later in the article, there are already dozens of Facebook Like plugins for WordPress available on the web and in the official WordPress.org Plugin Repository. These solutions are certainly the easiest way to add a "Like" button or other social plugins to your site, but they won't necessarily give you the type of control you can get by just inserting a few lines of code into your theme files.
Why would you want to do this? Depending on your blog or website's design, you may want buttons or other social information to be displayed in a particular way or in a particular area. While some of the plugins will let you create CSS classes that can then be edited in your theme, for some developers, it might just be easier to add a "Like" button directly to your theme files.
WPBeginner and Devlounge both have good tutorials about how and what code to insert in your theme, but the gist is:
Within your single.php file, in the post loop, add the following line wherever you want the button to appear:
You can adjust the parameters like show_face=true/false and colorscheme=dark/light depending on your preferences. Again, you can see the official Facebook documentation or the two tutorials above for more detailed information.
Option Two: Use a Plugin
This is the option that will be easiest for most users to implement. Right now, there are scads of Facebook "Like" button plugins and other social plugin tools available. It's great to have options, but it can also make finding the best plugin for your site more difficult.
Here are a few we tried and liked (and to be clear, this is not intended to be an exhaustive or definitive list):
Like – This plugin supports multiple languages, gives a number of display options and can be shown at the top or bottom of a post, on pages and on the front page, all based on what settings you select.
Facebook Like Button – This plugin has a nice settings panel that makes it easy to see and adjust how you want buttons to appear.
Facebook Like Button Plugin – We like that this plugin supports a shortcode, which means that you can indicate what posts to include a button on or not, in the post itself. You can also set default global options.
One plugin that I really like is the Facebook Social Plugins by Olivier Lussier. It has the standard Facebook "Like" button options similar to the other plugins, but it also includes widgets that support other Facebook social plugins.
For instance, you can have a widget that is a "Like" button for any page showing that widget. This is a great option for people who don't want to have buttons in the bottom or top of their posts but still want people to be able to "Like" an item.
You can also include a "Like Box" for a Facebook Page you have set up. So if you have a Facebook Page associated with your website or company, etc., you can include that box on your website.
Other widgets include an Activity Feed, a Facebook Comments box and a Recommendations listing. These options may need to be customized to fit your individual site or theme, but it makes integrating these social plugins pretty fast and painless.
How are you integ rating Facebook into your WordPress blogs? Let us know!
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Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Un policier tué et sept personnes blessées à Bangkok
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Un policier a été tué et sept autres personnes, dont cinq membres des forces de l'ordre, ont été blessées au cours d'une fusillade et d'explosions dans le quartier des affaires vendredi soir à Bangkok.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/4/20100507/twl-thailande-policier-41953f5.html
TechCrunch -- Twitter To Get So Buck On Its Own Wine Tonight
We will sell no wine before its time. Well, it's time. Twitter headquarters has just gotten delivered two huge barrels of Fledgling Wine -- the wine label it created in partnership with San Francisco-based winery Crushpad. I have a feeling the "tea time" that Twitter does every Friday might be a little crazier this week. It may be time to get buck.
TechCrunch -- Zynga Gunning Up (And Lawyering Up) For War Against Facebook With Zynga Live
The relationship between Facebook and its biggest gaming partner, Zynga, are at an all time low, we've heard from multiple sources. The level of stress, says one source, is "intense." Some of the frustration goes back to last year's limitations on messaging users. But a much bigger concern now is Facebook's force feeding of Facebook Credits as the only payment platform that Zynga and others can use. Facebook takes a massive feee - 30% - for Credits, and the big publishers like Zynga see it as little more than a protection racket. To make matters worse, say sources, Facebook is trying to get Zynga to agree to a long term deal where Zynga remains primarily on the Facebook platform. During negotiations Facebook has taken some steps to punish Zynga, such as shutting off notifications for Farmville and other games, and Facebook has threatened, say multiple sources, to simply shut some of Zynga's games down permanently. 
TechCrunch -- Google Apps For Education Now Has 8 Million Users
In the wake UC Davis' announcement that the school was forgoing Gmail as its email system because of privacy concerns, Google is celebrating a milestone. As of today, 8 million students, faculty and staff at educational institutions around the world are using Google Apps. Google says that the U.S. has about 16 million college students total, so the productivity suite is steadily gaining its piece of the pie. In total, Google has around 25 million Apps users, so education makes up a generous slice of the suite's userbase. Google has made a strong push to recruit educational institutions to use Google Apps, launching a new centralized site targeted towards recruiting educational institutions. It makes sense; not only is it a huge market for the productivity suite, but schools and colleges are where many people get trained, start relying on, and form brand allegiances to productivity apps.
TechCrunch -- Ferris Bueller?s Day Off Being Played Out Live On Twitter And Foursquare. Awesome.
I can almost hear Ben Stein saying it right now. "Bueller?... Bueller?... Bueller?" It's been almost 25 years since Ferris Bueller took his day off from school. And yet, the legend lives on today thanks to Twitter and Foursquare. An account, @ferris_bueller_, started tweeting yesterday afternoon, noting, "Ugh... school's really getting me down. less than an hour to go." Bueller apparently went home and was quiet on Twitter until about 7 hours ago when he tweeted, "Really don't feel like going to school today... Think I have a plan" If you've seen the movie, you know what happens from here. If not, watch it now and starting following the account, the day is still ongoing -- they're at the baseball game right now.
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- La Russie célèbre le 9 mai avec les Alliés
L'armée russe défilera pour la première fois avec des troupes françaises, britanniques, américaines et polonaises, dimanche à Moscou.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/80/20100507/twl-la-russie-clbre-le-9mai-avec-les-all-554568f.html
Mashable -- iPhone and Android Make Beautiful Music Together [VIDEO]
Another addition to the cadre of smartphone musicians: Check out this dude, who has somehow patched together two Android handsets, two Windows Mobile devices and an iPod touch to build one kick-ass… is that a banjo?
You've seen PixieTea and her amazing iPhone band, the Stanford iPhone Orchestra and iPad DJ Rana June Sobhany, but the guy in the video above is basically the Ghandi of tech musicians — he's bringing together opposing handsets with music.
Next on his agenda? Here's hoping for a music and light show that mingles Flash with HTML5. That would be worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize.
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Tags: android, iphone, music, viral video
Yahoo - Technologies -- Facebook, F. Mitterrand, TMG? tous nominés aux Big Brother Awards
La branche française de l?ONG Privacy International organise fin mai les Big Brother Awards. Une cérémonie qui décerne des trophées à ceux qu?elle considère comme les plus grands ennemis de la vie privée. Cette année, les nominés sont?
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100507/ttc-facebook-f-mitterrand-tmg-tous-nomin-549fc7d.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Apéro géant Facebook à Paris : la police prévient
Après plusieurs apéros géants dans de grandes villes françaises , le phénomène arrive à Paris. Plus de 13.000 internautes ont déjà répondu présent pour...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/73/20100507/ttc-apro-gant-facebook-paris-la-police-p-1261a23.html
Mashable -- Times Square Evacuation As Seen by Twitter Users [PICS]
Times Square in New York City has once again been evacuated, with police investigating what is being described as an abandoned water cooler. Much like the car bomb scare that took place last Saturday night, Twitter users in the area are quick to the scene, snapping some surreal photos of one of America's most trafficked landmarks completely empty.
Since it's in the middle of the work day, many of the photos come from high up offices, painting an even clearer picture of what an abandoned Times Square looks like.
via RussFrishtick
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via campfiresteve
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Tags: times square, twitpic, twitter
Wired -- The Facebook Privacy War: What is Personal Data?
You're pretty upset (again) about the Facebook privacy changes (again). You're not alone. But you really didn't think anything you shared on the internet was 'personal data,' did you?
Reuters - Technology News -- Shoe fans aTwitter in dash for Jimmy Choos
LONDON (Reuters) - Shoe lovers in London have been glued to their mobile devices and computer screens in a race to win a pair of free Jimmy Choos.
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/kBm_ADRS0Iw/idUSTRE64633X20100507
Mashable -- 5 Ways Small Businesses Can Leverage LinkedIn's New Features
This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.
LinkedIn recently launched a number of new, Facebook-esque Share features. Now, in addition to Q&As, groups and personal messages, you can send images, article excerpts, blog posts and other content to your professional connections in much the same way that you would with your personal connections on other social networks.
But the way you'd use LinkedIn sharing for your small business is likely going to be a lot different from how you'd use your personal Facebook account. While most folks love to pass on relevant, interesting and valuable links, some content will be more appropriate than other content for sharing with your business contacts. Here are a few ways you can maximize the benefits of LinkedIn shares.
1. Stay Top-of-Mind
Posting once a day, and syndicating that post to your business' Twitter and Facebook accounts, can help you remain fresh in the minds of your connections and customers. As long as the content is relevant and valuable, it will be appreciated and reshared. Just remember to not overshare; users will be quickly turned off if their timelines on every network are flooded with updates from you. Space out your LinkedIn shares to maximize their value for your network.
2. Find New Talent
If you're expanding your team, LinkedIn is one of the largest and fastest-growing resources for finding the perfect candidate. Particularly in this economy, letting the world know that you're hiring is some of the most valuable information you can send out on the wire. Write a brand-appropriate blog post giving very specific details on the kind of person you're looking for. Give your post a simple, sharable headline that contains the company name and position available… and try to avoid use of the term "ninja" if at all possible. When you're sharing this link, be absolutely sure to include a call to action for every connection to pass this information on to others. For more tips on using LinkedIn to find rockstar employees, check out this article.
3. Crowdsource Solutions and Get Feedback
If you've got ideas you want to run by your peers or a nagging business problem that needs a solution, LinkedIn groups and Q&A are popular and effective ways to get feedback. But sharing allows you to cross-post your query across multiple networks and add supporting data such as a picture or website link. One of the best aspects of using LinkedIn for soliciting feedback is that the comments from your professional network will all be collected in a single thread in your LinkedIn profile.
4. Promote Special Events You Host or Attend
Whether you're going to a charity dinner or hosting a meetup for your clients, a string of well-timed LinkedIn shares can be great for raising community awareness, driving participation or soliciting volunteers or donations. This is another circumstance where it's completely acceptable to ask others to reshare the content across their own networks, particularly if it's a local event geared toward your own community.
5. Lead Local and Industry Thought
If you've got an article in an online publication or a blog post you're particularly proud of, LinkedIn sharing can be a great way to broadcast that content to your network — again, both on LinkedIn and elsewhere on the web. Be sure to include a personal comment on why you're sharing the link, and tailor the excerpt section to include something descriptive and appealing, such as a quotation. Shares on LinkedIn are also a great way to spread news items that are relevant to your peers, vendors and customers.
If you've got other tips and tricks for your fellow small-business owners on how best to maximize the value of LinkedIn's sharing features, please let us know about them in the comments!
For more business coverage, follow Mashable Business on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook
More business resources from Mashable:
- 5 Ways For Small Companies To Better Engage Reporters
- How One Small Biz Turned Their Company Retreat Into Social Media Success
- Growing Your Business: 5 Tips From the Founder of Foursquare
- 5 Simple Tools for a Paperless Office
- HOW TO: Implement a Social Media Business Strategy
Tags: business, linkedin, List, Lists, small business
Wired -- The Facebook Privacy War: What is Personal Data?
You're pretty upset (again) about the Facebook privacy changes (again). You're not alone. But you really didn't think anything you shared on the internet was 'personal data,' did you?
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Twitter met son grain de sel dans la campagne britannique
Ou comment les réseaux sociaux ont relayé plaisanteries et râleries...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/78/20100507/twl-twitter-met-son-grain-de-sel-dans-la-5231d91.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Culture geek : espionnage sur Facebook et téléphones HD
Le réseau social a de nouveau connu des problèmes de confidentialité. Culture geek revient sur cet épisode et évoque l'arrivée de téléphones capables de filmer en HD.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100507/ttc-culture-geek-espionnage-sur-facebook-549fc7d.html
Gizmodo -- Un iPhone 3G sous Android
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/07/un-iphone-3g-sous-android.html
Reuters - Oddly Enough -- French approve return of Maori warrior heads
PARIS (Reuters) - The French parliament on Tuesday approved the restitution of tattooed, mummified heads of Maori warriors to New Zealand, centuries after they were brought to Europe and displayed as exotic oddities.
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/oddlyEnoughNews/~3/TbwxGJ0twa0/idUSTRE6434A620100507
Yahoo - Technologies -- Google Goggles traduit en 5 langues les textes pris en photo
L'application Google Goggles, destinée aux mobiles Android, permet désormais d'obtenir la traduction instantanée de textes pris en photos. Cinq langues sont pour l'instant prises en charge.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100507/tsc-google-goggles-traduit-en-5-langues-04aaa9b.html
Slashdot -- Visually Demonstrating Chrome's Rendering Speed
eldavojohn writes "Recent betas of Google's Chrome browser are getting seriously fast. Couple that with better hardware, on average, and it's getting down to speeds that are difficult to demonstrate in a way users can appreciate. Which is why Google felt that some Rube Goldberg-ish demonstrations with slo-mo are in order. Gone are the days of boring millisecond response time metrics."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Yahoo - Technologies -- Vie privée : l'Université de Californie laisse tomber Gmail
Gmail est le service de courrier électronique de Google et il rencontre un vif succès, aussi bien chez les particuliers que dans les structures plus particulières. C'est notamment le cas des universités.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100507/ttc-vie-prive-l-universit-de-californie-c2f7783.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Après les apéros, les bagarres géantes Facebook
Une centaine d?adolescents ont participé à un règlement de comptes, mercredi dernier, en plein centre-ville de Rochefort. La bagarre avait été organisée? sur Facebook.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100507/ttc-apres-les-aperos-les-bagarres-geante-549fc7d.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- On peut faire tourner Android sur un iPhone 3G
Le hacker David Wang (de son pseudo planetbeing) avait réussi il y a deux semaines à lancer Android sur un iPhone 2G. Il vient de répéter la performance, cette fois pour le dernier né des téléphones Apple.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100507/ttc-on-peut-faire-tourner-android-sur-un-c2f7783.html
Wired -- The Facebook Privacy War: What is Personal Data?
You're pretty upset (again) about the Facebook privacy changes (again). You're not alone. But you really didn't think anything you shared on the internet was 'personal data,' did you?
Mashable -- 5 Ways Facebook's Open Graph Will Impact E-commerce
Mitchell Harper is co-founder of BigCommerce, a leading provider of shopping cart software used by more than 40,000 organizations worldwide. Mitchell has written and published over 300 articles relating to software development, marketing, business, social media and entrepreneurship.
After watching Mark Zuckerberg's recent keynote at the Facebook F8 developers conference, it is clear that Facebook is looking to become the standard in social personalization for everything you do online. And the new social features and direction that they announced will undoubtedly have an impact on the broader world of e-commerce.
For example, their new "Like" button is already visible on over 50,000 websites, and they're providing an API-based way to access what they're calling a user's "Open Graph," which is a list of everything he or she has "liked" across the entire web — music, books, restaurants, food and more.
The Facebook Standard
Now here's the fun part: Using Facebook's API, a website can take your interests and use them to personalize your browsing experience. Better still, they don't even have to prompt you to login to your Facebook account, thanks to the new auto-authentication feature which already lets sites like Yelp, IMDb and Pandora pull in your Open Graph data.
Until a few weeks ago, it may have sounded crazy to think that Facebook would become the standard when it comes to website personalization. But as each day goes by, it's looking like that's exactly what will happen.
Although there's been concern about privacy, in my opinion, personalization will end up boosting the online shopping experience for consumers, and will provide some powerful opportunities for savvy e-commerce companies.
What This Means for E-commerce
Here are my five predictions for how that will happen.
1. Amazon won't be the only online store with sophisticated personalization. Considering anyone (with permission) can pull your Open Graph via Facebook's API, this information can be used to personalize an online store based on your past purchases, likes, and preferences quite easily. For example, our company is already working on a way to personalize the "Featured Products" area on the home page of our merchant's stores based on their visitor's "likes" from Facebook.
2. Facebook will start driving more traffic to some online stores than Google. With tighter Facebook integration comes more sharing by shoppers. For example, if you login to your favorite online store using Facebook, that website can automatically post to your wall when you order, write a review, or "like" a product. According to Nielsen, 90% of people trust recommendations from people they know, and Facebook's "like" button is the perfect way to recommend a product to a friend.
3. Google will adopt Facebook's Open Graph protocol. When you've got more users than anyone else, and you make your platform open, as is the case with Facebook's new announcements, your competitors (such as Google and MySpace) will follow your lead sooner or later. I predict that Google's search results (including product search) will soon start displaying recommendations based on data available about you in the Open Graph protocol. For example, if you search for "comedy movie" and you've "liked" Austin Powers, Swingers, The Love Guru, Wayne's World and Liar Liar on IMDb, then Google will be able to use your Open Graph data as well as their own personalization algorithms to display search results that are unique to you.
4. The Open Graph is laying the foundation for wider adoption of Facebook Credits. Imagine if you could buy at any online website using Facebook Credits. Similar to how PayPal works now, you wouldn't have to share your credit card details, and could simply use credits to pay for anything and everything you buy online. Companies like PayPal should be worried about this. While Facebook Credits are only really popular with virtual goods now, it's only a matter of time before they provide an open platform which developers can use to facilitate payments via Facebook.
5. E-commerce conversion rates will increase. Imagine if you were looking to buy a t-shirt online and right next to the "Add to Cart" button you saw that four of your friends (along with their names and photos) had already bought the same t-shirt. This kind of marketing is priceless — it brings instant social trust to that website. If you assume the average Facebook user has 200 friends, this type of social trust factor could be huge, and Facebook's new recommendation and "like" tools will play a huge role.
What do you think Facebook's new social tools mean for e-commerce? I'd love to see your comments below.
For more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook
More Facebook resources from Mashable:
- What Facebook's Open Graph Means for Your Business
- How Facebook Can Become a Money Making Machine
- 5 Reasons Google and Search Won't Dominate The Next Decade
- HOW TO: Disable Facebook's "Instant Personalization" [PRIVACY]
- Facebook Open Graph: What it Means for Privacy
Tags: e-commerce, ecommerce, facebook, facebook open graph, List, Lists, online shopping, Open Graph, social media
Ozap -- Des collégiens organisent une bagarre géante via Facebook
Après les apéros géants, voici les bagarres géantes organisées via le réseau social Facebook. C'est ce qui s'est passé à Rochefort où une centaine de collégiens s'est retrouvée au c?ur de la ville pour [...]
http://www.ozap.com/actu/rochefort-collegiens-bagarre-geante-facebook/339472
Journal du Geek -- Le Garmin-Asus A10 en photos
On vous le présentait ICI le mois dernier. Voici donc quelques photos (certes sombres) du nouveau smartphone de Garmin-Asus, le A10, qui vous propose un processeur Qualcomm à 600Mhz, 512Mo de ROM, 512Mo de RAM, la 3G/3G+, un écran tactile de type capacitif de 3,2? avec une résolution HVGA, un APN de 5 Mégapixels, [...]
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Journal du Geek -- Le Garmin nüvi 3790T en photos
On vous en parlait déjà ICI le mois dernier, et bien Garmin vient d'officialiser l'arrivée en France de nouveau PND ultra-fin, le nüvi 3790T, qui vous propose un écran tactile capacitif multitouch de 4,3? avec une résolution WVGA, la fonction la fonction nuRoute (trafficTrends + myTrends), le Bluetooth, la reconnaissance vocale, des cartes 2D/3D de [...]
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TechCrunch -- Facebook?s Disconnect: Open Doors, Closed Exits
Several of my friends recently quit using Facebook, drawing a line at the latest in a long line of changes to their privacy policy. That doesn?t mean they quit using the social Web: they are still using a slew of different services that specialize in sharing photos, links, events, resumes, and updates. What it meant for me is merely that Facebook quit connecting me to their life online ? but I can always re-connect to those friends myself, thanks to the Open Web. Why would I think that the Web is more ?Open? than any of the ?Closed? social networks within it? As a developer, my loyalty to the Web as whole rests upon the legitimacy of the institutions that govern it: there are ways to voice my concerns effectively, and there are ways to ?agree to disagree? by exiting a debate and building my own Web site with my own policies in place.
