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Timeline puts your life in Facebook’s hands – New Scientist – New Scientist

Jan 082012

Facebook’s Timeline shows the world your past since birth, if you choose – will you? Here are some things to think about first

WE ARE born, we live, we die – and now we can do it all on Facebook. The social network recently rolled out Timeline, a dramatic update to its profile pages that lists everything you have ever done on the site in reverse order, right back to your very first post. You can even recreate your past, posting “status updates” to fill out your Timeline from birth.

Facebook buying Gowalla – hot talent acquisition or good deal on a floundering startup? – AGBeat

News, Social Media, Technology

Dec 042011

Disappointed if this is true. If so will no longer be using Gowalla. Facebook getting hold of peoples location since their own service has failed miserably for me is frightening

The rumor mill is churning

We broke the story last month that something was amiss at Gowalla, that staff was disappearing and their resumes were showing up all over Austin where Gowalla and AGBeat are both headquartered. Now, there are rumors flying that Facebook has acquired Gowalla, but no terms have been released, and CNN cites “a source close to Gowalla” as their informant, but Facebook has not responded to our request for comment and Gowalla has told all news outsources that they “don’t comment on rumor and speculation.”

If the rumors are true, after only two years since it’s launch, Gowalla’s employees will move to Facebook’s headquarters in Palo Alto and focus on the Facebook Timeline feature. After struggling to nail their identity in the location-based services arms race, they departed from the Foursquare model some time back and rebranded as a travel guide, having to pivot in an effort to stay afloat and keep their investors that funneled $10.4 million into the promising startup happy.

AGBeat- http://agbeat.com/cities/austin/facebook-buying-gowalla-hot-talent-acquisition-or-good-deal-on-a-floundering-startup/.

Welcome to Posterous Spaces …

Life, Social Media

Sep 132011

I’m really not sure ;(

It just makes me thing.. ‘not another one’.

Why ruin a perfectly good service? I quite liked the fact that it wasn’t connected to everything else. (which is strange because you post once and it posts to everything else)

It was so simple and easy. Now I look at it and am really disappointed.

I haven’t got time to learn another load of changes.

Facebook drives me to the point of dispair with its constant changes. I’m only their under duress to keep in touch with friends who can’t seem to pick up the phone or reply to an email.

Just no Posterous. no.

Wait – did Apple Patent “Spaces”?

https://posterous.com/.

A Visit to Eric Arthur Blair

Life, Personal, Social Media

Jul 132011

A Visit to Eric Arthur Blair, a set on Flickr.

Went to visit George Orwell for his birthday.
Just down the road from me in Sutton Courtney churchyard where he rests in peace.

@documentally organised a yearly event where people can meet up, have a picnic and share our experiences.
http://ourmaninside.com/tag/eric-arthur-blair/

How Twitter tracked the News of the World scandal | Media | guardian.co.uk

News, Social Media, Technology

Jul 132011

Rupert Murdoch’s decision to close the News of the World was greeted with a frenzy on Twitter. The Guardian has analysed half a million tweets sent with the #notw hashtag over the past four days to capture how the scandal has resonated with the online community

A fascinating infographic …

Click to watch it play through

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/interactive/2011/jul/13/news-of-the-world-phone-hacking-twitter.

Apple iOS 5 hands-on preview — Engadget

News, Social Media

Jun 082011

Lots of lovely pics of the new iOS 5 Click for more … http://www.engadget.com/wwdc-2011/apple-ios-5-hands-on-preview.

Facebook changes privacy settings AGAIN – facial recognition is enabled | Naked Security

News, Personal, Social Media, Technology

Jun 082011

Our lovely friends of Sophos have alerted me to Facebooks latest fight against our privacy. As they have done before they have enabled the latest feature and switched it on by default ‘Facebook revealed last year it was introducing facial recognition technology to help users tag their friends in photographs, they gave the functionality to North [...]

Facebook Knows Where You’ve Been

News, Social Media, Technology

Jun 022011

It seems that every website I visit nowadays boasts its own Facebook like button. But what does this actually mean for someone visiting the site? New information suggests these widgets do more than just post information to your Facebook wall if you click the thumbs up icon. Eerily, the buttons are working even if you don’t click [...]

Wychwood Music Festival

Entertainment, Life, Music, Social Media

May 042011

So I’ll probably be blogging from here again Why not come along and enjoy the bands, organised events? Say hello if you do If not look out on here for regular updates, video clips, pics and interviews live from the event Wychwood Music Festival 3 – 5 June 2011, Cheltenham Racecourse http://www.wychwoodfestival.com/

Oxford Geek Girl Dinners Launch Party

Fun, Life, Social Media, Technology

May 042011

So an excellent night was had last night launching the New Oxford Geek Girl Dinners Hosted and sponsored by.. Oxford Innovation White October Great talks by Wendy Stone from Bright Digital on Creativity, Caron @pcmcreative on Blogging with new Media tools, Sylwia Presley on Personal Branding and the lovely girls from Oxford Innovation then we all [...]