Yesterday Facebook announced that it will be offering vanity URLs starting on Saturday. For the uninitiated this means that you can choose part of the Web address for your Facebook profile.
Previously Facebook assigned each user a unique identification number that trailed on the end of your profile’s URL. This means that users get to customize their profile a bit further to express their identity and make it easier to help people find them.
The problem is that using your true identity was one of the core principles behind Facebook. You have the ability to control whether someone can see your profile on Facebook, making it a more authentic representation of you and your social sphere.
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Yesterday Apple announced the latest version of its groundbreaking iPhone device, the 3G S to little fanfare. In it’s email to customers, Apple simply announced it as the next version of the iPhone.
Overall, the iPhone 3G S has a number of interesting new features. The iPhone 3G S builds on the iPhone legacy by including video capability with an upgraded 3.2 megapixel lens, voice control and turn-by-turn directions from TomTom.
However there are still a few basic smartphone capabilities missing in the 3G S. The biggest problem is that iPhone users will have to wait on AT&T, not Apple, to fix them.
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Facebook has been churning through executives almost as quickly as it tossed aside founders in its early days. The departure of CFO Gideon Yu continues a disturbing trend of turnover for a company so small and on the rise.
Now Facebook is apparently looking for someone to replace Yu that has experience running a public company. This requirement hints that the company could be filing an IPO in the coming months or at least in the next year or so. Beyond just the sagging economy, here are the reasons that it could be Zuck’s greatest folly.
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My name is Dave and I am a digital wanderer.
Since I live and work online, I’ll be sharing my perspective on mobile technology, innovation and talent on the Internet. For the past couple of years, I’ve written almost exclusively about the mobile Web. It’s something that I’m passionate about, but I’ve backed myself into the corner of being YAGB (Yet Another Gadget Blog).
However, I’m not just interested in gadgets. I’m interested in mobile technology because of how it’s changing our everyday interactions and relationships. As a Recruiter and sometimes Workforce Analyst for AOL, I’m very interested in how talent impacts innovation and design. I’m also interested in the Internet industry and Online Advertising as a technology blogger.
Hopefully those of you that have followed my blog for the latest mobile technology news will continue to find valuable insights. My goal isn’t to leave you behind, but to delve deeper into the principles at work in our changing lives and careers.
So, I guess you might have noticed that I haven’t posted in a week. Or two. Yeah… so about that.
It’s not that I don’t love you anymore- believe me, I do. But over the past year I’ve honed this blog to fine edge, applying more and more of the news style writing that I’ve been learning through the news writing that I’ve been lucky enough to do for TECH.BLORGE.
However, by focusing every single post on the latest mobile web news, I haven’t left much room for myself. This blog was initially meant to be a creative outlet, so I’m freeing myself of constraints.
Will I still write about mobile stuff? You betcha’ But expect more. I promise I’ll be back in the groove soon and I hope to see you around.
In the meantime, you can still catch me over on BLORGE.
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Cydia is set to become the first outlet to offer access to the applications banned from the iTunes App Store by Apple. The only caveat is that you have to jailbreak your iPhone in order to install the applications.
The way Cydia works is by using the installation framework from Debian Linux to install the application packages on the iPhone. Saurik developed Cydia as a way to install applications and then built an App Store around the interface.
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While Apple is still mum on the possibility of launching a netbook computer, the cat just might be out of the bag. Taiwan-based newspaper, the Commercial Times, leaked a rumor that Wintek computer has been given the nod to produce touch screens for the devices.
Wintek doesn’t claim to know what the touch screens are for, but the rumor mill is still running rampant. The netbook segment buoyed the rest of the PC market in the final months of 2008 despite the recession, so it might be a wise move for Apple.
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