TechRadar -- HTC Desire helps revenues hit record high
HTC's coffers are looking a little more healthy these days, as the Taiwanese firm has managed to break its own record for monthly revenues.
April's revenue was revealed as NT$18.01 billion (£390 million), which is a new high for the firm and a big increase on the same period last year.
In the first four months of 2010 the firm made nearly £1.1billion in revenue, which was nearly a third higher than in 2009.
Big four
The revenues are clearly boosted by the success of the HTC Hero in 2009, as well as the much-vaunted quartet of phones from the Taiwanese firms.
Of these, the HTC Desire has easily sparked the most interest, being one of the first smartphones to appear on all five major networks in the UK.
The HTC Legend and HD Mini have garnered similar plaudits on a slightly smaller scale, while the HTC Smart is coming soon, aimed at the more budget end of the market while still offering the same HTC Sense UI.
HTC is also likely to announce new phones in the coming months in order to compete with the forthcoming iPhone HD and other handsets from Samsung (such as the Galaxy S) and RIM, which has just unveiled the Pearl 3G.
From Digitimes
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Yahoo - En France -- Des collégiens organisent une bagarre générale via Facebook
A cause d'une rivalité sentimentale, une centaine de collégiens ont organisé un règlement de comptes à Rochefort, en Charente-Maritime, depuis le réseau social.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/80/20100507/tfr-des-collgiens-organisent-une-bagarre-a7ee481.html
Journal du Geek -- Traduire ses textes à l'aide de Google Goggle…
…c'est désormais possible, et visiblement, ça semble fonctionner plutôt pas mal, grâce à une mise à jour 1.1 bienvenue. Pour ceux qui n'auraient pas suivi, le service Goggle de Google vous permet d'effectuer vos recherches sur le moteur à partir d'une photo que vous aurez prise avec votre terminal (Android 1.6 minimum uniquement pour l'instant). Pour [...]
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Journal du Geek -- Firefox 3.6.4build3 disponible
Après Thunderbird hier, au tour de Firefox de se mettre à jour, avec une bêta 3 de sa version 3.6.4, qui corrige quelques bugs et soucis de stabilité. Reste que cette 3ème bêta devrait logiquement être remplacée par la version finale de la version 3.6.4 dont la sortie est toujours prévue pour le 13 mai prochain. [...]
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TechRadar -- Google Latitude actually proving popular with users
Google is maintaining that not is Latitude not dead, it's growing at a steady pace and could soon incorporate new features.
Speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo, Steve Lee of Google confirmed that not only does the search engine's location-based Latitude service have eight million signed up to use it, three million are actually active.
That's right, despite claims from Middle England newspapers stating Latitude will enable all of the secret stalkers to finally get their chance to shine, people are actually using the service.
Lee did admit that 25% of them didn't have any friends, which makes it hard to see how they can be 'active' - but in the future this will be less relevant.
On, and on, and on ...
The 'always on' nature of Latitude in the background - while being something of a battery sucker - means Google can give users real time data on their location-based habits too.
And the popularity of FourSquare hasn't gone unnoticed either - Google is looking at offering check-ins with Latitude, mirroring the location-based pseudo-phenomenon.
However, it will be more of a 'hybrid model' according to Lee, with the friend-following business still very much at the fore.
With Facebook now considering local services, it makes a lot of sense for Google to stay in this arena, and if it can actually make Latitude into a really compelling service then it would be in pole position to take advantage.
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Le Post -- Plus de la moitié des utilisateurs de Facebook mettent en danger leur vie privée
C'est ce qui ressort du rapport annuel de l'Internet Consumer Reports, l'équivalent américain de "60 millions de consommateur"...
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TechRadar -- Is Facebook about to get local services?
Facebook could be set to start the roll out location based features within weeks, according to a major advertising magazine.
Advertising Age has reported that Facebook will be integrating location based information and check-ins ? highly reminiscent of Foursquare, a company that some analysts have suggested could be an acquisition target for the social network.
The report suggests that the likes of restaurant giant McDonalds are already showing interest in the services, and the chance to tap into Facebook's enormous user base.
Although the first signs of the location specific information are almost certainly going to appear in the US first, the UK will not be fa r behind.
No confirmation
However, when asked directly about the local features, Faecbook's Kevin Colleran said: "We're still trying to figure out what our strategy is."
"When we launch, whatever our product in that space, we will figure it out."
Of course, the quick rise of location-based services means they were always likely to be something that Facebook would adopt.
With a huge social community already heavily engaged in the platform, the prospect of allowing them to bring in local social information and geo-location social games is certainly an exciting one.
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Journal du Geek -- Une alarme calquée sur le planning de votre Google Calendar
Ingénieuse, cette alarme WiFi capable de se synchroniser avec les rendez-vous inscrits au sein de votre Google Calendar. Et histoire de vous aider à ne vraiment pas être en retard à vos rendez-vous, elle est également capable de prendre en compte l'état de la circulation et les conditions météo (s'il y a des bouchons à [...]
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeJournalDuGeek/~3/wgKZEx4tDrw/
Journal du Geek -- Comment perdre 30 000 utilisateurs : l'exemple Google
Oui, vous avez bien lu : Google a perdu 30 000 utilisateurs de son service Gmail, tout simplement à cause des ratés enregistrés lors du lancement de son service Buzz. Qui sont donc ces utilisateurs ? Les employés de l'Université de Californie. Carrément. En fait, les têtes pensantes de l'université ont déclaré que l'implantation de Buzz [...]
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeJournalDuGeek/~3/kOq1r3uE_ls/
TechRadar -- Google Goggles turns cameraphone into translation tool
Google has announced an update to its Google Goggles phone app which translates foreign words found in the pictures you take.
The service, which is available for Android devices running Android 1.6 and above, allows for automatic text translation, whether it be words on a street sign, menu or poster.
Once a user takes a picture of the word or phrase, Goggles will ask the user whether they want the information translated.
Currently the languages the app supports are: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
Google is hoping to add more languages to its recognition capabilities in time.
This isn't the only updated fea ture on the new Goggles app. Google has informed us that the app now has a bigger database ? so it will recognise more objects ? and the UI of the program has been improved.
Google Goggle's launched back in December 2009, heralding a new area for the company ? visual search.
Although it is still very much in its infancy, Google has been ramping up its efforts to improve the software
In April of this year, Google bought up visual search app Plink and swiftly moved the creators of the app on to its Goggles project.
Google also told TechRadar recently that it is looking to open up the platform to other developers.
With this in mind, expect some more big things from the app in the coming months.
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Rue 89 -- Google investit dans un moteur de recherche qui prédit l'avenir
C'est la madame Soleil du web. Le moteur de recherche Recorded Future veut prédire l'avenir, en repérant toutes les références à des événements annoncés ou prévisibles. Une blague ? Pas vraiment, puisque Google lui-même vient d'investir dans la start-up, et que celle-ci vend ses services assez cher.
Arrêt sur Images -- Sur Facebook on prie pour la mort d'Obama (CNN/Liberation.fr)
Vite dit - lu :
Une page Facebook invoquant Dieu pour qu'il rappelle Obama à lui (après Farah Fawcett et Michael Jackson) a attiré près d'1,2 million de fans signale CNN comme le remarque sur son blog, Lorraine ...
TechCrunch -- TweetyMail: It?s Twitter Over Email. And It Works
To be an interesting third-party Twitter client these days you have to do something that really sets yourself apart. After all, there are no shortage of Twitter clients -- and there's no guarantee that Twitter itself won't come out with features that eliminate the need to use your client. TweetyMail is a new client that's a bit different, and Twitter itself is not likely to take it on anytime soon. TweetyMail is Twitter over email. Yes, it's that simple. Imagine never having to go to a Twitter client at all. If you want a list of the newest tweets from the people you follow, you just shoot off an email and back a new one comes with the tweets. If you want to tweet yourself, you just shoot off another email. Maybe you want to follow someone? Another email. Retweet? You get the picture.
Gizmodo -- Skype permet les conférences vidéo à 5
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/07/skype-permet-les-conferences-video-a-5.html
Boing Boing -- Facebook's new "instant personalization" sneakily adds apps to your profile
Facebook's privacy Chernobyl, part umptybillion. Snip from Macworld: "If you visit certain sites while logged in to Facebook, an app for those sites will be quietly added to your Facebook profile. You don't have to have a Facebook window open, you don't need to be signed in to these sites for the apps to appear, there's no notification, and there doesn't appear to be an option to opt-out anywhere in Facebook's byzantine privacy settings."...
http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/TPzrdY3pWKs/facebooks-new-instan.html
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Inquiétudes autour de l'état mental d'un dirigeant russe qui a vu des extraterrestres
ALIENS - Un député a demandé qu'on s'assure que le président de la Kalmoukie est en possession de toutes ses facultés...
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TechCrunch -- Here Comes The French Invasion: Bessemer Puts $7 Million Into Ad Retargeting Startup Criteo
In the online advertising world, one of the hottest trends right now is what is known as ad retargeting. The idea is simple. When you visit a retailer's or other advertiser's Website, it drops a cookie on your browser and the next time it sees you pop up on another site it loads an ad from that retailer. You've already expressed interest in that advertiser by visiting their site, so they retarget you whenever they can. It may sound a bit stalkerish, but trust me, everyone is doing it. One startup in particular claims to do it better than anyone else, a French company called Criteo. CEO JB Rudelle says Criteo is the dominant retargeting ad network in Europe, and now he wants to dominate the U.S. He's already moved his corporate offices from Paris to Palo Alto, and now he just raised $7 million in a C round from Bessemer, which took the entire round. Bessemer partner Byron Deeter will join the board. The last time he raised money was from Index Ventures in 2008. This last round brings his total capital raised to $24 million.
Boing Boing -- Should Google try to prevent terrorism by taking down jihadi videos from YouTube?
Some "online jihadist monitors" are arguing that Google should be doing more to prevent terrorism by taking down jihadi videos uploaded to YouTube....
http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/V5yjiX4l0kU/should-google-try-to.html
Mashable -- Facebook Status Updates Show Which Countries Are Happiest
Facebook has extended its "Gross National Happiness" prototype app to 18 new countries. The app analyzes words in status updates like "awesome" or "tragic" to track changes in the collective emotional state of its users.
When Facebook applied the methods to its U.S. userbase last year, it found that happiness went way up on holidays and way down when celebrities like Michael Jackson or Heath Ledger passed away. While the results of the study weren't surprising, the idea of using status updates to measure national happiness was a novel one.
After Facebook's latest update, the list now includes the U.S., Canada, India, Great Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Italy, Chile, Uruguay, Spain, Mexico, South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Ireland, Venezuela and Colombia. Status updates in the English, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish languages are included in the data.
As you might have expected, residents of each country become happier on that country's holidays and during big events — for example, Spain is happier on Saint Jordi's Day and U.S. residents are happier around the time of the Super Bowl. And speaking of sporting events, those can affect the results too; dips in happiness correspond with major sports defeats. Even bigger dips accompanied natural disasters like earthquakes, of course.
We noticed that in some cases small increases of negativity accompanied big leaps in positivity. Not everyone has a great Christmas thanks to travel stress or family drama, so it's no surprise that the negative comments go up a little bit at that time of the year too. Play with the app yourself at Facebook's website to see what insights you can conjure up.
If you find this data interesting, you'll also appreciate this: Facebook decided a couple of months ago to find out how relationship status affects happiness. Unsurprisingly, it found that folks in relationships tended to post happy updates more frequently. Singles were better off than users who didn't list their relationship status or were in open relationships, however.
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Le Post -- Vie privée: "Facebook nous met à poil"
Hier, une faille du réseau social permettait d'espionner les "chats" de vos amis. Vite corrigé, le bug est l'occasion de relancer le débat sur Facebook et la vie privée.
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http://www.lepost.fr/article/2010/05/06/2063574_vie-privee-facebook-nous-met-a-poil.html#xtor=RSS-30
TechCrunch -- Google FAILendar. Yes, It?s Down Again.
A week ago, many Google Calendar users were affected by an extended outage. Today, it's down again, and this time it's affecting the majority of users. And it's been going on for well over an hour now. Ugh. We've reached out to Google to see what the issue is this time (and why this keeps happening) and will update when we hear back. The Google App Status Dashboard has two updates so far. At 8:30 they wrote:
TechRadar -- Google Goggles turns cameraphone into translation tool
Google has announced an update to its Google Goggles phone app which translates foreign words found in the pictures you take.
The service, which is available for Android devices running Android 1.6 and above, allows for automatic text translation, whether it be words on a street sign, menu or poster.
Once a user takes a picture of the word or phrase, Goggles will ask the user whether they want the information translated.
Currently the languages the app supports are: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.
Google is hoping to add more languages to its recognition capabilities in time.
Better recognition
This isn't the only updated feature on the new Goggles app. Google has informed us that the app now has a bigger database ? so it will recognise more objects ? and t he UI of the program has been improved.
Google Goggle's launched back in December 2009, heralding a new area for the company ? visual search.
Although it is still very much in its infancy, Google has been ramping up its efforts to improve the software
In April of this year, Google bought up visual search app Plink and swiftly moved the creators of the app on to its Goggles project.
Google also told TechRadar recently that it is looking to open up the platform to other developers.
With this in mind, expect some more big things from the app in the coming months.
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Morandini -- La librairie commerciale de Google lancée d'ici juillet
Le groupe internet Google a annoncé mardi qu'il allait commencer à vendre des titres de livres numérisés d'ici à la fin juillet, avec l'accord des édi...
TechCrunch -- Translate That French Menu With Your Android Phone And Google Goggles
When Google first announced the Goggles feature last year, we thought the product could be a huge leap forward in the field of visual search. Goggles allows you to you point your phone;s camera at something and Google figures out what it is. At the Mobile World Congress earlier this year, Google showed off the translation capabilities of the visual application in German. Today, the search giant is officially launching translation capabilities in the new version of of Google Goggles for the English, French, Italian, German and Spanish languages. With the translation feature of Goggles, you can point your phone at a word or phrase and draw a box around specific words that you don't understand. After pressing the shutter button, Goggles will give you the option of translating the text to the available languages. While the feature only includes five languages, Google's goal is to eventually be able to to read all of the Latin languages and non-Latin languages (such as Chinese, Hindi and Arabic) as well.
TechRadar -- Exclusive: Opera: Chrome's fast, but we're faster
Boasts from Google about the speed of Chrome have been countered by Opera ? who insists that its latest browser is faster still than the very latest Chrome trials.
Product manager Philip Grønvold told TechRadar that Opera not only blows Apple's Safari out of the water in speed tests, but also has the edge over the beta versions of Google Chrome.
"We beat Chrome 5 development nightlies in Chrome testing and we beat Safari in Safari testing," stated Grønvold.
Fastest browser
"With 10.5, with this step, we can claim that we have the fastest browser," he added.
Although the difference in speeds on the average web page is so small its virtually unperceivable, the test are still relevant as browsers are asked to perform increasingly complicated procedures.
As website content begins to take advantage of things like HTML5 and tie-ins to more of the device's hardware, expect to see the focus on browser speed stick around at the front-lines of the browser wars.
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Facebook : une évolution des politiques de confidentialité
Ce matin nous apprenions qu'une faille de confidentialité majeure touchait le chat de Facebook. Ce n'est pas la première, puisqu'auparavant les photos, et même les profils entiers, deux fois de suite, avaient été compromis.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100506/ttc-facebook-une-volution-des-politiques-c2f7783.html
Le Post -- Une baston géante de collégiens organisée sur Facebook
Ça s'est passé mercredi après-midi en plein centre-ville de Rochefort...
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Nouvelles bêtas pour Firefox 3.6.4 et Thunderbird 3.1
Les amateurs de bêtas sont servis.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100506/ttc-nouvelles-betas-pour-firefox-3-6-4-e-549fc7d.html
Reuters - Technology News -- Facebook privacy snafu exposed user chats
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Private chats between some Facebook users were briefly viewable by other users on Wednesday, an embarrassing technical glitch for a company facing growing criticism over "sloppy" privacy protection.
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/s16T7kZYpbE/idUSTRE64465T20100506
Yahoo - Technologies -- Skype : la vidéoconférence à 5 et des formules d'abonnements
Skype va proposer sous peu une version de son fameux logiciel où un groupe de 5 personnes pourra communiquer dans le cadre d'une vidéoconférence.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100506/ttc-skype-la-vidoconfrence-5-et-des-form-c2f7783.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Facebook fait face à une faille critique de sécurité
Monde - Une faille critique touchant la messagerie instantanée de Facebook a dû être corrigée d'urgence cette nuit. A cause d'elle, les internautes ont pu avoir accès à toutes les conversations de leurs amis.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100506/tsc-facebook-fait-face-une-faille-critiq-04aaa9b.html
TechRadar -- Skype bringing group video chat - at a price
Skype has announced plans to overhaul its business model in order to better compete with a number of other VOIP services.
The main addition is the ability to group chat with video - something consumers have long been asking for, given it's available for free on Macs with iChat.
Skype is going to offer this service for free initially, but will begin charging in the near future as it looks to pick up more revenue of the platform.
Cheaper deals
It's also rolling out a number of new tariffs designed to cater for people that like to call at different times of the day - while still claiming that it will lower prices by up to 60 per cent.
The new move will allow more people in a greater number of countries - up from 40 to 170 - to not only call landlines, but mobiles as well using VOIP.
This move is key for th e future of Skype, after it was bought from eBay for £1.3billion last September - improving the subscription model and adding in new features is pivotal if it wants to be a successful proposition in the future.
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Nouveau look pour Google avec une colonne de gauche
Google veut améliorer son efficacité, sur tous les plans. Le moteur de recherche le plus utilisé au monde déploie, depuis mercredi 5 avril à 18 heures, une...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/73/20100506/ttc-nouveau-look-pour-google-avec-une-co-1261a23.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Facebook : confiez votre chat à vos amis
Une faille dans le système de confidentialité de Facebook a été relevée hier et corrigée en quelques heures.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/76/20100506/ttc-facebook-confiez-votre-chat-vos-amis-79cd011.html
Mashable -- HootSuite Gives Groups More Twitter and Facebook Tools
For teams who use Facebook and Twitter for business or organizations purposes, HootSuite has rolled out a slew of new features for assigning and sharing tasks.
HootSuite's Assignment function lets managers assign a Twitter update to any team member, along with annotations if needed. The team member can mark the message resolved, and the manager can monitor progress and keep records of campaigns.
Shared columns allow teams to simultaneously view data commonly used for social media marketing. HootSuite's shareable columns can be used to monitor keywords, track conversations around a vertical or monitor @replies and DMs. Messages from columns can be assigned, and any changes a column creator makes to a column are seen by other team members, as well.
The new tools also include the ability to send status updates via email and share collections of drafted messages. The ability to assign tasks to team members and share content in columns across groups is "ideally suited for support desks, customer service groups, project teams and dynamic workplaces," according to a release from Hootsuite last night. The company hopes the new features will allow teams to be more efficient and their brand messaging more consistent. Features are available now in the web-based version of HootSuite.
We've noticed HootSuite cranking out major upgrades consistently over the past several months. In terms of team collaboration and CRM social media tools, this company seems to be en fuego. Last week, HootSuite added Facebook support and geolocation features to its iPhone app. A month ago, HootSuite integrated Foursquare and MySpace capabilities — a surefire path to the hearts of marketers and recording artist promoters. You can use HootSuite from your Android phone; you can use it to update your WordPress blog. Clearly, this team is focused on making a robust and competitive application in a very crowded space.
What do you think of these upgrades? If you use social media tools as a marketer, are HootSuite's tools appropriate to the tasks you need to accomplish within your team?
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TechRadar -- Google has a spring clean, reveals new look
Google revealed its redesigned search pages this week, which it says is a response to "the increasing power of search".
