As reported by TechCrunch and confirmed by Facebook’s press release, FriendFeed has been acquired by Facebook. So what will happen now? FriendFeed is such a small player compared to Facebook that this acquisition is not about users. It is all about the team behind FriendFeed. So within a short time FriendFeed will die. There is […]
Continue ReadingArimaz & MyDeskFriend
Arimaz is a Swiss startup of which I have never heard. Sure, there must be hundreds or even thousands of startups in Switzerland I haven’t discovered yet. But surprisingly, Arimaz gets quiet some attention these days. And all because of a mini-robot the company is putting out in September. The robot is called MyDeskFriend and […]
Continue Reading@Facebook Do the username Thing Right, dammit!
Saturday morning. All the world is awake. All the world? Yes! And only because Facebook launched “username” – or as techies call it “Vanity-URLs”. Basically it allows you to have “an online identity” under the Facebook.com domain. If you really want “Your Online Identity”, get yourself a domain name. Something way more useful than a […]
Continue ReadingComments are dead!
Yes, they really are. When was the last time you left a comment on a blog of somebody you know? Most of the time you just @USER on twitter or just Like something on Facebook/FriendFeed. Maybe it is now time to start tighten these things together. How about a “Like” button below each blog post? […]
Continue ReadingFacebook, dude! Get Your Timezone right
It is now 18:24 (aka 6:24pm) CET. All day Facebook was off by one hour (see shot below). And now, thanks to Gabor’s update I know whats wrong. Our good friends from the other side of the ocean have changed their timezones – three weeks before the rest of the world does. Is it not […]
Continue ReadingDo not spam your friends with useless info
Have a Twitter account? Have a Facebook account? Have a FriendFeed account? Have a xyz account? Do you stream all that information to each other? Is your Stream of tweets on Facebook and FriendFeed? And are your FriendFeed updates on Facebook? And are many of your friends following you on FriendFeed, Twitter and Facebook? Well, […]
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