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The Rising Problems of Facebook Reconnect
By Frank Reed
With Halloween looming in the very near future one wonders if the ‘reconnect’ feature’s algorithm doesn’t have a little bit of ‘All Hallow’s Eve’ mischief in it or is programmed for the macabre. Either way it is managing to upset more than a few Facebook users with suggestions that border on the, well, bizarre.
Twitter Updating Main Page To Better Show The Purpose Of The Platform
By Frank Reed
Let’s try something a little different as the focus goes to Twitter (yet again) and its impact on the free world’s ability to function properly. I have said on many occasions that regular users of Twitter are not the best people to be actually examining Twitter’s success or lack thereof. Why? Mainly because there seems to be this assumption that the rest of the world understands what Twitter is as well as social media ‘regulars’ do. The simple reality is that that kind of thinking is, how can I say this diplomatically….. stupid.
Twitter's Plan For Reality TV, Or Not
By Taylor Pratt
UPDATE: Looks like there won’t be a Twitter TV show.
Twitter Co-Founder Apologizes For Hasty Update
By Frank Reed
So Twitter caused a bit of controversy this week as they changed their @replies feature in a way that actually effected just 3% of their users
Yahoo Continues Search Update
As the index receives another round of tweaks at Yahoo, the search gurus there managed to fix an annoying Site Explorer issue.
BBC.com Gets A Makeover
Today the BBC unveiled a new look to the BBC News website. It’s a refreshing update. I visit very few websites these days and BBC News is one of them (it’s actually the home page in my browser).
New Google Update?
Apparently, Google is showing signs of mixed and changing results at present. It struck us when our clients reported seeing different rankings for their websites at their ends, compared to our observations of their ranks from our location in Chicago. One of them reports seeing his website on the first page while we were stunned to find it on the second page at the same time. When we confirmed this with other clients in other locations, it showed the same behavior. It seems that an update is already taking place.
Google Earth Update Hits Odds And Ends
By Doug Caverly
Updates to Google Earth are always fascinating, but sometimes, that’s all they are; there aren’t any obvious practical benefits. The latest update should be pretty useful, though, as Google has added roads and business listings in a number of countries, and also updated its Transit symbols.