The main changes focus on the left-hand side panel of the site, which is now said to be contextually relevant.
Essentially this means that it will change to cater for whatever you are searching for.
The panel also makes it easier to drill into the search. When you type your query in, you will automatically get all information about that subject but if you want just Images, Maps or News, then you just flick through the options on the left-hand side.
This stops you from having to flick between pages if, say, you choose the News tab at the top of Google.
Ch-ch-changes
Other changes include the streamlining of some options and slight tweaks to the site's colour and the look of the Google logo ? which is currently sporting a nice graphic representing polling day in the UK.
"The new design refreshes and streamlines the look, feel and functionality of Google, making it easier to pinpoint what you're looking for," says Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience, in a blog post.
"It's powerful, yet simple. Today's changes are the latest in our continuing efforts to evolve and improve Google."
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Rue 89 -- 2005-2010 : comment Facebook a bradé notre vie privée
http://eco.rue89.com/2010/05/06/2005-2010-comment-facebook-a-brade-notre-vie-privee-150368
TechCrunch -- The Age Of Facebook: Excerpts From The New Book By David Kirkpatrick
The long awaited book about the first few years of Facebook is almost over. You can pre-order David Kirckpatrick's The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World for the Kindle here and in hardcover here. In the meantime, Fortune has access to two excerpts from the book, and this stuff is solid gold. The first is here, the second is here. We've reprinted the excerpts below with permission.
Journal du Geek -- Thunderbird 3.1 Beta 2 disponible
Mozilla vient de mettre à disposition la version 3.1 Beta 2 de Thunderbird ici-même. Cette nouvelle bêta apporte pèle-mêle une nouvel assistant de migration, un support étendu pour Personas, une stabilité accrue lors d'une mise à jour à partir de Thunderbird 2, une corrections de bugs touchant à l'interface, ainsi qu'une stabilité et une gestion [...]
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TechRadar -- Google has a spring clean, reveals new look
Google revealed its redesigned search pages this week, which it says is a response to "the increasing power of search".
The main changes focus on the left-hand side panel of the site, which is now said to be contextually relevant.
Essentially this means that it will change to cater for whatever you are searching for.
The panel also makes it easier to drill into the search. When you type your query in, you will automatically get all information about that subject but if you want just Images, Maps or News, then you just flick through the options on the left-hand side.
This stops you from having to flick between pages if, say, you choose the News tab at the top of Google.
Ch-ch-changes
Other changes include the streamlining of some options and slight tweaks to the site's colour and the look of the Google logo ? which is currently sporting a nice graphic representing polling day in the UK.
"The new design refreshes and streamlines the look, feel and functionality of Google, making it easier to pinpoint what you're looking for," says Marissa Mayer, VP Search Products & User Experience, in a blog post.
"It's powerful, yet simple. Today's changes are the latest in our continuing efforts to evolve and improve Google."
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Le Post -- Jean-Luc Hees: "Je suis piégé, je ne peux pas toucher à Guillon"
Le Président de Radio France aurait incité Nicolas Hulot à porter plainte contre l'humoriste...
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Google : un nouveau design en attendant Caffeine, découvrez les images
Monde - C'est un nouveau Google, plus coloré, qui est en cours de déploiement dans trente-sept langues. Une nouveauté assez limitée au final, alors que Caffeine se fait désirer.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100506/tsc-google-un-nouveau-design-en-attendan-04aaa9b.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- IE aussi sous les 60 % en Europe, Google Chrome explose
Toutes les statistiques le confirment : Microsoft Internet Explorer continue son irrémédiable chute, ceci au profit des autres navigateurs, dont Google Chrome principalement.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100506/ttc-ie-aussi-sous-les-60-en-europe-googl-c2f7783.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Google s'offre un lifting majeur avec une colonne de gauche
Google veut améliorer son efficacité, sur tous les plans. Le moteur de recherche le plus utilisé au monde déploie, depuis mercredi 5 avril à 18 heures, une...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/73/20100506/ttc-google-s-offre-un-lifting-majeur-ave-1261a23.html
Le Post -- Google: le navigateur Chrome plus rapide qu'un patator
Google a sorti en début de semaine une nouvelle version de son navigateur Google Chrome. Ainsi qu'un spot de pub pour le moins original...
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Le Post -- Oscar, chien sauvé de la mort, bientôt adopté grâce à Facebook
L'histoire a ému des milliers d'internautes. En décembre 2009, Marie sauve un chien aux pattes déformées agonisant sur la route. Aujourd'hui, bonne nouvelle.
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Vidéo : Google Chrome rapide comme l'éclair
L'équipe de Google Chrome a réalisé une vidéo très spectaculaire, comparant la vitesse de chargement des pages dans le navigateur de Moutain View à divers choses : un patator, une onde sonore et finalement un éclair artificiel.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100506/ttc-vido-google-chrome-rapide-comme-l-cl-c2f7783.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Google dévoile sa nouvelle page de recherche
Google a annoncé des changements dans sa page de recherche, qui apparaitront aujourd'hui en France (et dans 37 autres langues). Ce ne sont pas les résultats qui changent, mais les outils que vous avez à votre disposition pour les trier qui sont ...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100506/ttc-google-dvoile-sa-nouvelle-page-de-re-c2f7783.html
BlogoScoped -- Google's New Look
Google has been testing this redesign for a long time, and today it's going live globally. You will see a new logo and a new left-hand side bar in results. The logo feels brighter and flatter than the old one, the search results have become less minimalist. I'll wait to see if I grow used to the side bar, I get a feeling that for the most part I will simply ignore it as I don't need it (I rarely do a web search and then want to switch to book search, or videos; often when I want a maps or image search, I go straight to that particular search). But who knows, perhaps it's useful for certain types of research tasks, and it does make the different Google sites discoverable f ...
Journal du Geek -- Google s'offre un lifting printanier
Vous l'avez sans doute remarqué, mais Google s'est offert depuis quelques heures un léger lifting. Fini le logo ombré, la firme a opté pour un logo arborant un côté plus "plat". A part ça, le volet d'option situé sur la gauche des résultats de recherche est désormais affiché de manière automatique. Bref, des évolutions, mais [...]
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Journal du Geek -- Le LG KF301 s'invite en Russie
Destiné au marche Russe (dans un premier temps ?) le KF301 d'LG Electronics, dont la sortie ne devrait plus tarder, propose un écran TFT 2? interne, un écran externe TFT 1.04?, un capteur 1.3 megapixels (pour la photo et la vidéo), du Bluetooth 2.0, une mémoire interne de 40Mo, un tuner FM et une compatibilité [...]
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Gizmodo -- Les cinq z'amis sont déjà vos copains vos z'amis sur Facebook
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/06/les-cinq-zamis-sont-deja-vos-copains-vos-zamis-sur-facebook.html
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- En Russie, l'ex-KGB est-il à la hauteur de sa légende?
Les derniers attentats de Moscou, en particulier près du siège de l'ex-KGB, le démontrent : les services de renseignement ne sont plus ce qu'ils étaient.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/78/20100506/twl-en-russie-l-ex-kgb-est-il-la-hauteur-5231d91.html
TechCrunch -- Google Responds to Joe Hewitt: Your Argument Is Two Years Old
Last week, well-known web/iPhone developer Joe Hewitt decided to rant on Twitter. His target? The state of web development. In 25 or so tweets, Hewitt ripped apart the state of the industry. Obviously, his impassioned views caused some controversy. But more than a few people felt his views were right on the money as well. Today, at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, a couple prominent sides in the industry addressed his comments. During the "What to Expect from Browsers in the Next Five Years: A Perspective" session, panelists were asked directly about Hewitt's thoughts. Google's Alex Russell stepped forward to say that while he was a fan of Hewitt's work, and feels his pain, he disagrees with his assessment that web development is moving too slowly. In his view, web development is moving faster now than it ever has. "I feel like a lot of his comments totally ring true to me about two years ago," Russell said noting that back then he was working on a JavaScript toolkit (just as Hewitt used to do), "it was hell."
Morandini -- Enorme faille de sécurité sur Facebook !
Le site internet de socialisation Facebook a annoncé mercredi qu'il avait désactivé momentanément son service de messagerie instantanée, ou "chat",...
http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-39010-enorme-faille-de-securite-sur-facebook.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Une faille Facebook permettait de voir le chat de ses amis
Le blog technologique TechCrunch a révélé qu'un petit truc tout simple permettait de voir le chat en direct de tous ses contacts. Il suffisait, ironiquement, de se rendre dans ses paramètres de confidentialité , dans l'onglet ...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100506/ttc-une-faille-facebook-permettait-de-vo-c2f7783.html
Hack in the Box -- New Chrome beta takes the speed crown
Google released a Chrome 5 beta build this week that brings a significant boost to the browser's JavaScript performance, improved support for emerging Web standards, and a number of noteworthy enhancements to the browser's cloud synchronization framework. After running the beta for most of the day, I'm convinced that Chrome is reaching a sweet spot of feature richness and leading performance that will make it a real winner. Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine benefits from a particularly profound advancement in the new beta. A major optimization effort by the V8 team in Denmark has increased the browser's JavaScript performance by roughly 30 percent. When we conducted benchmarks to see how it compares to competing browsers, we discovered that it has taken the lead, edging in slightly ahead of the swift Safari nightly builds. The test was conducted with the SunSpider benchmark suite on a quad-core Mac Pro. The new Chrome 5 beta completed the benchmark in 338.4ms, the Safari nightly completed it in 373.4ms, Opera 10.53 came in third place with 389.6ms, and Firefox crawled in last with 741.8ms.
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36171
Hack in the Box -- Facebook Abusing Computer Crime Law To Block Useful Servic
We noted recently that the courts (and plaintiffs in lawsuits) have been stretching computer hacking laws in dangerous ways. The laws that were clearly intended to cover situations of malicious hackers breaking into a computer system they have no right to be in are being twisted around, such that contractual language is being used to make all sorts of access "unauthorized" under the terms of the law. For example, we noted a case where using an employer's computer to access information for personal use... could be seen as "unauthorized access" and, thus, criminal computer hacking. Last year, we wrote about a bizarre lawsuit where Facebook sued Power.com, a website that tried to aggregate various social networks into a single interface. That could be pretty useful. Facebook didn't like it and sued. But just because Facebook doesn't like something, it doesn't make it illegal. What if users want to access Facebook that way?
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36162
TV News -- Carlier mis en scène par Ruquier, une possibilité.
Le chroniqueur Guy Carlier débute les premières représentations de son one man show "Ici et maintenant" ce week-end. Passage dans la capitale prévu 2011. Et selon 'Aujourd'hui en France', Laurent Ruquier pourrait être à la production.
Ce dernier doit assister au spectacle de[...]
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Baromètre des navigateurs : Chrome dépasse Safari en Europe, IE s'écroule
Le nouveau baromètre des navigateurs d' AT Internet (ex-Xiti), publié jeudi 6 mai, révèle une forte progression de Google Chrome, alors qu'Internet Explo...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/73/20100506/ttc-baromtre-des-navigateurs-chrome-dpas-1261a23.html
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Colombie: ouverture d'une enquête après les menaces de mort sur Facebook contre le candidat à la présidentielle Mockus
BOGOTA - Le ministre de l'intérieur colombien a annoncé mercredi l'ouverture d'une enquête contre un groupe sur facebook qui a menacé de mort le favori aux élections présidentielles, l'ancien maire de Bogota Antanas Mockus.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100506/twl-colombie-elections-facebook-mockus-5c16fb8.html
Wired -- Latest Chrome Beta Includes Speed Boost, Embedded Flash Player
The latest beta version Google's Chrome browser is out in the wild. The company claims this version of Chrome is 30 percent faster, and in our testing, that's about right. Plus, Adobe Flash is now baked into Chrome, so you don't have to worry about updates.
Wired -- Ready, Set, Read! The 'One Book, One Twitter' Discussion Schedule
Today is the official premiere of One Book, One Twitter (#1b1t). For anyone just arriving, huffing and puffing, to the shindig, we?re reading American Gods, by Neil Gaiman.
Mashable -- Major University Dumps Gmail Over Security Concerns
The University of California – Davis has stopped using Gmail for its 30,000-member staff and faculty body. The university was trying Gmail for faculty and staff with plans to roll out service to the entire campus. But school officials say this email system isn't secure or private enough to meet their standards.
CIO Peter Siegel, Academic Senate IT chair Niels Jensen and Campus Council IT chair Joe Kiskis said the plug was pulled on Gmail because faculty were concerned that Google's services wouldn't keep their correspondence private enough. Many privacy experts also say that Gmail's social component, Google Buzz, is the source of privacy and security vulnerabilities.
School officials also noted, "Outsourcing e-mail may not be in compliance with the University of California Electronic Communications Policy."
About a month ago, Yale University made a similar decision. Yale's concerns centered around security issues, technological risks and the way Google manages data in the cloud.
On the other hand, however, many other schools and local governments are using Gmail and Google Apps to great effect, including lower IT costs. Just last year, Los Angeles "went Google", a proposal that was agreed upon unanimously by the city council. Washington, D.C., also uses Google's applications and services, including Gmail.
What do you think: If you're a Gmail user, do you use the service personally or professionally? Are you ever concerned or uncomfortable about privacy issues in Gmail? And do you think UC Davis' faculty are being needlessly paranoid, or are their concerns valid?
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Yahoo - Technologies -- 10 bonnes raisons d'abandonner Facebook
HIGH TECH - Facebook et vie privée ne font pas vraiment bon ménage...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/82/20100505/ttc-10-bonnes-raisons-d-abandonner-faceb-29d0bca.html
Journal du Geek -- Android 2.1 sur le Sony Ericsson X10 pour le 4ème trimestre 2010
Bon, et bien voilà, pas la peine de s'étendre sur le sujet, le titre du billet a parfaitement résumé la situation : le Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 (mais aussi les X10 mini et X10 mini pro) auront droit à la version 2.1 d'Android d'ici le 4ème trimestre de l'année 2010. Ils ne sont pas un [...]
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TechRadar -- Facebook admits privacy problem, blames bug
Facebook has contacted TechRadar regarding the news that its privacy settings allowed users to see their friends' friend requests and other sensitive information.
In a statement, the social-networking giant says that: "For a limited period of time, a bug permitted some users' chat messages and pending friend requests to be made visible to their friends by manipulating the 'preview my profile' feature of Facebook privacy settings.
"When we received reports of the problem, our engineers promptly diagnosed it and temporarily disabled the chat function. We also pushed out a fix to take care of the visible friend requests which is now complete."
Quick resolution
TechCrunch were the first to flag up the privacy loophole. Soon after the article we nt up, Facebook suspended its Chat facility.
While this function is still currently down, Facebook has said that "Chat will be turned back on across the site shortly."
Although there is no actual apology for the "bug", Facebook is noting that it fixed the problem as fast as it could, explaining: "We worked quickly to resolve this matter, ensuring that once the bug was reported to us, a solution was quickly found and implemented."
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Yahoo - En France -- Pourquoi le chat Facebook ne marche-t-il plus?
Une importante faille de sécurité permettait aux utilisateurs l'accès aux discussions en ligne des autres usagers...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/78/20100505/tfr-pourquoi-le-chat-facebook-ne-marche-9e39cb8.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Google s'offre un lifting majeur et ajoute une colonne de gauche
Google veut améliorer son efficacité, sur tous les plans. Le moteur de recherche le plus utilisé au monde déploie, depuis mercredi 5 avril à 18 heures, une...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/73/20100505/ttc-google-s-offre-un-lifting-majeur-et-1261a23.html
TechCrunch -- Here It Is: Google?s Kick-Ass Chrome Speed Test Video
Yesterday, we noted that with its newest release of Chrome, Google wanted to show us how fast it is rather than just tell us how fast it is. To do that, they made a Rube Goldberg-ian video showing how fast web pages load in Chrome. Yesterday, we got the making of the video. Today, we get the video itself. And yes, it's awesome. Watch below. This is a web page loading at 2,700 frames per second. Here's what Google says about the video:
TechCrunch -- Tinychat Launches Twitter Chatrooms
We're big fans of Tinychat, a web-based chat startup that has been growing like gangbusters and recently won a Crunchie for best bootstrapped startup. Tinychat, which started out as a simple IRC-style chatroom app, has been steadily building out its innovative platform to include video chat and screensharing options, live video streaming, and Facebook Connect.Today, the startup is launching a new video pr oduct, Twitter chatrooms. Twitter Chatrooms are customized Tinychat rooms reserved for every Twitter user. The rooms can only be started by the owner of the Twitter username; they're built from the Twitter API and use OAuth login. 
TechCrunch -- Broadcast TV And Web Media Sites Winning In Online Video, Twitter Users Most Engaged
You can hardly run into a media site these days that no longer includes online video (even we are getting ready to launch TechCrunch TV). But which kinds of media sites are getting the most views? In a joint report put out today by Brightcove and Tubemogul (embedded below), the non-YouTube sites seeing the most success with online video are those of the broadcast TV networks and Web-only media brands, followed by magazine sites and music labels. Newspaper sites are lagging when it comes to both total video views and growth. In terms of how people are finding these videos, a little more than half (51.75 percent) are navigating directly from the publisher's main site. Following that, Google search is the next biggest source of video-viewing traffic (38.92 percent), followed by Yahoo (5.58 percent), Bing (2.29 percent) and Facebook barely registers (with only 0.40 percent). Twitter is even smaller, but people who find videos are more engaged than any of these other sources of traffic, on average watching videos longer across different media categories.
Mashable -- Facebook Chat Down for Maintenance Following Privacy Lapse
Facebook Chat is now down for maintenance. The feature was presumably disabled following a report that exposed a Facebook security bug that allowed users to access and view friends' live chats, friend requests and friends in common.
The report indicates that access to this personal information was accessible via Facebook's privacy settings, with the Preview My Profile feature creating the loophole to access the private live chats of friends.
With Preview My Profile, users can view how their profile appears to any given Facebook friend. The bug apparently let those users see the live chats and friend requests of the friend in question.
Unfortunately for the company, this is not the first time users' personal information has been exposed without consent. Earlier this year, user e-mail addresses were exposed in a hiccup following a site update. The company is also facing scrutiny from users and politicians displeased with the opt-in settings of Facebook's Open Graph implementation.
We've reached out to Facebook for more information and comment on the situation, but as of now there is no word on how widespread of an issue this is or was, or when Facebook Chat will be re-enabled.
The video from TechCrunch reporter Steve O'Hear below recreates the exploit.
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Tags: facebook, facebook privacy settings, privacy
Le Post -- Pendant quelques heures, vos infos privées ont été accessibles sur Facebook!
Il était possible d'observer les discussions de vos amis! Heureusement, c'est fini...
Le Post -- Twitter refuse d'authentifier son compte: "Ne pas pouvoir prouver qui on est, c'est grave"
Sur Le Post, l'écrivain Tatiana de Rosnay s'interroge sur ce couac. Explications.
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TechCrunch -- There Goes The Neighborhood: Facebook To Open Seattle Office
There I was thinking I was such a trendsetter by moving to Seattle. But apparently other people had the same idea, because Facebook is opening an office up here, too. A handful of engineers, led by Ari Steinberg, are making the move up here to open an engineering office, says Facebook. They are looking for office space now and expect to have 30 engineers here within a year. Also of note - Seattle-based Hadi Partovi, the cofounder of iLike and a former MySpace executive, is joining Facebook as an advisor and will help the office recruit new talent. I can imagine MySpace Seattle engineers will be working on their resumes this morning.
Gizmodo -- Trou de sécurité béant sur le chat de Facebook
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/05/trou-de-securite-beant-sur-le-chat-de-facebook.html
Arrêt sur Images -- Guillon contre Hees, encore...
Vite dit - vous n'êtes pas obligés :
Interrogé dans le cadre de l'émission Le Buzz Media Orange-Le Figaro, le patron de Radio France, Jean-Luc Hees répond à la chronique matinale de Stéphane Guillon, qui évoquait, mercredi 5 mai, l...
TechRadar -- Serious security flaw found in Facebook's privacy settings
A massive security flaw has been found on Facebook, which allows users to see personal information about their friends, including friend requests and more.
The flaw was found by TechCruch who have posted a video of just how to see other people's information without doing any hacking.
Privacy problem
It seems there is a loophole in the security preferences of the site, in the section where you can preview security changes you have made and see what your profile looks like to other people.
Once you do this, a simple refresh allows you to see sensitive information of that person, and even their chat windows if they have been left open.
There has been no statement as of yet from Facebook, but Chat is currently disabled on the site.
TechRadar has tried out the flaw on willing participants and it does seem legit. We saw the pending friend requests of our friends and were told how many notifications they had.
Facebook has been very public about its privacy changes ? changes which have not been popular with the public.
Although this privacy loophole is likely to be closed sharpish, the consequences of such an oversight may be far reaching.
TechRadar has contacted Facebook for comment.
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Google Chrome 5, encore plus rapide et plus pratique
La dernière bêta du navigateur serait trente fois plus rapide que la version précédente. Elle intégrerait aussi un lecteur Flash, des fonctions de synchronisation et HTML5.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100505/ttc-google-chrome-5-encore-plus-rapide-e-549fc7d.html
Le Post -- Le Président de Radio France attaque (encore) Stéphane Guillon
"Il faut consulter" conseille Jean-Luc Hees à l'humoriste qui avait imaginé son enterrement dans sa chronique matinale.
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Slashdot -- Looking At Google's Flashified Chrome
An anonymous reader writes "Google quietly released a new beta version of its Chrome browser, which not only blows its rivals out of the water as far as performance is concerned, but comes with half a dozen new features, including direct integration of Adobe Flash. First benchmarks show that the new beta is about 10% faster than the previous beta in the SunSpider and V8 benchmark, and about 30% faster than Chrome 4, which remains the fastest Javascript browser available today."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/tbCYzT6GwQk/Looking-At-Googles-Flashified-Chrome
Yahoo - Technologies -- Google Chrome 5 est disponible en version bêta
Google vient de mettre en ligne une version bêta publique de la nouvelle mouture de son navigateur Internet, Chrome 5.0. Ce sont principalement les performances du logiciel qui ont été améliorées, et notamment celles de JavaScript.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100505/tsc-google-chrome-5-est-disponible-en-ve-04aaa9b.html
Journal du Geek -- Google investit dans des champs d'éoliennes !
Aussi étrange que cela puisse paraitre, Google vient d'investir pas moins de 38,8 millions de dollars dans deux fermes d'éoliennes situées dans les plaines du Dakota du Nord ! 169,5 mégawatts, c'est la production totale d'électricité que peuvent réaliser ces deux champs, de quoi alimenter 55 000 maisons… Why not ?
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TechCrunch -- Google Leads $23 Million Round In TV Ad Startup Invidi
TV ad startup Invidi has secured over $23 million in series D funding led by Google, with GroupM, Motorola Ventures, Menlo Ventures, InterWest, and EnerTech Capital, Westbury Equity Partners, BDC Capital participating in the round. Invidi provides software applications that track targeted advertising and offers a digital set-top box application that delivers targeted advertising and marketing messages to individual viewers. The technology also facilitates the sales of digital products, digital tiers, and digital services, such as VOD, PVR, and pay-per-view events; Internet, voice, and wireless services; and triple play offers.
Ozap -- Bourde à la télé : Justin Bieber répond sur Twitter (vidéo)
C'est la faute de l'accent. Depuis hier, une vidéo montrant Justin Bieber en fâcheuse posture fait le tour du net. On y voit le jeune homme incapable de répondre à une question d'un journaliste néo-zélandais [...]
http://www.ozap.com/actu/bourde-tele-justin-bieber-allemand-german-twitter/339028
Yahoo - Technologies -- La marée noire du Golfe du Mexique visible sur Google Earth
Les internautes peuvent installer des fichiers KML sur leur PC pour observer la progression de la nappe de pétrole, qui menace le littoral du sud des Etats-Unis.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100505/ttc-la-maree-noire-du-golfe-du-mexique-v-549fc7d.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Jouez au hacker, grâce à Google
L?éditeur a créé une application factice grâce à laquelle les développeurs comprendront les techniques du hacking et amélioreront la protection de leur code.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100505/ttc-jouez-au-hacker-grace-google-549fc7d.html
TechCrunch -- Video: Facebook Security Hole Lets You View Your Friends? Live Chats
You've got to hand it to Facebook. They certainly know how to do security -- not. Today I was tipped off that there is a major security flaw in the social networking site that, with just a few mouse clicks, enables any user to view the live chats of their 'friends'. Using what sounds like a simple trick, a user can also access their friends' latest pending friend-requests and which friends they share in common. That's a lot of potentially sensitive information. Unbelievable I thought, until I just tested the exploit for myself. And guess what? It works. 
Yahoo - Technologies -- Google se fera vendeur de livres numériques dès cet été
L?américain projette d?étendre son service Google Livres à l?achat d?ouvrages numériques, sans restreindre leur consultation à un seul appareil de lecture. Inauguration prévue en juin ou en juillet.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100505/ttc-google-se-fera-vendeur-de-livres-num-549fc7d.html
TechRadar -- Google Editions ebook store to launch this summer
Google is to launch its Google Editions ebook store in 2010, which will offer the latest digital books without locking your purchases to a specific device.
Google announced this week that the store will launch June/July time and will be browser based so any device with a browser will be able to view the books.
Once the book has been accessed online, it will be cached in the browser for reading offline.
The news of Google Editions first broke back in October 2009, when Google announced it was looking into a store that was not device specific.
This differs from what Sony is doing with the Reader and Amazon with the Kindle ? where they are offering content tied to those specific devices.
Device agnostic
Gabriel Sticker, a spokesperson for Google, said about the ebook store: "It is a different approach to what most readers today have and the vision is to be able to access books in a device agnostic way."
Google is also hoping to break down the barriers for purchasing ebooks. Its store will be available through its Book Search service, but it is hoping that book sellers will also add a link to the store on their websites in return for a share of the profits.
It's unknown what the prices for the ebooks will be or whether they will be set by Google or retailers.
Currently, Amazon is king in the ebook market, picking up a 90 per cent share. This looks likely to decrease significantly once Google launches its store and the Apple iPad Bookstore builds momentum.
Google is no stranger to ebooks. It is currently battling it out with publishers over righ ts to the digitising of out-of-print books and magazines.
Google Editions is said to be entirely separate to that part of its business.
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Journal du Geek -- 1€ par mois pour accéder à Facebook et Twitter
C'est ce que propose M6 Mobile via ses forfaits mobiles bloqués, comme le souligne le site Numerama. En se penchant un peu plus près sur les forfaits en question, on croirait même rêver, puisqu'ils ne permettent uniquement d'accéder aux Twitter et Facebook "en versions sites internet mobile, site pour iPhone, site pour autres terminaux tactiles [...]
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Gizmodo -- Google s'offre un petit lifting
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/05/google-soffre-un-petit-lifting.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Google Editions : la librairie virtuelle sera lancée cet été
États-Unis - La bibliothèque numérique de Google sera mise en ligne fin juin-début juillet, a annoncé Philippe Colombet. Le responsable de Google livres s'est exprimé hier à New-York, lors d'une conférence tenue chez l'éditeur Random House.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100505/tsc-google-editions-la-librairie-virtuel-04aaa9b.html
Journal du Geek -- Une nouvelle bêta pour Chrome 5
Google vient de mettre à disposition de tous une nouvelle bêta de Chrome 5, estampillée 5.0.375.29, et compatible Windows, OS X et Linux. La firme annonce que cette nouvelle bêta affiche 30% et 35% de rapidité supplémentaire sur les tests V8 et SunSpider. Du coup, on apprend que le navigateur a respectivement vu sa rapidité [...]
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TechRadar -- Latest Google Chrome is 'fastest to date'
Google has revealed that its latest Chrome beta is the fastest yet, upping browsing speeds by at least 30 per cent.
Google has been doing using both the V8 and SunSpider benchmarks to test Chrome's speed and is claiming that it has managed a 30% and 35% speed increase.
This is impressive in itself, but this also means that since the first release of Chrome, the browser's speed has increased by as much as 305%.
Browser sync
Other new features released in the update of Chrome include integration of the Adobe Flash plug-in and some HTML5 shenanigans ? including Geolocation APIs, App Cache, web sockets, and file drag-and-drop capabilities.
Another improvement is the addition of browser preference synchronisation. Essentially, now you can sync themes, start-up settings and homepage preferences. This is an extension of the bookmark synchronisation relea sed earlier this year.
New figures from NetApplications show that, in April, Chrome's browser share was up to 6.73 per cent, which is a rise of 2.4 per cent year on year.
To download the new Chrome beta, which is available for Mac, Windows and Linux, go to www.google.com/intl/en/landing/chrome/beta.
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Microsoft Docs.com : publier des documents Office sur Facebook
Docs.com est un service que Microsoft est actuellement en train de développer. Le principe est simple : permettre la publication directe sur Facebook des documents Office.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100505/ttc-microsoft-docs-com-publier-des-docum-c2f7783.html
Gizmodo -- 10 bonnes raisons d'abandonner Facebook
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/05/10-bonnes-raisons-dabandonner-facebook.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Chrome 5 bêta disponible : toutes les nouveautés
Le navigateur de Google, Chrome, avance rapidement. L'éditeur n'attend pas que le soufflé retombe pour en rajouter plusieurs couches tant les sorties des versions sont rapprochées. Ainsi, Chrome 4.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100505/ttc-chrome-5-bta-disponible-toutes-les-n-c2f7783.html
Arrêt sur Images -- Le crac Kerviel
Article - chronique :
Attention, il repasse à l'action ! Sa devise ? Défendre son honneur. Sa spécialité ? Les produits dérivés (pas les pin's et les t-shirts mais plutôt les produits financiers complexes...
Yahoo - En France -- La Socgen veut une sanction exemplaire dans l'affaire Kerviel
PARIS (Reuters) - La Société générale souhaite que son ancien trader Jérôme Kerviel soit condamné à une "sanction exemplaire" à l'issue de son procès pour la perte record de trading de 4,9 milliards d'euros de janvier 2008, peut-on lire sur le site internet de la banque.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/4/20100505/tts-france-socgen-kerviel-ca02f96.html
Journal du Geek -- Google Editions arrivera pour l'été
Google a donc présenté il y a quelques heures, lors d'une conférence se déroulant chez l'éditeur Random House (fayot ?), son service Google Editions, et a annoncé qu'il sera sur pied dans le courant du mois de mai. Voir du mois de juin, dans le pire des cas. Pour faire court, Google Editions devrait proposer des [...]
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Journal du Geek -- Google va lancer sa librairie en ligne
Après Amazon, Barnes & Noble et Apple, c'est au tour de Google de se lancer dans le monde merveilleux des livres puisque le moteur de recherche a annoncé le lancement de sa librairie en ligne cet été. Lancé sous le nom de Google Editions, il y aura bien évidemment les livres numériques que la marque [...]
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Wired -- Google Taps Employees to Crowdsource Venture Capital Arm
Google plans to rely on its employees for leads on which companies to invest in. It says its giant computing power will help it fund companies not related to search, including pharmaceutical and bioscience startups.
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/tynvdYtCykE/google-ventures
TV News -- Stéphane Guillon à la retraite (France Inter le 5 mai)
Comme chaque lundi, mardi, mercredi sur le blog, voici le billet de Stéphane Guillon sur France Inter. Ce mercredi 5 mai, "Guillon à la retraite".
"Alors autre information fausse, décidément... Lundi, le site du Monde révélait l'intention du gouvernement de passer à 63 ans l'âge[...]
Boing Boing -- Six reasons to hate Facebook's new anti-privacy system, "Connections"
Wondering exactly why people are so pissed about Facebook's latest display of contempt for user privacy? The Electronic Frontier Frontier Foundation's Kurt Opsahl has a good, short article explaining just what's going on with the new "Connections" anti-feature: 1. Facebook will not let you share any of this information without using Connections. You cannot opt-out of Connections. If you refuse to play ball, Facebook will remove all unlinked information from your profile. 2. Facebook will not respect your old privacy settings in this transition. For example, if you had previously sought to share your Interests with "Only Friends," Facebook will now ignore this and share your Connections with "Everyone." 3. Facebook has removed your ability to restrict its use of this information. The new privacy controls only affect your information's "Visibility," not whether it is "publicly available." Explaining what "publicly available" means, Facebook writes: "Such information may, for e xample, be accessed by everyone on the Internet (including people not logged into Facebook), be indexed by third party search engines, and be imported, exported, distributed, and redistributed by us and others without privacy limitations." 4. Facebook will continue to store and use your Connections even after you delete them. Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they're not there. Even after you "delete" profile information, Facebook will remember it. We've also received reports that Facebook continues to use deleted profile information to help people find you through Facebook's search engine. 5. Facebook sometimes creates a Connection when you "Like" something. That "Like" button you see all over Facebook, and now all over the web? It too can sometimes add a Connection to your profile, without you even knowing it. 6. Facebook sometimes creates a Connection when you post to your wall. If you use the name of a Connection in a post on your wall, it may show up on the C onnection Page, without you even knowing it. (For example, if you use the word "FBI" in a post). I confess that I haven't paid much attention to this. It came up while I was on holidays, and I hate Facebook and never use it (I have a profile, but haven't logged in for years). But holy crap, that is the most reprehensible bit of corporate awfulness I've seen in months. Six Things You Need to Know About Facebook Connections Previously:Facebook privacy meltdown: company removed opt-out prior to launch ... Facebook and the Social Dynamics of Privacy Infographic: Facebook's "anti-privacy monopoly" Facebook further reduces privacy control for users Timeline of Facebook privacy policy: from reasonable (2005) to ... US Senator wants FTC to regulate privacy on Facebook, other social ... More Facebook privacy woes: rogue marketers can data-mine your ... Interview with Facebook employee will not make you feel better ......
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Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Les "Chemises rouges" restent retranchés dans Bangkok
BANGKOK - Les opposants au gouvernement thaïlandais restaient retranchés mercredi dans leur campement dans le centre de Bangkok, bien qu'ils aient accepté sur le principe la feuille de route du Premier ministre visant à mettre fin à la crise politique.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100505/twl-thailande-situation-2f4e741.html
TV News -- Un documentaire de Guy Carlier sur Frédéric Dard.
Un documentaire consacré à Frédéric Dard, le père de sa compagne. C'est ce que prépare Guy Carlier selon les informations du "Parisien".
Un 52 minutes destiné à France télévisions pour une diffusion la saison prochaine. Dans la cas eInfrarouge du jeudi ?
Des personnalités qui ont[...]
http://www.leblogtvnews.com/article-un-documentaire-de-guy-carlier-sur-frederic-dard-49832898.html
Hack in the Box -- Google tutorial lets developers play malicious hacker
Google has released a free online tutorial that gives developers the chance to play the role of malicious hacker by exploiting real security bugs in a mock web application. The codelab is premised on a "small, cheesy web application" dubbed Jarlsberg that is chock-full of bugs that can be exploited to take down webservers, perform remote code-execution attacks, and spring information-disclosure leaks. It can be downloaded and run on a local machine to teach developers firsthand the perils of insecure coding. Google's "Web Application Exploits and Defenses" codelab can be used in a black-box setting, in which hackers aren't privy to the source code of the application they're attacking, or a white-box setting, in which they are. Jarlsberg is written in Python, although hackers, of course, need not be versed in the language in order to make mincemeat of the application.
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36142
Hack in the Box -- Google to start selling e-books
GOOGLE on Tuesday said it will soon begin selling electronic books that people can read on any Internet-connected device including Apple's hot-selling iPad tablet computers. Google will launch an Editions online digital book shop by the end of July and its virtual shelves will be stocked with in-print works with the permission of publishers owning copyrights. 'This e-book service will be device agnostic,' Google spokesman Gabriel Stricker told AFP. Books bought from Google and its partners would be available to any device that has a web browser, from smart phones and the growing number of e-book readers to personal computers.
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36152
TechCrunch -- With Major Downtime, Foursquare Well On Its Way To Being The Next Twitter
It's like deja vu all over again. Two years ago, Twitter used to be continually down. It doesn't seem like this would be a major issue, but it actually is quite annoying during conferences when so many rely on the service for information. And, back in those days, people used to rely on it to know where everyone was going drinking afterwards. Today, those same people now use Foursquare for that purpose. And that's why when its down -- as it has been tonight for the past couple of hours -- it matters. How on Earth am I supposed to know which Web 2.0 Expo afterparty to go to without Foursquare?
TechCrunch -- Wednesday Is D-Day For Google-AdMob Deal
The Federal Trade Commission will decide whether or not to approve the pending Google-Admob acquisition in a meeting tomorrow that will include the commissioners and the FTC chairman, says a source who's been briefed on the matter. The $750 million deal was first announced in November 2009. The FTC has taken a particularly close look at the deal, and Google has made a significant lobbying effort for approval. Earlier this week the Wall Street Journal reported that the FTC was considering challengine the deal: "Discussions with FTC staff members suggest the agency could be preparing to block Google's $750 million agreement to buy AdMob on the grounds it would shrink the mobile in-application advertising market from three to just two key players..." But what hasn't been clear until now is exactly when the FTC would make its decision. That time is tomorrow, says our source, and says that Google is prepared to fight a FTC blocking of the deal in court.
Mashable -- Chrome Gains, IE Slumps in Browser Wars [STATS]
Google Chrome was the fastest growing web browser for the fifth month in a row in analytics company Net Applications's April market report, while Microsoft Internet Explorer again lost market share.
Chrome's market share increased from 6.13% to 6.73% — almost a 10% improvement over last month. Internet Explorer saw the most significant loss in this month's numbers, slipping from 60.65% to 59.95%. Firefox (24.52% – 24.59%) and Apple Safari (4.65 – 4.72%) grew by just 0.07% each. Opera lost 0.07%, ending up with 2.3% of the browser market.
In general, Firefox and and Safari have remained mostly stagnant over the past year, with Safari growing very, very slowly and Firefox fluctuating within just a percentage point, but Internet Explorer and Chrome's market share changes show strong trends downward and upward, respectively.
When we reported Net Applications's February numbers, we mentioned that Chrome use grew among Mashable readers from 12.68% to 14.8% — 2.12% in that month, demonstrating that the tech and social media-savvy crowd are adopting Chrome much more quickly than the general Internet-browsing population. That continues to be the case, though the trend has slowed; the percentage of Mashable-reading Chrome users now stands at 16.11%.
For the general population, Internet Explorer is still in the lead, but Mashable readers prefer Firefox — 35.27% use Firefox while only 25.48% use Internet Explorer.
Have you switched to Chrome or abandoned Internet Explorer recently? Tell us about your reasons for — or for not — doing so in the comments.
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Reuters - Top News -- Thai protesters hold ground on Bangkok's streets
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters in Thailand held their ground on the streets of Bangkok on Wednesday and said they would stay there until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva sets a date for dissolving parliament.
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/F4e0Up5YJVI/idUSTRE64403D20100505
Mashable -- EXCLUSIVE: Sony Launches Spy-Themed Facebook Game "The Agency: Covert Ops"
Fans of James Bond and the world of jet-setting super spies, take note: in Sony Online Entertainment's newest Facebook game, you'll be able to live the life of an elite agent navigating the world of international espionage. A project of the SOE Tucson development team, The Agency: Covert Ops also has the unique distinction of tying in to a forthcoming massively-multiplayer shooter title for the PlayStation 3 and PC, The Agency.
In the company's first social media action game, you'll find yourself running covert missions, building a network of operatives, customizing your character and your agency's headquarters, mastering highly replayable mini-games, upgrading your agent with gadgets and weapons, and more. You can enlist a mix of stylish non-player characters and your real Facebook friends to engage in group missions, and share accomplishments and creative avatars and HQs on your Facebook wall.
Check out a trailer for the game below and read on for screenshots and more goodies from the development team behind the new title.
The Agency: Covert Ops Trailer
We had a chance to get a demo of the game and pick the brains of Dan Kopycienski, Director of Developm ent at SOE Tucson and Chris Hill, Lead Flash Developer, about what to expect in the shadowy spy underworld of Covert Ops. One thing the team hopes to bring to the table is a higher production value than what is typically seen in casual Facebook games. The SOE Tucson team is also working closely with The Agency's console development team in Seattle to carry over the stylized art design and world elements from the associated title.
With much emphasis on customization both for one's avatar and Agency headquarters, the game gives players a ton of options for personal expression. From clothes and even tattoos for characters and a seemingly endless array of objects befitting a super swank spy pad (hint: you'll have no shortage of hot tub options), players will be able to make the world their own well beyond simply selecting one of the five available character classes at the beginning of the game.
A strong storyline is complemented by a series of mini-games, givin g players a lot to choose from in actual gameplay. A Black Market and your own personal high-tech research assistant — think of James Bond's Q — help you acquire new gadgets, weapons, and components within the game. A set of upgradeable stats adds to the dimensions along which your character can grow as you play. A good analogy to the type of experience you might expect would be "playing through a Tom Clancy novel," said Kopycienski.
In addition, the team plans to continually add new content to Covert Ops, from new missions and mini-games to new weapons, objects, and geographic regions within the game. And while the team can't divulge too many details just yet about how exactly the Facebook-flavored counterpart of The Agency will tie back into the console and PC MMO still on the way, you should expect the advancements and achievements you make in Covert Ops to benefit your gameplay in the action title and vice versa.
Check out an overview of what to e xpect in the game from Dan and Chris in the video below along with a few more screenshots. Let us know what you think of the spy-themed Covert Ops and let us know if you plan to try out the game, live on Facebook to players now. For a limited time, new players will also start out with a bonus of 250 Station Cash virtual currency to help jump start character and HQ customization.
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TechCrunch -- Parature Brings A Customer Support Tab To Facebook Pages
As Facebook increasingly becomes a channel for brands to interact with consumers, it makes sense for companies to tap into the social network to manage customer support. Salesforce's Service Cloud, Get Satisfaction and a host of others have launched deep integrations with Facebook to allow companies to engage with the 400 million plus consumers on the social network. Today, Accel Partners-backed Parature, an on-demand customer service soft ware, is launching a customer service product for Facebook Pages. As customer conversations are increasingly taking place on the walls of Facebook Pages, Parature's application allows companies to actually integrate a branded "Support" tab. Customers can post a comment to a corporation?s Facebook Support wall, which is then pushed into Parature's software as a ticket with the Facebook customer listed on the ticket. And the customer service representative can push an update by responding directly on the wall. 
TechCrunch -- WSJ: Google To Launch Digital Bookstore This Summer
The battle for e-book supremacy is about to get more interesting. This morning, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google is planning to launch its own digital book store by early summer. The new product will be called Google Editions. In addition to offering what sounds like a standard booksearch/storefront, Google also plans to allow independent book vendors to sell Google Editions from their own websites. The WSJ article notes that Google's goal is to distinguish itself from other digital book vendors "by allowing users to access books from a broad range of websites using a broad array of devices". This contrasts with Apple's iBooks, which are only available through the iPad and the iPhone. Amazon's Kindle is more flexible than that (it offers desktop software, and has built applications for both the iPhone and iPad in addition to its own hardware Kindle device).
TechCrunch -- Chrome Now Faster Than A Speeding Potato. Google?s Rube Goldberg-ian Video Proves It.
At this point, Google realizes that simply talking about browser speed isn't enough. They have to show you. Alongside the latest beta release of Google Chrome, the company has made a series of videos that intend to do just that. The Rube Goldberg-ian setup is fairly amazing. While the speed test videos themselves aren't out just yet, Google has posted the making of the video (which I've embedded below). It's a must-watch.
Mashable -- Facebook's Privacy Settings Still Ignored by Many [REPORT]
Consumer Reports's June 2010 State of the Net survey highlights the increased adoption of social networks like Facebook across households and also underscores some of the privacy and security hazards associated with social networking.
One of the most interesting elements of the survey was just how many users are unaware — or don't care — about privacy settings when it comes to social networks.
Consumer Reports says that one in four households with a Facebook account have users who aren't aware of or don't choose to use Facebook's built-in privacy controls. While that may give some credence to Mark Zuckerberg's "privacy is dead" declaration, it still makes us pause, especially when you consider how basic information used on Facebook — like your full name and birthday — can be utilized in identity theft.
Another interesting tidbit from the survey — 26% of parents on Facebook posted the names and photos of their children. Now, this may be innocuous, but we have to ask: How many parents understand that unless they have that information restricted to certain user groups that it is really public information?
That's actually one of the more interesting aspects of Facebook's new Open Graph; it isn't that Open Graph necessarily has any different privacy implications, it's just more evident how public many of Facebook's settings really are.
In addition to releasing the report, Consumer Reports hosted a panel in New York today about social networks and consumer beha vior. Mashable's Adam Ostrow was one of the panelists. You can watch the entire conversation below.
What do you think of the way that consumers are using social networks? Let us know in the comments.
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Mashable -- How Does Twitter's New Social Good Initiative Stack Up?
Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.
Last month saw the latest Twitter foray into social good efforts with the launch of the new Hope140 initiative. Its #EndMalaria campaign over the past week featured the TwitPay platform for donations, creating a new call to action for Hope140. Twitter users participated in World Malaria Day by retweeting and donating $10. The Case Foundation matched donations with a $25,000 grant.
#EndMalaria demonstrated that Twitter can be more than an awareness mechanism for non-profits. Further, Twitter is using its Promoted Tweets feature as public service vehicle, launching with two charities; Room to Read, which is campaigning to promote the building of their 10,000th library, and Partners in Health. Now Twitter's non-profit offering provides comprehensive capabilities, from click-throughs and retweets to bona fide donations and public service announcements.
"We've started Hope140 as a way to identify important things happening on the Twitter platform and across the company," said Jenna Sampson of Twitter. "We'll be highlighting timely causes, sharing case studies that inform non-profits on best practices, and simply providing a nest of hope for anyone to visit."
But how well did Hope140 do in an actual campaign? When compared to Facebook's or YouTube's non-profit offerings, how does Hope140 stack up? Further, how well does the Hope140 donation service work? Can any non-profit work with Hope140? We take a closer look below.
Real-Time Performance
The Case Foundation, no stranger to online giving contests, with platforms like Facebook Causes and Network for Good, served as a partner for the #EndMalaria campaign. So we turned to Case for insights on how Hope140 performed.
"Unlike some of the other social media campaigns that we've been involved with at the Case Foundation, the End Malaria campaign on Twitter had a singular focus – raising money for Malaria No More to help ensure that more bed nets are available in Africa," said Kari Dunn Saratovsky, vice president of social innovation, Case Foundation. "Other campaigns that we've developed and supported, like America's Giving Challenge, have allowed donors to choose the issues they care about and then mobilize their social networks to action."
"It was as much an awareness raising campaign as it was a fundraising campaign," added Saratovsky. "The platform itself proved to be an invaluable tool for messaging facts about Malaria and the creative use of the mosquito icon drew special attention to these tweets. We still have a ways to go in transitioning those who helped serve as ambassadors of the message to also be compelled to donate, but it's a process that will take some time."
Full Disclosure: My company Zoetica consults the Case Foundation on America's Giving Challenge.
How Does Hope140 Stack Up Against YouTube and Facebook?
Both YouTube and Facebook have their own non-profit channels. So how does Hope140 compare to them? Very differently it seems.
"Take YouTube's non-profit offering for instance," said Frank Barry, Manager, Professional Services at Blackbaud. "They don't go about picking specific non-profits to highlight. But they do offer great features to non-profits — i.e. premium branding, "call-to-action overlay," YouTube Video Volunteers platform, non-profit channels, and non-profit videos — which, in my opinion, are of greater value to participating non-profits because they help generate awareness and drive action -– the ultimate response.
"Now let's look at Facebook's non-profit offering," continued Barry. "Although Facebook doesn't have a special 'offering' for non-profits, they do have a host of features that non-profits love. These features enable non-profits to engage and communicate with their supporters, donors, volunteers and advocates in a way that was previously impossible for most because of the time and money it would take to build such a site."
It seems that Twitter's offering, while developing, has yet to match the maturity of YouTube's promotion or Facebook's much more complete suite of tools, from promotion to fundraising. This is especially true given the new fundraising tools and lack of access to the Hope140 program for all 501c3s (more on that below). For now, non-profits would be wise to turn to Facebook and YouTube first for more reliable outcomes.
The New Giving Feature
Hope140 utilizes RT2Give, a service stemming from third-party developer Twitpay. After users donate via the service, the app tweets for them with a campaign-specific hashtag or term soliciting their followers to join them in giving.
Unlike Facebook Causes, the new giving feature is currently set on a fixed amount, such as #EndMalaria's $10. It remains to be seen whether users will have more control over their donations in the future. The likelihood of someone returning ten times to donate $100 seems low, and the cap may be limiting total donation amounts in the long run.
"From my perspective, the most valuable asset [of #EndMalaria] for non-profits was in the introduction of the new donation platform, Twitpay," said Saratovsky. "However, the numerous social media efforts around World Malaria Day, including Twitter's End Malaria campaign, also served as huge awareness-raisers for Malaria No More and other non-profits involved in the fight to eradicate Malaria."
How Accessible Is Hope140 to Other Non-Profits?
Currently, Hope 140 is not accessible to all non-profits, and to be featured, a 501c3 organization needs to be selected by Twitter. Twitter says it's exploring how to use Hope140 as a resource for non-profits, and a way for socially concerned people to connect. But the larger impact on the non-profit space has yet to be determined.
"[It's] one reason why I think transparency will be key," said Alex Bornkessel, consultant and changeblogger at SocialButterfly. "Also — I'm curious as to what Twitter's goals are with Hope140 and and how they align with the goals of its non-profit partners. For now, Hope140 seems more organization-driven than community-driven — which could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on the metrics of success."
"We plan to share information on Hope140 about upcoming programs like "Tweets for Good" which is based off of the Promoted Tweets platform, and examples for non-profits to learn how to use their accounts more effectively," said Twitter's Sampson. "We also believe Twitter developers can be a part of the equation, since many small organizations lack technical resources that can take their efforts to the next level, so we are planning to provide opportunities for them to connect as well."
While Facebook and YouTube have more reliable proven programs, Twitter's Hope 140 can offer innovator s a new suite of tools to separate themselves from the pack. Helping a new social network program mature can establish leadership. Smart non-profits can balance results versus online innovation. If provided the opportunity to participate in Twitter's Hope 140 program, it's likely that in tandem with the other social network programs, a non-profit can make significant steps towards affecting change and achieving leadership within it's cause space.
More social good resources from Mashable:
- 5 More Ways to Go Green for Earth Day
- 5 Ways Non-Profits Can Increase Engagement With YouTube
- 4 Ways Non-Profits Can Use Google Buzz
- Why Sex-Ed Remains a Challenge for Social Media
- 5 Ways Mega Charity Events Can Harness the Power of Social Media
Mashable -- Facebook Is Hallmark's New Way to Say "Happy Mother's Day"
Sending your mom a greeting card for Mother's Day is so 1999. Now, thanks to Hallmark, you can create a special multimedia testimonial for your mother on the company's Facebook page to let everyone know just how great she is — after all, there's a pretty good chance you're already friends on Facebook anyways.
In honor of Mother's Day and the May 8 premiere of original Hallmark Channel movie Meet My Mom, Hallmark has added a Meet My Mom tab on its Facebook page. Fans can invite other users to meet their moms by uploading multimedia tributes to the virtual collage, including text, photos and video.
The wall went live on Monday, April 19. Since then, more than 500 users have uploaded virtual testimonials, many of which are from military servicemen and women abroad. Hallmark has also gained roughly 5,000 new Fans during that time, adding up to more than 67,000 by the time of publication.
Hallmark became serious about using Facebook as a marketing tool last November, when it only had about 250 Fans on the site. The company has been working with marketing company Buzztone to bolster its outreach on social networking platforms. Both companies are working on similar campaigns to promote the debuts of Hallmark's next original movie, You Lucky Dog, as well as The Martha Stewart Show in the fall.
What do you think of Hallmark's use of Facebook as a marketing tool? What are some other tech-savvy ways to show appreciation for your mother on Mother's Day?
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TechCrunch -- So Is Telefonica Buying The Spanish Facebook, Or Not?
[Spain] Is Telefonica buying Tuenti, the leading Spanish social network - or not? The subject comes up regularly in Spain. And so it was that ?Telefonica is rumored to be acquiring Tuenti for ?80 million? ($104 million) was the latest rumour buzzing around Spanish blogs and Twitter timelines this weekend. The trouble is that Tuenti vehemently denies it. Yesterday, vociferous Carlos Blanco wrote that Tuenti was in negotiations with Telefonica (with a very suggestive URL, reading something like ?telefonica-buys-tuenti?). Thus setting off a vertibal gossip bomb. But in actuality Tuenti has said that is is making an announcement tomorrow morning that involves Telefonica... but it?s a relatively small commercial announcement that has nothing to do with a sale.
TechCrunch -- Twitter Cooks Up The Blackbird Pie Tool To Bake Tweets Into Your Website
As we noted yesterday, Twitter has launched its new tool that allows you to easily embed tweets into a website or blog post. The tool, called Blackbird Pie, is a website that simply asks you for the URL of a tweet. Once you copy that in and hit "Bake it," you get back a preview of how it will look on the web, and a box with the code you need in it. "The origin of the script is both self- and user-centered. Mostly, we just think it?s a pain to take screen grabs of tweets. But of course we also think it?s a much better user experience to have @-mentions, hashtags and the account itself all linked and clickable," writes Twitter.
Mashable -- AddThis Toolbox Gets the Facebook "Like" Button
Social sharing widget-maker AddThis is enabling users to integrate the Facebook "Like" button by adding a single line of code to the AddThis Toolbox.
AddThis is now used on 1.2 million websites. It's a familiar catch-all sharing button that lets blog and website publishers implement sharing across a huge and ever-expanding network of social platforms and web services.
Here's what the Facebook Like button will look like when integrated into the AddThis Toolbox:
Justin Thorp, AddThis's developer community manager, wrote today on the AddThis blog, "We see 'Liking' as another way for users to support the content they love and share it with their friends, fitting squarely into our mission of making it easy for anyone to share anything anywhere online."
He added that the company will soon upgrade its analytics packages to include data from the Facebook Like button. "We've had a great response from clickbacks," he wrote, "and we're sure you'll be excited to see how much traffic you're getting from the button. We're also planning to enable the Facebook Like button within the AddThis menu via the API."
Have you been using the Like button a lot since its launch? If you saw the Facebook Share and the Facebook Like button side by side in an AddThis widget, which would you be more likely to use?
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Reuters - Oddly Enough -- French approve return of Maori warrior heads
PARIS (Reuters) - The French parliament on Tuesday approved the restitution of tattooed, mummified heads of Maori warriors to New Zealand, centuries after they were brought to Europe and displayed as exotic oddities.
http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/oddlyEnoughNews/~3/Ff8QOCiO_Jg/idUSTRE6434A620100504
TechRadar -- Facebook users choose Nick Clegg as new Prime Minister
Facebook users have decided that Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, is the best bet to be the new Prime Minister, with a whopping 42 per cent of a vote conducted on the social-networking site.
A poll was conducted via Facebook's Democracy UK page, which brought in nearly 500,000 users' opinions, and saw 42% opt for Clegg compared to only 31% for David Cameron (Conservatives) and 27% for Gordon Brown (Labour).
Compared to a month ago, the Lib Dems currency has gone up considerably when they were only ranking with 19 per cent of the vote in a parallel pole.
Huge surge in engagement
Facebook's poll was definitely one which echoes what today's youth is thinking about politics ? as three-fifths of those voting were under the age of 35.
< p>Speaking about the poll, Richard Allan, Facebook's Director of Public Policy for Europe said: "We have seen a huge surge in engagement on Facebook with thousands of political groups and pages being set up, with some attracting hundreds of thousands of users ? including Facebook's own Democracy UK page."Whatever the outcome of the election, the level of engagement we have witnessed both on Facebook and beyond is hugely positive for the health of our democracy."
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Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Google vers plus de transparence
De nouvelles statistiques ont été rendues publiques par le géant américain: elles concernent les Etats qui sollicitent le plus ses services, notamment pour enlever du contenu d'Internet.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/78/20100504/twl-google-vers-plus-de-transparence-5231d91.html
Journal du Geek -- Un aperçu du futur Gmail ?
Le blog easycloud.ca n'a pas manqué de suivre la conférence Atmosphere, organisée par Google il y a de là 2 semaines. Lors de cette conférence, filmée, il a été possible d'apercevoir une version retravaillée de Gmail, proposant par exemple un tout nouveau menu latéral, une "magic inbox", soit une boîte de réception intelligente (mais de [...]
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Wired -- Google Taps Employees to Crowdsource Venture Capital Arm
Google plans to rely on its employees for leads on which companies to invest in. It says its giant computing power will help it fund companies not related to search, including pharmaceutical and bioscience startups.
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/rJt2uTFhhyQ/google-ventures
Gizmodo -- Les nouveaux bureaux de Google
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/04/les-nouveaux-bureaux-de-google.html
Le Post -- Une expérience originale pour montrer l'inutilité de Twitter
Deux internautes ont créé le compte d'une chaussure...
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Wired -- Scott Brown on How Twitter + Dopamine = Better Humans
Tragedies like the quake in Haiti trigger an immediate altruistic response in us that's strong yet fleeting. Luckily, says Wired's Scott Brown, we now have the technology to keep up with our benevolence.
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/fE_rphZaGuM/pl_brown_karma
Wired -- Google Taps Employees to Crowdsource Venture Capital Arm
Google plans to rely on its employees for leads on which companies to invest in. It says its giant computing power will help it fund companies not related to search, including pharmaceutical and bioscience startups.
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/0-T2f--CFOo/google-ventures
Yahoo - Technologies -- Le fond d'investissement de Google demande l'aide de ses salariés
Google avait lancé en mars 2009 un fond de capital-risque appelé Google Venture. Ils ont hier annoncé que ce fond investit maintenant dans dix startups de nouvelles technologies, bien que certaines soient très éloignées du marché du géant de la ...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100504/ttc-le-fond-d-investissement-de-google-d-c2f7783.html
Mashable -- Gmail Gets Its Name Back in the UK
In the UK, Google was forced to give its email service Gmail a different name, Googlemail, because of a trademark dispute. These disputes take a long time (Gmail was changed into Googlemail in October 19, 2005), so Google opted on using a different (yet recognizable) name until the dispute is resolved.
Four and a half years later, UK users will finally get their @gmail.com addresses, as Googlemail is changing back into Gmail. Users will have the possibility of keeping their old @googlemail.com address or switching to a new one. From the announcement: "If you already have a Google email account in the UK, you'll soon have the option to switch your existing @googlemail.com address to the matching @gmail.com one, but you're also free to stick with @googlemail.com. And starting later this week, anybody who signs up for a new account in the UK will get an @gmail.com address."
Google jokingly estimates that the change will have a positive impact on the overall energy consumption. "Since "gmail" is 50% fewer characters than "googlemail," we estimate this name change will save approximately 60 million keystrokes a day. At about 217 microjoules per keystroke, that's about the energy of 20 bonbons saved every day," it claims.
The transition from Googlemail to Gmail will happen over the next week.
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Mashable -- Buddy Media Helps Marketers Take Advantage of Facebook's New "Likes"
Buddy Media already helps big brands do more with their Facebook presence. Today the company is extending its service to include Facebook Open Graph integration.
This update is about connecting the dots between user activity on and off Facebook — think the "Like" button — so that platform users can manage and track their website's Facebook performance in addition to Page performance and content. They've also added real-time analytics for all social activity and a new publish option so that clients can connect with customers who "liked" content on their sites.
The end game here all about driving more interest in brand content via Facebook — whether within or outside the wall — and doing so using a single platform for a global view of activities.
The company claims that these social integrations have already helped the NHL increase their site traffic by 353% and grow Facebook fans by 25% in just nine days. This early example demonstrates the potential power of the seamless Facebook social plugins, proving that t he auto-publish-to-Facebook behavior of those little "Like" buttons translates to more traffic and more fans.
What Buddy Media aims to do with today's feature upgrade is to help brands better leverage and maximize this viral loop.
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Google s'offre BumpTop, un bureau 3D pour Windows et Mac
Google continue ses emplettes de jeunes pousses.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100504/ttc-google-s-offre-bumptop-un-bureau-3d-549fc7d.html
Journal du Geek -- Quand Carol Bartz épingle Google
Amusante, ces petites déclarations de Carol Bartz, la tête pensante de Yahoo!, faites à la BBC. Ainsi, elle n'a pas hésité à avancer que Google aurait un "problème" s'il ne diversifiait pas son business, et qu'il devrait se lancer "dans autre chose que le recherche". Sauf que toujours d'après Bartz, pour que cela ait un [...]
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Yahoo - Technologies -- Google s'offre BumTop, un bureau 3D pour Windows et Mac
Google continue ses emplettes de jeunes pousses.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12/20100504/ttc-google-s-offre-bumtop-un-bureau-3d-p-549fc7d.html
Ozap -- Guy Carlier: "Vous m'avez douloureusement humilié" (vidéo)
Ce matin, Guy Carlier consacrait sa chronique quotidienne sur Europe1 à un message reçu ces dernières heures sur son répondeur téléphonique. «J'ai vécu une rencontre du troisième type», a expliqué l'humoriste [...]
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TechRadar -- Twitter to launch embeddable tweets
Twitter has surreptitiously announced the launch of embeddable tweets, allowing users to add a Twitter update to websites.
Although it hasn't been officially announced, Twitter did show off the brand-new function on its media blog.
The micro-blogging site is hoping that sites will use the embeddable option to show off how much of a viable news source Twitter has become.
To show off the virtues of adding tweets to a news piece it uses an article by ReadWriteWeb, which has screen-grabbed tweets in it, as an example, noting: "the use of real tweets helps 'chunk' the piece both visually and logically; we think it makes it easier to read."
Bit of a hack
The blog post then goes on to explain that: "The truth is that a pasted-in image of a tweet is a bit of a hack. We have a simple alternative to propose; it's c oming tomorrow."
And to show off the technology, Twitter posted what an embeddable tweet will actually look like.
To make it work, Twitter notes that all that's needed is "just a snippet of code you'll be able to use to generate simple, selectable flat-HTML tweets."
There's no sign of the code yet, but if Twitter says it's arriving today then we can only but believe it.
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TechRadar -- Exclusive: Microsoft: Firefox, Chrome have bugs for years longer than IE
While they were working out the best way to collect feedback for Internet Explorer 9, the IE team looked at the bug reporting tools used by Mozilla and WebKit to see if they were missing a trick themselves.
They made some changes like not making people get invited to report bugs and "we tweaked the forms a little bit to pick up some of the feedback we were missing that tended to make bugs less actionable," IE general manager Dean Hachamovitch told TechRadar.
But they also spotted that some bug reports for other browsers hang around for a long time (for years in some cases) without being fixed or even accepted as confirmed bug reports; and while the IE team closes every bug reported (whether by fixing it or saying it won't be fixed), as of this week Mozilla's Bugzilla system reports 12,779 unconfirmed bugs and WebKit has 2,616 unconfirmed bugs.
IE Test Manager Jason Upton told us he filed one of those languishing background reports himself. "There's a bug that I logged a couple of years ago, based on some feedback from our OEM guys and it sat there for 15 months.
"In the last couple of months people have talked about it and said 'yeah, we should probably fix it' but it's not getting much traction. There are a lot of bugs sitting there without getting traction; maybe that's the nature of an open source project but that's not the style of project we have."
Fair comparison?
That's certainly a lot more than the 533 bugs reported publicly for the IE9 Platform Preview so far (even allowing for the fact that Microsoft asks users to open a new bug even if they had previously reported it in IE8); but is it a fair comparison even to older browsers?
Dean Hachamovitch says the team "pulled the data and tried to do an apples to apples comparison" but pointed out that fewer bugs eve r reach public IE testers to report in the first place.
"The bugs you see on Connect are bugs that are logged after the professionals in this hallway have their testing - so there's a smaller pool of bugs."
Upton's calculations on the IE blog show that for IE8, the IE team found five times as many bugs as general users (and a lot more bugs than other people inside Microsoft) and the bug reports the internal testers filed were six times more likely to have enough information in to fix the bug.
Feature or bug?
What about people who filed what they thought was a real bug, only for the IE team to treat it as a product suggestion and close the bug?
"Clearly these bugs raise visceral emotions in people who log them," agrees Hachamovitch. "From a customer point of view there's a no difference between a bug and a suggestion and we respect that."
But when you get beyond the definition of a bug as a product feature that doesn't work the way it's supposed to work and into the question of features that don't work the way people would like them to work, he suggests it becomes a question of perspective.
"We use many, many data sources from customers to inform what we build and how we build it," Hachamovitch told us.
"When you connect data from hundreds of millions of users around what they actually do and how they actually do it that is extremely powerful." The IE team is also balancing what a lot of different people are asking for; your perfectly reasonable feature request could be something that causes problems for people who care about security or accessibility.
It's not about the numbers. "The larger story here," Hachamovitch told us, "is around responsiveness and who takes responsibility. What we think of as pretty standard examples of things that were valid, reasonably important and well logged bugs sat around for a long time."
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techradar/allnews/~3/xcPOQrRRl18/story01.htm
Gizmodo -- Google vu par la lorgnette de Yahoo
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/04/google-vu-par-la-lorgnette-de-yahoo.html
TechRadar -- Google resurrects Gmail in the UK
Google has announced it is bringing back the @gmail.com email address for new users of the service in the UK.
Anyone that fancied hopping on Google's email service after October 2005 has been given an @googlemail.com suffix to their username, after another company claimed it held the rights to gmail.
However it looks like that's been resolved since Google has announced it's bringing the @gmail.com option back for new sign-ups, which it is extolling the almost 50% fewer keystrokes needed to type the new address.
Adding the oogle
It is a little confusing as even though those issued with an @googlemail.com after October 2005 were still able to receive mail on the equivalent @gmail.com address - but now this just sounds cooler and as Googl e points out: saves finger energy (sort of).
We're having a little word with Google now to see if we can find out the reason for the change, but this is something it may stay a little tight-lipped on.
So if you've been sitting on the Googlemail fence for over five years based on the too-long suffix, then a) you need to get out more and b) the world has now become a brighter place for you.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techradar/allnews/~3/mA3_feUVpgA/story01.htm
Yahoo - Technologies -- Google achète des éoliennes
Google a annoncé avoir investi 38,8 millions de dollars dans deux fermes éoliennes vendredi dernier. Située dans les plaines du Dakota du Nord et d'une capacité de 169,5 mégawatts d'électricité, ces fermes pourront alimenter 55 000 maisons en ...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100504/ttc-google-achte-des-oliennes-c2f7783.html
Morandini -- Guy Carlier se paye "Dilemme" sur W9 - Regardez
Guy Carlier, dans son billet d'humeur matinal, s'en est pris ce matin à la future émission de W9 "Dilemme". Le chroniqueur affirme avoir été contacté...
http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-38951-guy-carlier-se-paye-dilemme-sur-w9-regardez.html
Morandini -- Le faux compte Twitter de David Pujadas
Alors que les comptes Twitter se multiplient, certains n'hésitent pas à utiliser de fausses identités, voir à voler les noms de personnalités.Ainsi Sa...
http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-38944-le-faux-compte-twitter-de-david-pujadas.html
Arrêt sur Images -- Stars de Twitter : comment les classer ?
Vite dit - tweet :
Comme ce fut le cas à l'époque de la mode médiatique des blogs, on voit apparaître des classements des comptes Twitter francophones, qui provoquent des petites polémiques au sein du microcosme ...
TV News -- Stéphane Guillon : "Il fallait sauver Bern !" (France Inter le 4 mai)
Comme chaque lundi, mardi, mercredi sur le blog, voici le billet de Stéphane Guillon sur France Inter. Ce mardi 4 mai, "Il faut sauver Bern".
L'humoriste revient sur une brève médias du Canard enchaîné. L'hebdo satirique dénonçait le rapatriement de Grèce de Stéphane Bern avec[...]< /p>
http://www.leblogtvnews.com/article-stephane-guillon-il-fallait-sauver-bern-49771108.html
TechCrunch -- Kindle Update Starts Rolling Out. Twitter, Facebook Included. Color, Touchscreen Not.
I have a confession to make: today was the first day I touched my Kindle in weeks. And I only did it to check if I had received the new Kindle 2.5 software update (I hadn't) that is beginning to rollout to users and will continue to do so throughout this month. And even that was only to chuckle at the update. The reason why I haven't used a device I paid several hundred dollars for in weeks is probably obvious: the iPad. As even the most diehard skeptics note, the iPad has absolutely made the Kindle obsolete. Sure, there's e-ink, but you don't even really hear that argument anymore. In fact, I feel like praise of the device's weight has become the Kindle-apologists only real line of defense left. Still, this impending doom isn't stopping Amazon from trying to update the device.
TechCrunch -- Nearly 5 Years Later, Gmail Set For A UK Comeback
Since October 19, 2005, Gmail has been known as "Google Mail" in the UK. The means that everyone who signed up since that point was forced to use the cumbersome @googlemail.com address rather than a @gmail.com one. But soon, Gmail is going on a UK comeback tour. And the better news: all those with @googlemail.com addresses can "upgrade" to a gmail.com one. So why the change? Well, initially Google had to stop using Gmail in the UK because of a legal dispute. As they explain here, it was a trademark issue. Rather than offer no service to UK users, Google made the call to go with Google Mail while it fought for the Gmail name. "We are still working with the courts and trademark office to protect our ability to use the Gmail name, but in the meantime, we want you to have an email address you can rely on," they wrote at the time.
Wired -- Google Taps Employees to Crowdsource Venture Capital Arm
Google plans to rely on its employees for leads on which companies to invest in. It says its giant computing power will help it fund companies not related to search, including pharmaceutical and bioscience startups.
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/8gKDaX5NCPc/google-ventures
Mashable -- 48% of Parents Friend Their Kids on Facebook [STATS]
When consumer electronics shopping site Retrevo prepared for Mother's Day by conducting a survey of parents' social media practices, it found that nearly half (48%) of parents add their children as friends on Facebook.
Parents admitted that "it can be awkward at times" when they follow their kids' Facebook updates, but think that it's probably worth it to keep tabs on them. Of course, savvy teens could easily exclude their parents from seeing potentially incriminating updates using Facebook's advanced privacy features.
Retrevo also asked parents at what age they believe it's appropriate for kids to sign up for Facebook or MySpace. 26% said over 18, 36% said 16-18, 30% said 13-15 and just 8% said under 13.
The study's scope of interest went beyond social networking, also asking if parents ban texting at the dinner table — 29% of all parents do, but the number is highest (36%) when we're talking about parents of teenagers. The survey also found that 12% of parents have banned their kids from using social media as punishment.
We know Mashable readers are tech savvy and quite a few are parents as well. How do you deal with social media use in the home?
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Tags: facebook, family, Kids, mothers day, parenting, parents, retrevo, social networking, stats, study
Hack in the Box -- 3D desktop coming to Chrome OS?
BumpTop, an application that turns your desktop from a 2D environment into a 3D workspace has been bought by Google starting rumours that the company's Chrome OS operating system due out later in the year will be getting a shiny new interface. BumpTop, currently available to download for Mac and Windows users until the end of the week for free will be phased out following the buyout the company has said. "Today, we have a big announcement to make: we're excited to announce that we've been acquired by Google! This means that BumpTop (for both Windows and Mac) will no longer be available for sale. Additionally, no updates to the products are planned," said BumpTop on its website.
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36130
Hack in the Box -- Facebook vigilante 'names and shames sex offenders online'
The 34-year-old, from Exeter, said he has now created the largest photographic gallery in the world after gathering police mugshots of known paedophiles and sex fiends. He has spent the last two years compiling the huge online bank of convicted sex attackers. His 44 groups on the social networking site feature 5,930 names and photographs of sex offenders who have been convicted of crimes in British courts. Mr Wittwer, who works as a warehouse operator when not adding to the huge online file, said he felt proud of his achievement after 18,000 people joined his groups. "I feel really proud - its quite an achievement and if it helps people spot sex offenders living in their area, who are a known risk to children, then Ive done a good thing," he said.
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36132
Wired -- Scott Brown on How Twitter + Dopamine = Better Humans
Tragedies like the quake in Haiti trigger an immediate altruistic response in us that's strong yet fleeting. Luckily, says Wired's Scott Brown, we now have the technology to keep up with our benevolence.
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/m2U7xL7h1zA/pl_brown_karma
Hack in the Box -- How to Rip Off Facebook for Little Money Down
Looking to start an online criminal enterprise? Look no further than an Eastern European hacker website that offers stolen Facebook accounts for between $25 and $45. Just ask for "kirllos" and he should be able to set you up. It's easy enough: Send "kirllos" money ($25 for an account with 10 or fewer friends, $45 for 10 or more friends) and you will receive a hacked Facebook account from which you can spam and con your way to riches. Who said the dotcom era of moneymaking was dead? It's all fairly simple. Hackers use "phising" scams through email, and malware to track your keystrokes when entering passwords. From there, it's an information superhighway paved with gold! But there are some out there fighting the good fight on your behalf.
http://www.hackinthebox.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=36126
TechCrunch -- Spell It Out: Co-Founder Of reCAPTCHA Leaves Google For Facebook
In September of last year, Google made a smart and obvious acquisition: reCAPTCHA, the service helps secure websites while at the same time helping computers learn to read old, scanned text. Google had reportedly been working on its own CAPTCHA solution, but found reCAPTCHA's better, and were undoubtedly happy to welcome the talent behind it. Today, just seven months later, one of those key team members is defecting to Facebook. Ben Maurer was a co-founder of reCAPTCHA and its chief architect. As he announced on his blog today, he'll be joining Facebook's infrastructure team. "With all the growth Facebook has seen comes unique challenges in scaling systems. I'm looking forward to working on this," Maurer writes.
TechCrunch -- Google Ventures Details Its Competitive Advantage: 20,000 Googlers
This morning at its Mountain View headquarters, Google held a press roundtable to share some updates about Google Ventures, the search giant's sort-of-independent investing arm that was officially announced in April 2009. Back then, Google Ventures only consisted of two people ? it's now up to fifteen, with another ten advisors (and it has a new homepage). Leading the discussion were Google Ventures Partners Bill Maris and David Krane, who were joined by Google CEO Eric Schmidt . The roundtable covered quite a few topics, including why Google Ventures could have an edge on its competition and just how independent Ventures is from its namesake. Among the key details surfaced: Google Ventures hopes to invest around $100 million in 2010, though that isn't a firm target. 
Boing Boing -- Infographic: Facebook's "anti-privacy monopoly"
In an essay and handy infographic, DeObfuscate lays out the inverse relationship between Facebook's growing market share and the erosion of user privacy. Related: rocket.ly's list of 10 reasons you should delete your account on Facebook, and why Primevector thinks canceling out of Facebook is a great idea right about now. Finally, words of wisdom tweeted by Tim Spalding over the weekend: Why do free social networks tilt inevitably toward user exploitation? Because you're not their customer, you're their product. (via EFF)...
http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/86JONi96CtY/infographic-facebook.html
Mashable -- Twitter to Launch Embeddable Tweets?
A new blog post from the Twitter media team suggests that the company will launch an embeddable tweets feature sometime tomorrow.
Most of the time, when a blog or website wants to add specific tweets to its blog posts (say, like, this one), it has to either quote the text or screenshot the tweets and put them in the post. Suffice it to say, the former doesn't have have the same impact as the latter, but the latter is a time-intensive affair.
That's why Twitter's cryptic blog post today piqued our interest. The company alludes to these issues, using ReadWriteWeb as an example. But it's the last paragraph that really gives it away:
"But the truth, of course, is that a pasted-in image of a tweet is a bit of a hack. We have a simple alternative to propose; it's coming tomorrow."
Embedded tweets are almost certainly coming, and while we don't know what form they will take, they should become popular. We're personally tired of making screenshots of tweets, and an alternative that includes the ability to learn more about (or follow) the people who are quoted will be welcomed with open arms.
We've reached out to Twitter for comment and will report back when we learn more.
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Tags: Embedded Tweets, tweet, twitter
TechCrunch -- Google Throws $38.8 Million To The Wind
Google's checkbook is wide open this week. Not only did it buy 3D interface startup BumpTop, and invest in mobile payments company Corduro, but it also just put $38.8 million into a wind farm in North Dakota. The $190 million project is being put together by NextEra Energy Resources, will produce 170 megawatts of power (enough for 55,000 homes), and will be called Peace Garden Wind. Cue the Zen meditation harp. When it comes to renewable energy investments, Google uses a lot of solar energy itself, and has invested in startups such as AltaRock (geothermal), eSolar, and Makani Power (high-altitude wind). But this is the first time it has ever invested in an energy project rather than in a company.
Slashdot -- The Shortcomings of Google's Open Handset Alliance
eldavojohn writes "Former T-Mobile and Apple executive Leslie Grandy reports some pretty harsh words about Google's Open Handset Alliance. We've heard grumblings before about control in open source projects, but now an unnamed former leader of an OHA member company is calling the OHA 'oligarchical,' and said, 'The power is concentrated with the Google employees who manage the open source project. The Open Handset Alliance is another myth. Since Google managed to attract sufficient industry interest in 2008, the OHA is simply a set of signatures with membership serving only as a VIP Club badge.' But what privileges do they have? Not many. The OHA's problems don't stop there; Grandy maintains that 'many OHA members are developing proprietary user experiences, which they are not contributing back into Android ? as is standard for open source projects ? for fear of losing competitive advantage in the marketplace.' She goes on to paint the OHA as toothless and directionless, with a nearly abandoned message board. It's been around for almost three years, and while Android has become more prevalent, the OHA's contributions seemingly have not. Do you agree that the OHA has amounted to nothing but a checkbox for manufacturers?"
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Mashable -- Facebook Photo Tagging Coming to a Website Near You
Face.com — makers of facial detection and recognition products for Facebook photos — aims to extend photo tagging across the web. The service has released their API which developers can now use to build photo tagging capabilities on their own websites.
The idea is that developers can take Face.com's technology and apply photo tags for various purposes. Facebook users would essentially be able to tag images as they browse the web and personalize their experience on any website.
Face.com created three examples to show how the API can be used. The Tagger Widget shows the tagging interface for website photos, highlighting how users can click faces to add names. Poster Yourself is an example of how the API can be used to plug faces into posters, and CelebrityFindr's mini site filters celebrity photos mentioned on Twitter.
Face.com is already responsible for tagging over 50 million users, so by letting developers piggyback on their platform they will only create more value for users and continue to extend the service's reach across Facebook.
The API should prove promising for users, developers and Facebook. Users can personalize their photo experience on websites across the web, developers can build uses that appeal to Facebook's massive user base, and Fa cebook will serve as the fabric that helps connects the dots between faces and real people in photos.
For more technology coverage, follow Mashable Tech on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook
Tags: face.com, facebook, photo tagging
TechCrunch -- Conan Thanks Twitter For ?Saving My Ass?
Not all celebrities, it seems, are over Twitter. A couple weeks ago, while in town for a comedy show, Conan O'Brien made a pilgrimage to the Twitter headquarters. He entertained employees, and even sent a tweet to prove it's really him doing the tweeting from his phone. He also, apparently, left behind a little keepsake. "Twitter - Thanks for saving my ass. Your friend, Conan," reads a placard with one of the original Twitter icons. On it, Conan also drew a picture of himself, sans beard.
TechCrunch -- Google Ventures Invests in Mobile Payments Startup Corduro
Google is investing in mobile payments startup through Corduro through Google Ventures. It looks like its site has just gone up, and is still pretty much a placeholder with a lot of dummy text. But it appears that Corduro is a mobile payments platform for small businesses and organizations that want to accept credit card payments on the go for events, retail goods, and donations. The service offers everything from electronic checks and bill pay to recurring payment support. Mobile phones and tablets are becoming payment terminals for merchants already with apps like Square on the IPad. If Corduro can help make Android devices more merchant-friendly, the investment could help Google strategically.
Rue 89 -- Comment Jérôme Kerviel veut gagner le procès médiatique
Un mois avant son procès, Jérôme Kerviel veut d'abord convaincre l'opinion publique : il n'était pas un financier sans scrupules, mais le prisonnier d'un système. L'ancien trader de la Société Générale a choisi avec soin ses apparitions avant la sortie de son livre, mercredi, puis un silence complet jusqu'à l'audience. La stratégie a été mise au point par l'ancienne conseillère en communication du ministre de la Justice Dominique Perben.
http://eco.rue89.com/2010/05/03/comment-jerome-kerviel-veut-gagner-le-proces-mediatique-149994
Arrêt sur Images -- Ruquier : Zemmour et Naulleau "partants". Mais dans quel sens ?
Vite dit - ça reste à vérifier :
Grande question sur les sites de presse sépcialisés dans la vie des médias : Eric Zemmour et Eric Naulleau sont-ils "partants" de l'émission hebdomadaire de Ruquier sur France 2 ? Une phrase ...
Mashable -- Facebook Users Like Sex [STATS]
Self-proclaimed social media scientist Dan Zarrella has already applied linguistic methodologies to psychologically profile Twitter users. Now he's using the same technology and approach to break down Facebook sharing behaviors.
Zarrella uses the Regressive Imagery Dictionary (RID) and Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) methods to arrive at the conclusion that, "Articles … that include sexual references in their titles are shared on Facebook far more than the average story."
Zarrella has been actively capturing 12,000 links from news sites and blogs since February of this year for analysis.
As the chart below depicts, Facebook users are extremely fascinated with sex, as sex links are 90% more likely to be shared than other types of content. Links that are positive in nature and/or related to learning rank second and third in terms of shares, respectively.
On the flip side, links with negative tones or pertaining to leisure activities were actually 10% less likely to be shared. Also, self-referential links are only 10% more likely to be shared than the average link. So sex and sharing go hand-in-hand, but those ego links with attitude will slow down the sharing frequency.
For the average Facebook use r, the results of Zarrella's research mean very little. For marketers and brands, however, these findings could help them fine tune their link-sharing approach for maximum Facebook appeal.
[img credit: Thomas Hawk]
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Slashdot -- Google Explains Why It Became an Energy Trader
angry tapir writes "Google has explained how it might use its status as an energy-trading company to increase the use of renewable energy sources in its data centers. In February, the company's Google Energy subsidiary received approval from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell power on the wholesale market."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Wired -- Scott Brown on How Twitter + Dopamine = Better Humans
Tragedies like the quake in Haiti trigger an immediate altruistic response in us that's strong yet fleeting. Luckily, says Wired's Scott Brown, we now have the technology to keep up with our benevolence.
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/pp1to9Avf5Y/pl_brown_karma
Le Post -- France 2: Zemmour et Naulleau sur le départ
Les deux polémistes devraient quitter l'émission de Laurent Ruquier à la rentrée.
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http://www.lepost.fr/article/2010/05/03/2059027_zemmour-et-naulleau-sur-le-depart.html#xtor=RSS-30
Yahoo - Technologies -- Google pourrait racheter la Grèce
FICTION - La Grèce a été sauvée par lUnion Européenne. Mais dans un monde où certaines multinationales sont plus puissantes que certains états, elle aurait tout aussi bien pu être rachetée par une entreprise...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/82/20100503/ttc-google-pourrait-racheter-la-grce-29d0bca.html
Journal du Geek -- Une manette Atari 7800 pour votre HTC Dream G1 !
Si vous avez une vielle console Atari 7800 ainsi qu'un HTC Dream G1, vous allez pouvoir vous servir de la manette de cette console sur votre smartphone ! La dernière version beta de la ROM Cyanogen permet en effet d'utiliser la manette avec un émulateur pour le téléphone sous Android. Lire la suite..
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeJournalDuGeek/~3/An-xD4zZj3c/
Morandini -- L'application "Zemmour" pour trouver "les noirs et arabes"
Les propos polémiques d'Eric Zemmour, prononcés dans l'émission de Thierry Ardisson "Salut les terriens" sur Canal +, sont tournés en dérision par l'h...
Morandini -- Ruquier à la même heure sur Europe 1 et France 2 ?
Ce matin, Le Parisien confirme une information qui circulait déjà depuis plusieurs semaines, selon laquelle Laurent Ruquier sera à la rentrée à 18h s...
http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-38919-ruquier-a-la-meme-heure-sur-europe-1-et-france-2.html
Slashdot -- Church Turns To Facebook To Find Priests
crimeandpunishment writes "The Catholic church of France isn't looking for friends on Facebook... it's looking for priests. The church has turned to Facebook as part of a campaign to attract young people to the priesthood, in an effort to combat its drastically dwindling number of priests. It may be working. The Facebook page attracted more than 1,200 fans in one week."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/dvNMMPc4nys/Church-Turns-To-Facebook-To-Find-Priests
Yahoo - Technologies -- Twitter lance son application pour mobiles Android
Après l'iPhone et le BlackBerry, les mobiles fonctionnant sous le système d'exploitation (OS) de Google, Android, bénéficient désormais eux-aussi d'une application Twitter.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100503/tsc-twitter-lance-son-application-pour-m-04aaa9b.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Vie privée : Google repousse la sortie de Street View Allemagne
Le gouvernement allemand a annoncé vendredi que le géant californien Google repoussait la sortie de Google Street View pour l'Allemagne : « lors d'un entretien avec la ministre de la Consommation Ilse Aigner, Google s'est engagé à ne lancer ...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100503/ttc-vie-prive-google-repousse-la-sortie-c2f7783.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- 3D : Google rachète BumpTop
États-Unis - Avec le rachat de la start-up canadienne Bump Technologies, Google confirme son intérêt pour les technologies 3D.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/68/20100503/tsc-3d-google-rachte-bumptop-04aaa9b.html
Gizmodo -- Google pourrait racheter la Grèce
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/03/google-pourrait-racheter-la-grece.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- La régie publicitaire AdMob finalement rachetée par Google ?
Après l'annonce, en novembre 2009, du rachat de l'entreprise publicitaire située à San Mateo, en Californie, pour 750 millions de dollars (553,7 millions d'euros), l'opération fait l'objet d'une enquête du gendarme de la concurrence américain.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/64/20100503/ttc-la-rgie-publicitaire-admob-finalemen-1a10180.html
Yahoo - Technologies -- Firefox veut renouveler la gestion de tous les modules tiers
Avec l'arrivée de Firefox, Mozilla avait relancé une véritable guerre des navigateurs. Sur le champ de bataille, l'érosion d'Internet Explorer ouvrait dans le même temps la porte aux autres solutions concurentes.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100503/ttc-firefox-veut-renouveler-la-gestion-d-c2f7783.html
Le Post -- Stéphane Guillon: "Paris Match fait sa pute"
Le trublion de France Inter dénonce un "hebdomadaire à Papa"...
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TechRadar -- Google Buys 3D multitouch control tech specialist
Google has purchased 3D desktop software developers BumpTop, makers of an innovative touchscreen control system that works on both Windows PCs and Macs.
You can see a video demo of how BumpTop works below this news update.
It essentially lets you move around all of the files and folders and desktop shortcuts on your screen with your fingers much easier than ever before.
3D Android tablets
Rumours of BumpTop being bought out by Google were first confirmed by TechCrunch. And it clearly indicates an interesting new move for Google, what with the massive potential for these types of touch-based control technologies on the iPad, tablet PCs and other new touchscreen devices.
The mere idea of an Android-based tablet PC that runs this type of desktop control set-up is one that immediately seems to make a lot of sense.
At this point, Google is keeping further details about its plans for 3D touchscreen control with BumpTop's tech close to its chest. For now, check out this video demo for a taster of the future of touch-control.
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techradar/allnews/~3/QTfwISTiLXw/story01.htm
Journal du Geek -- Google continue sa lancée sur la 3D
La 3D semble être le fer de lance pour toute l'industrie hi-tech. C'est donc dans cet effet de mode que Google vient d'annoncer l'acquisition de BumpTop, éditeur spécialisé dans la 3D au niveau des bureaux de travail. Disponible jusqu'à maintenant sur Mac OSX et Windows, les deux versions seront retirées dès cette fin de semaine [...]
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeJournalDuGeek/~3/EU3OK2WPqLw/
Morandini -- Regardez l'interview de Jérome Kerviel sur France 2
Jérôme Kerviel, l'ancien trader de la Société générale, était hier soir l'invité du journal de 20 heures sur France 2. C'est la première fois qu'il...
Yahoo - Technologies -- Google rachète BumpTop : un bureau 3D pour sa tablette ?
BumpTop a annoncé vendredi dernier avoir été racheté par Google, pour une somme non communiquée. La start-up créée par des Canadiens est connue pour son interface 3D qui vient remplacer le bureau de Windows ou de Mac OS.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100503/ttc-google-rachte-bumptop-un-bureau-3d-p-c2f7783.html
BlogoScoped -- Google Acquiring BumpTop
VentureBeat writes that Google is acquiring BumpTop: BumpTop launched its first product about a year ago. The idea, as founder and chief executive Anand Agarawala described it during a talk at the 2007 TED conference, was to do away with the "same old crap" found in the layout of both the Windows and Mac operating systems. By turning the desktop into a three-dimensional space, users can arrange things more naturally and creatively. They can pile things up, just like they can on a physical desk. [Thanks Jérôme!]
BlogoScoped -- Google Android-based TV Software?
The Wall Street Journal writes: Google Inc. is planning to introduce Android-based television software to developers at an event in May, according to people familiar with the matter. The technology -- designed to open set-top boxes, TVs and other devices to more content from the Internet -- is attracting interest from partners that include Sony Corp., Intel Corp. and Logitech International SA, which are expected to offer products that support the software, these people said. (..) [Google] is currently planning on sharing some details about the technology with more than 3,000 developers expected to attend its Google I/O conference in San Francisco May 19 and 20. [Thanks ...
Journal du Geek -- L'application twitter officielle pour Android disponible !
Longtemps attendu par de nombreux utilisateurs d'Android, l'application officielle Twitter est dès à présent disponible sur l'Android Market. Elle propose évidemment de consulter votre timeline, de voir les tweets intégrés à une map (histoire de localiser l'auteur d'un tweet), de se synchroniser avec vos contacts et j'en passe. Dommage qu'elle ne soit pas en mesure de [...]
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/LeJournalDuGeek/~3/3QL8TBrVeP8/
Morandini -- "On n'est pas couché": Naulleau et Zemmour partants ?
L'année a été compliquée pour les deux chroniqueurs de l'émission de Laurent Ruquier, "On n'est pas couché".Du coup, selon Le Parisien de ce matin, le...
http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-38904-on-n-est-pas-couche-naulleau-et-zemmour-partants.html
TV News -- Stéphane Guillon : "Paris Match fait sa pute" (France inter le 3 mai)
Comme chaque lundi, mardi, mercredi sur le blog, voici le billet de Stéphane Guillon sur France Inter. Ce lundi 3 mai, "Päris match fait sa pute".
Elle est classe la couverture de Paris match cette semaine, ironise l'humoriste. "Zahia, la prostituée que s'est tapé Franck Ribéry,[...]
Ozap -- Ruquier et Jean-Luc Lemoine en quotidienne à la rentrée
Les humoristes Laurent Ruquier et Jean-Luc Lemoine vont animer, chacun, une émission quotidienne à la rentrée, révèle Le Parisien. Le premier sera sur France2, entre 18 et 19 heures tandis que le second [...]
http://www.ozap.com/actu/ruquier-lemoine-quotidienne-rentree-2010-france/338474
Morandini -- Fr2: Ruquier à la place de Courbet en quotidienne à 18h?
C'est une information qui circulait depuis plusieurs jours. Ce matin, Le Parisien confirme que Laurent Ruquier sera à la rentrée à 18h sur France 2, à...
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Le président chinois Hu en Russie pour le 65e anniversaire de la fin de la Seconde guerre mondiale
PEKIN - Le président chinois Hu Jintao se rendra à Moscou la semaine prochaine à l'occasion des cérémonies marquant le 65e anniversaire de la fin de la Seconde guerre mondiale en Europe.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100503/twl-chine-russie-hu-091cf94.html
TV News -- Quotidienne à 18 heures pour Ruquier. En toutes lettres vers 17h30 ?
D'après Renaud Saint-Cricq du Parisien et d'Aujourd'hui en France, c'est fait, Laurent Ruquier va retrouver une quotidienne. Une version moderne du Théâtre de Bouvard à 18 heures sur France 2. Pourtant, à la même heure, il est sur Europe 1... Vers une émission radio plus courte la saison[...]
TechCrunch -- Cloud Sherpas Raises $1 Million To Help Migrate Companies To Google Apps
Cloud Sherpas, a Google Apps reseller that also helps enterprises migrate to and manage the productivity suite, has raised $1 million in funding from Hallett Capital and other investors. The startup has also brought on a new CEO, Jon Hallet (who was the lead investor in the round) to lead the company. Cloud Sherpas' founder, Michael Cohn, will become Vice President of Marketing and Product Management. Cloud Sherpas not only helps companies migrate and transition over to Google Apps but also provides additional tools to make the productivity suite more useful. Currently, over 1,800 organizations use Cloud Sherpas? products and services. 
Wired -- Scott Brown on How Twitter + Dopamine = Better Humans
Tragedies like the quake in Haiti trigger an immediate altruistic response in us that's strong yet fleeting. Luckily, says Wired's Scott Brown, we now have the technology to keep up with our benevolence.
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/b6WhcrnKwmo/pl_brown_karma
Mashable -- Twitter for Android: The Official/Unofficial App Smackdown
With the launch of Twitter's official Android app, we Android users are now faced with a tough decision: Jump on the shiny, new bandwagon, or stick to whichever Old Faithful app we've been using over the past year or two.
What features can you gain or lose in each application? Is there one app to rule them all when it comes to Android Twitter apps, or does the phease "different apps for different chaps" ring true? We'll take a look at four of the most popular Twitter apps in the Android Market, including the brand-new official app from Twitter, and give you the low-down on each.
Twitter for Android
Price: FREE
Rating: 4.5 stars
Downloads: 50,000-250,000
The first thing we've all noticed about the official Twitter app is its stunning UI. It stuns you nearly slack-jawed, in fact, with its graceful animation and cheery cartoon bluebird mascot flitting through the slowly moving clouds. It? ??s very Disney-themed-nursery in its execution, but it's without a doubt the most visually spectacular Twitter app on the Market. That being said, those of you who are used to a full-featured third-party client might weigh the official app and find it wanting. Users have said they have a hard time viewing pics; there's a tiny image preview, but you'll have to use your browser to see more than a 16-pixel thumbnail. It also doesn't autocomplete usernames in @replies; you can't see which users have natively retweeted you — we could go on for a while about what Twitter's app doesn't yet do. Yet, perhaps, being the operative word; we'll see what future releases bring. But it does let you sync Twitter users with your contacts list.
User comments:
"Good, except retweeting with comments is a pain."
"Awesome but needs a darker option."
"Beautiful looking app and so smooth running!"
"Great app, but I need to add my second account. "
"Great interface, but the first version lacks features."
Verdict: Being the "official" app and having a pretty face doesn't make up for the lack of features. Recommended for casual or new users.
Seesmic for Twitter
Price: FREE
Rating: 4.5 stars
Downloads: 50,000-250,000
Seesmic has long been a favorite client for Twitter addicts. The Android application got a thorough facelift just before the announcement of Twitter's official app. Seesmic gives its users a choice between native or DIY retweet styles, geotagging, a widget, lists, search and trending topics. Perhaps best of all, Seesmic allows for multiple account support — it is the only highly rated, free Android Twitter client to do so.
User comments:
"Best Android Twitter app."
"Great app, but the notifications come hours late."
"I love it. It still needs a lightweight internal browser."
"I've paid for Twidroid Pro — this is better!"
Verdict: If you're a high-volume Twitter addict with high-maintenance Twitter accounts, this is the app for you.
Twidroid
Price: FREE
Rating: 4.5 stars
Downloads: >250,000
For the time being, this app is the reigning champion in terms of downloads alone. Even as a limited free version, this app k icks butt with a robust feature set and a slew of customizable settings and options. The app can be linked up with other services such as TwitPic, Posterous, Bit.ly and a host of others.
User comments:
"Tried out the official Twitter app… Back to Twidroid I have returned."
"Great app and customer service!"
"The big selling point for me is being able to delete my tweets if I typo."
"Easy to use and looks great"
Verdict: This app is a feature-packed workhorse for those who use Twitter personally or professionally and as an important line of communication.
Twidroid Pro
Price: £3.39 ($5.17)
Rating: 4.5 stars
Downloads: 10,000-50,000
We've already talked a lot about Twidroid's features. Here's what users get with an upgrade to Twidroid Pro:
Multi-account support (merged & single view)
Three desktop widgets
Native Bit.ly support
Fuller features for Twitter lists
A tweet outbox post for tweeting while offline
Color themes
Integrated Buzz viewer
Shake device to refresh
User comments:
"Great Twitter app! More features than the official."
"Works well, but now [May 1, 2010] looking a bit dated."
"Great app. Updates often… Well maintained."
"Good mutliplatform Twitter/Identi.ca client."
Verdict: Like its free younger sibling, this app "crushes it" on features, from multiple account management to colorful or dark themes. If Twitter is your life, buy this app.
For more mobile coverage, follow Mashable Mobile on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook
Mashable -- Nashville Flooding: Twitter and YouTube Tell the Story [VIDEO]
Nashville and other parts of Tennessee were hit by the region's greatest rainfall in recorded history this weekend, resulting in a severe flood that has devastated and even swept away buildings and cars.
The 20 inches of rain have turned interstate highways into veritable rivers, submerged neighborhoods and broken dams. Power outages have affected 36,000 homes. Thankfully, the casualties haven't been as ubiquitous as the damage. The flood has been ongoing for two days, and so far eleven deaths have been confirmed.
Check out these videos and photos that YouTube and Twitter users have shared from their experiences. You'll see some eye-opening images of damage to buildings, cars and roads. As was the case with earthquakes and other disasters in the past, social media has provided the quickest and most elaborate picture of the situation at ground level.
Videos From YouTube
Photos From Twitter
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Tags: disaster, flood, nashville, Photos, pics, social media, twitpic, twitter, video, youtube
Gizmodo -- Twitter lance son application officielle pour Android
http://www.gizmodo.fr/2010/05/03/twitter-lance-son-application-officielle-pour-android.html
Mashable -- Facebook Chat for Groups: Clobby
If you've ever wanted to have more real-time interaction for your Facebook Page or Group, or even just for you and your friends, give Clobby a try. This newly launched application will let you conduct massively multiplayer chats right from your Facebook page.
It's an interesting idea for engaging people around a topic, an event or a piece of content, such as a news article or video. Users can host virtual parties and integrate Clobby for real-time interaction with their fans and friends.
This app has a simple, non-distracting UI that represents a good blend of familiar group chat interfaces and the even more familiar Facebook interface; it merely adds a "Chat" tab to the upper part of a Facebook page. Here's what a group chat with Clobby looks like:
Adding Clobby is an easy 2-click process. One click authorizes Clobby to access the Facebook page, and a second click adds the "Chat" tab to the profile or page in question. Any administrator of the Facebook page (or if the chat is on a profile, the owner of that profile) can act as a chat admin, as well. Admins can also add other Facebook users as moderators. Offending chat trolls can be warned, kicked out or banned.
WalkieTalkie, a somewhat similar application, allows for voice group chat on Facebook — but especially for larger groups, voice chat could get literally and figuratively noisy.
While we love the idea, we're not sure about the future of Clobby. If this feature becomes popular and proves monetizable, it's possible that Facebook would choose to make group chat an official feature of the network's web and mobile interfaces. And we're not sure about Clobby's revenue model. We do know it's not more than a month or so old, and it's a product of as-yet unlaunched software shop SixTakes.
We're also not sure whether chats are public or private. As you're probably aware, the difference between public and private Facebook data — and whether users know if their data is public or private — is a subject that's come up a lot lately in discussions about Facebook features, particularly Pages.
We'll see how Clobby adoption goes; in the meantime, try the app out and let us know what you think about it. Is this something you'd use for your profile page? If you own a small business, would you use this app on your Facebook page?
For more social media coverage, follow Mashable Social Media on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook
Le Post -- Jérôme Kerviel: "Je ne veux pas être le seul à payer"
Il assume ses actes... mais selon lui, tout le monde profitait du système.
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TechCrunch -- Something Is Brewing At BumpTop, Possible Google Acquisition
Rumors are swirling that 3D desktop interface Canadian startup BumpTop has been acquired by Google. We started getting tips yesterday pointing to a now-deleted Tweet from a Canadian VC saying Google had acquired them. When I called CEO Anand Agarawala on Friday to ask if BumpTop was acquired, he responded, "Not that I know of." But today, there is a notice on BumpTop's homepage saying that it will discontinue its current products and has a big announcement coming:
Today, we have a big announcement to make: we're going to be taking BumpTop in an exciting new direction, which means that BumpTop (for both Windows and Mac) will no longer be available for sale. Additionally, no updates to the products are planned.Now there is a post by Canadian venture debt firm Wellington Financial speculating that Google did indeed buy them. When I reached out again to Agarawala today, asking whether or not Google acquired his company, his response changed from outright denial to, "Sorry man, no comment." Something is definitely up.
Yahoo - En France -- Kerviel «serein» et «confiant» avant son procès
Alors qu'il s'apprête à sortir un livre sur son histoire, l'ancien trader de la Société générale sort du silence et se confie au JDD, un mois avant son procès.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/80/20100502/tfr-kerviel-serein-et-confiant-avant-son-a7ee481.html
Yahoo - En France -- Jérome Kerviel, "serein" et "confiant" avant son procès
PARIS - A plus d'un mois de l'ouverture de son procès, le 8 juin prochain, Jérôme Kerviel se dit "serein" et "confiant". L'ancien trader de la Société générale, accusé par la banque d'être à l'origine de pertes de près de cinq milliards d'euros, lance un "appel aux bonnes volontés" estimant que de "nombreuses personnes n'ont pas dit ce qu'elles savaient".
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100502/tfr-justice-kerviel-societe-generale-342d366.html
TechCrunch -- Rapportive Makes Gmail Better, Integrates CrunchBase And Other ?Raplets?
One of the startups that pitched the crowd last week at The Next Web conference in Amsterdam, and whose co-founder Rahul Vohra myself and the other jury members crowned the best presenter of the bunch, was Rapportive, which loftily promises to "make email a better place". I promised myself to check out their product extensively over the weekend, and now that I did I'm seriously glad to have discovered them as their free software has already made my Gmail experience much better.
Le Post -- Kerviel: "Je ne retournerai pas dans une salle de marchés"
Le trader de la Société Général publie un livre, et livre sa version des faits: "Je veux laver mon nom qui a été souillé pendant deux ans".
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Yahoo - En France -- Jérôme Kerviel compare le trading à la prostitution
Alors que son procès s'ouvrira le 8 juin prochain, Jérôme Kerviel, l'ancien trader de la Société Générale revient sur le devant de la scène en publiant un livre chez Flammarion, L'engrenage, mémoire d'un trader. La tournée médiatique de l'ancien trader commence dès ce dimanche 2 mai avec une invitation au journal de ...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/79/20100502/tfr-jrme-kerviel-compare-le-trading-la-p-ba15d4f.html
Morandini -- Jerôme Kerviel invité du 20h de France 2 ce soir
Jérôme KERVIEL, l'ancien trader de la Société Général sera l'invité du journal de 20h,de France 2 , ce dimanche 2 mai 2010.Un mois avant le début de s...
http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-38884-jerome-kerviel-invite-du-20h-de-france-2-ce-soir.html
Morandini -- Facebook fait sécher les cours à 11.000 lycéens
Environ 11.000 collégiens et lycéens de la province argentine de Mendoza (ouest) ont massivement séché les cours vendredi après y avoir été invités...
http://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-38874-facebook-fait-secher-les-cours-a-11-000-lyceens.html
Yahoo - En France -- Jérôme Kerviel appelle ses anciens collègues à témoigner
JUSTICE - L'ex-trader doit être jugé en juin...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/82/20100502/tfr-jrme-kerviel-appelle-ses-anciens-col-4abdc0f.html
TV News -- Jérôme Kerviel au 20 heures de France 2.
Jérôme KERVIEL, l'ancien trader de la Société Générale sera l'invité du journal de 20h, présenté par Laurent Delahousse, ce dimanche 2 mai 2010.
Un mois avant le début de son procès et à quelques jours de la publication de son livre, il répondra aux questions de Laurent Delahousse.
[...]
http://www.leblogtvnews.com/article-jerome-kerviel-au-20-heures-de-france-2-49649940.html
Ozap -- Avant son procès, Kerviel sera au 20h de France 2 ce soir
Communication. Alors que son procès se déroulera du 8 au 23 juin, Jérôme Kerviel a décidé de reprendre la parole dans les médias. Le 5 mai, il sortira son livre L'engrenage, mémoire d'un trader (Flammation) [...]
http://www.ozap.com/actu/proces-kerviel-20h-france2-interview-delahousse/338452
Yahoo - En France -- En attendant d'être jugé, Jérôme Kerviel engage l'offensive médiatique
L'ancien trader, qui sera jugé à partir du 8 juin, publie un livre dans lequel il 'raconte tout'.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/64/20100502/tfr-en-attendant-d-tre-jug-jrme-kerviel-a2f96e4.html
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- L'armée thaïlandaise veut déloger les manifestants à Bangkok
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Les forces de sécurité thaïlandaises menacent de déloger, en faisant usage de la force si nécessaire, les manifestants antigouvernementaux des zones qu'ils occupent dans la capitale.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/4/20100502/twl-thailande-armee-41953f5.html
Mashable -- Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]
Justin Bieber, supreme overlord of Twitter, retains his iron grip on a fairly stable list of popular topics. With a few caveats, not much has changed since last week's list of trends. NBA playoffs and NFL draft picks set the sports world abuzz, while the UK elections crept ever closer with a third and final televised debate.
Interestingly, two more Korean bands enjoyed a surge of Twitter popularity and joined the mainstay Super Junior on this week's chart. This is certainly indicative of where a good number of tweets are coming from these days. It remains to be seen if these young rising stars from Asia stand to give Bieber a run for his money.
Below is the top 10 list, courtesy of our friends at What The Trend. Because this is a topical list, hashtag memes and games have been omitted from the chart.
You can check past Twitter trends in our Top Twitter Topics section as well as read more about this past week's trends on What The Trend.
Top Twitter Trends This Week: 4/24 – 4/30
Rank
Topic
Top Index This Week
Change
Description
#1
Justin Bieber
1
1
He is currently touring through New Zealand, and fans are tweeting their excitement.
#2
Follow Friday
1
#FF is a tag for Follow Friday, the meme where users list other Twitterers to follow.
#3
NBA
1
1
People are Tweeting about the first round of the NBA Playoffs.
#4
Astrology
1
Tweets about interesting characteristics of the Zodiac signs.
#5
NFL
1
1
The 75th National Football League (NFL) Draft is currently being held at Radio City Music Hall in New York. This year the NFL is instituting a three-day draft for the first time, and the first two nights are in primetime.
#6
UK Parliament
1
< p>Leaders of the UK's three main political parties, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, and Nick Clegg, met for the third and final time before the election May 6th. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to in Rochdale as a "bigoted woman".#7
Super Junior
1
Super Junior is going to release their 4th album soon. "Sorry Sorry, but it is our time again" is the slogan for the 4th album.
#8
TVXQ
1
TVXQ or DBSK is a popular Korean boyband that is famous in Korea & Japan.
#9
SHINee
2
SHINee is a popular korean band and their fans SHINee World, or Shawols are showing their love for them.
#10
Mother's Day
5
Mother's Day is a time of commemoration and celebration for Mom. Mother's Day will be celebrated on Sunday May 9, 2010 (in the U.S. & Canada). In the UK Mothering Sunday is celebrated on the 14th of March, 2010.
Image cou rtesy of iStockphoto, ricardoinfante
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Tags: justin bieber, Top Twitter Topics, trends, twitter, twitter trends
TechCrunch -- Facebook, The App Store, And The Sound Of Inevitability
"That is the sound of inevitability..." I'm reminded of this quote from The Matrix as I read headline after headline around the blogosphere about how Facebook and Apple and their (at least relatively) closed ecosystems are going to destroy the fabric of the web as we know it. Me? I'm not worried in the slightest bit. Why? Because it occurs to me that what's going on now is just a part of a cycle. A necessary cycle. Yes, the web (by which I mean the entire Internet), it seems to me, is cyclical. Just as the United States goes through periods where conservatives being in power gives way to liberals being in power, the web is currently transitioning from open systems dominating to closed systems taking over. Nowhere is this more evident than with Apple's App Store, and Facebook. The masses, for whatever reason (and there are reasons, more on that later), are embracing these restricted platforms. And obviously, it has some people scared shitless.
Slashdot -- Facebook's "Evil Interfaces"
An anonymous reader writes "Tim Jones over at the EFF's Deep Links Blog just posted an interesting article on the widespread use of deceptive interface techniques on the Web. He began by polling his Twitter and Facebook audience for an appropriate term for this condition and received responses like 'Bait-and-Click' and 'Zuckerpunched.' Ultimately, he chose 'Evil Interfaces' from Greg Conti's HOPE talk on malicious interface design and follow-up interview with media-savvy puppet Weena. Tim then goes on to dissect Facebook (with pictures). So, what evil interfaces have you encountered on (or off) the Web?"
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/W0at6-x8gTI/Facebooks-Evil-Interfaces
Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Des opposants russes comparent Poutine à Staline
MOSCOU (Reuters) - Des centaines d'opposants russes se sont rassemblés samedi à Moscou à l'occasion du 1er-Mai en scandant des slogans comparant le Premier ministre Vladimir Poutine au dictateur Josef Staline.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/4/20100501/twl-russie-1er-mai-defiles-41953f5.html
Mashable -- Facebook Launches a New and Simpler Version of Facebook Events
Facebook has launched a new version of Facebook Events, simplifying the process of creating an event to one step.
The most noticeable change is the newly-added ability to create events right from your home page. There is now a box (pictured top right) that allows you to type in what you are planning, when it's taking place, where, and finally who is invited. Facebook's goal is to dramatically lower the barrier to creating an event, making it a more useful tool for planning impromptu dinners or small trips.
That's not the only thing that has changed. The "Create an Event" page has also been revamped, with a focus on "What are you planning?" rather than just giving your event a title. At the same time, event cre ation has been streamlined, but at the cost of a few features. You no longer control whether people can post photos or message to an event's wall: anyone invited to the event will have that capability be default. There are now just two types of events as well: public events and private events — there is no more open, closed, or secret options.
In its announcement, Facebook said that events created before today will maintain the same settings, but that new ones will have the new format. The feature still seems to be rolling out though, but we expect everyone to have the new version of Events very soon.
Is it a smart move by Facebook? Absolutely — events are hugely popular on the social network, but they tend to be time-intensive affairs, and thus impromptu events like a quick brunch don't get planned on Facebook. We bet the new version of Facebook Events solves that issue.
Tags: facebook, Facebook Events
Le Post -- De quelle "oeuvre culturelle" Jérôme Kerviel est-il l'auteur?
Cette sortie est annoncée alors que le procès de l'ancien trader s'ouvrira le 8 juin prochain.
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Yahoo - Dans le monde -- Une bombe fait un mort et 20 blessés sur un champ de courses dans le Nord-Caucase russe
ROSTOV-SUR-LE-DON, Russie - Une bombe artisanale a explosé sur un champ de courses dans le Nord-Caucase russe, faisant un mort et 20 blessés, a-t-on appris de source officielle.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/3/20100501/twl-russie-caucase-violences-091cf94.html
Morandini -- Un nouveau prime pour Ruquier en juin sur France 2
Laurent Ruquier sera de retour en prime sur France 2 en juin prochain après le très bon score d'audience du premier numéro d'"On a tout révisé" diffus...
Yahoo - Technologies -- Twitter publie sa propre application pour Android
Suite à son changement de stratégie, et après avoir publié sa propre application pour iPhone et BlackBerry, Twitter vient d'annoncer la mise en ligne de son application pour Android.
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/16/20100501/ttc-twitter-publie-sa-propre-application-c2f7783.html
Yahoo - En France -- VSD avait le droit de publier les photos Facebook de Zahia
Zahia D, la désormais célèbre «escort girl» de l'équipe de France, avait assigné en référé le magazine VSD, qui avait fait paraître des photos tirées de son Facebook dans son édition du mercredi 28 avril. Mais le Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris l'a déboutée de ses demandes vendredi 30 avril, estimant que ces ...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/79/20100501/tfr-vsd-avait-le-droit-de-publier-les-ph-ba15d4f.html
Le Post -- A Besançon, un mini "apéro Facebook" sous haute surveillance
Finalement, il y avait presque autant de policiers que de fêtards...
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Yahoo - Dans le monde -- 11.000 élèves sèchent les cours en Argentine après un appel sur Facebook
INTERNET - Une partie dentre eux se sont rassemblés sur une place dans la matinée...
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/82/20100501/twl-11-000-lves-schent-les-cours-en-arge-8f38f87.html
Morandini -- Le spectacle de Dieudonné à Anderlecht a été interdit
Selon le site de La Capitale, "le bourgmestre d'Anderlecht a interdit in extremis une représentation que devait donner ce vendredi soir l'humoriste...
Wired -- Want That Abandoned Twitter Handle? Get in Line
Cool Twitter names are hard to come by, but now there's a service to help you get a hold of cool names that users have abandoned.
Wired -- Want That Abandoned Twitter Handle? Get in Line
Cool Twitter names are hard to come by, but now there's a service to help you get a hold of cool names that users have abandoned.
TechCrunch -- Only 27.3% Of Android Phones Can Use The Official Twitter Client
Earlier today Twitter released its official Twitter app for Android ? a move that's been expected since CEO Ev Williams announced that it was coming during Twitter's Chirp conference. In our post, we mentioned that this was only going to be available for Android 2.1, and as others have pointed out, that means we have another case of Android's lingering fragmentation problem rearing its ugly head. But just how bad is it? We don't have to guess. Two weeks ago, Google updated the Platform Versions section of the official Android website, which gives the most accurate breakdown of Android fragmentation you're going to find ? it looks at how many devices running each version of the OS have accessed the official Android Market.
Wired -- Want That Abandoned Twitter Handle? Get in Line
Cool Twitter names are hard to come by, but now there's a service to help you get a hold of cool names that users have abandoned.
Mashable -- How Twitter's New Media Blog Aims To Teach By Example
Twitter has a two-pronged approach to give media companies the ability to create dynamic interfaces that filter and curate tweets in new ways. One is to showcase great examples of Twitter implementations on its Twitter Media blog, and the other is to give media companies the resources to do these types of projects on their own.
I spoke this week with Twitter's Robin Sloan, who works in media partnerships, to find out more. He said the blog launched a few weeks ago and is aimed at media companies that want to build Twitter integration into their sites.
"It's designed to be a spotlight and showcase for really good work," he said.
Sloan and Twitter's Chloe Sladden split the task of writing blog posts. Their goal is to update it daily and post an in-depth case study each week.
The Blog as a How-To Guide
The blog aims to be a practical how-to guide for creating projects, such as NBC's Twitter interface for the Winter Olympics, and Sloan hopes that as people follow the blog, their imagination for what they can do with Twitter will become bigger and broader.
"The idea of lists of tweets on a web page; we can go well beyond that," he said.
Some news sites have already done that. The Twitter Media blog highlights the Huffington Post's Twitter Edition, in which nearly every page and section has Twitter integration. The site uses a mixture of Twitter's API, @anywhere, and Twitter lists. Sloan said you can't tell where The Huffington Post stops and where Twitter begins.
The Huffington Post uses @anywhere Hover Cards on its Twitter lists and the "Hot on Twitter" section of the site is content that's "selected and organized based on tweet volume," according to the Twitter Media blog. Sloan said the depth that The Huffington Post has achieved is what they are aiming to get more people to do.
One of the main functions of the blog is to walk producers and developers through how to do one of these projects so they can learn from them.
"On our site, we explain the process," Sloan said.
The Twitter Media site gets its blog content from partnerships that have launched, and by searching for great examples and from others' tips. Sloan said they increasingly want to use Twitter itself as a way to get great usage tips on both big and small projects.
"My hope is we can get a lot of stuff that way," he said.
Why Launch a Media Blog?
The activities of celebrities and reporters can be a strong connection point for new Twitter users to get on board and stay there. Twitter launched their media-focused blog because news organizations a nd TV personalities have been really aggressive in adopting innovative uses for Twitter, according to Sloan.
"We find media can be a good bridge for users of Twitter," he said. "We'd like to be able to leverage that to get them to be Twitter users."
Twitter can help improve journalism, he added, and they would like to assist media companies such as The New York Times in doing better journalism.
In order to better help news organizations, Twitter needs to understand what the media needs. Sloan said there are tools out there that aren't built by Twitter to help people solve problems.
Sloan told me that in about a week, Twitter Media will launch a directory of tools, platforms and services to better help journalists find the third-party apps that will be useful to them.
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Mashable -- The Answer to Facebook's Universal "Like" Button: OpenDislike
Last week, Facebook unveiled its universal "like" button, furthering its goal of world domination in the process. Thus, it was inevitable that someone, somewhere would develop the universal "dislike" button.
OpenDislike.org, which is powered by German identity manager yiid.com, is really more proof of concept than something that is ever likely to be largely used or integrated, however.
OpenDislike is the most recent example of tools that aim to fill the void of an official ability to "dislike" content or comments on Facebook. Last fall, we reported on the Facebook Dislike Firefox plugin and before that the Thradsy dashboard, but OpenDislike is interesting because it mimics the implementation and functionality of Facebook's official like buttons.
Like the official solution, you can add a "dislike" button to a website by pasting in a line of code and modifying the URL to point to that page or article. Of course, users have to log in to their yiid account for the yiid buttons to work, and although you can link your yiid and Facebook accounts, it won't offer a universal experience to anyone but other yiid users.
Even if this doesn't have a lot of real-world use, we love the concept. Would you like a universal dislike button to be usable across Facebook? Let us know!
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Tags: dislike, facebook, facebook buttons, like, opendislike, yiid
TechCrunch -- Looking For The Best Android Twitter Client? You May Want To Try Twitter?s (Yes, It?s Here)
One of my major gripes with the Android platform is a lack of apps that are on-par with the iPhone. Sure, the total number of apps is getting up there, but for the most part, in my opinion, they're nowhere near as good. One area where this was evident was with Twitter clients. While the iPhone has a number of great ones (led by Tweetie, which Twitter just bought), Android's options are pretty weak. Seesmic is pretty nice, but wouldn't be in the top 5 on the iPhone. Today, Twitter may have just solved this problem. The service has just launched it's own Android client. We noted they were working on it just a few weeks ago when CEO Evan Williams made the announcement at the company's Chirp conference. Now, just over two weeks later, it's here.
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