On tuesday Neha and I looked at some online shopping sites that rock as well as took our first foray into having an ‘explicit’ tag on our show (caused by one of the sites we were covering). It was a good show and actually shot another show right after it (stacking shows due to upcoming holidays).
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Our first twitter trend of the day is brought to us by rum and the lash:
Rumors abound that the British government is considering creating a “Pirate Finder General” with powers akin to the Witch Finder Generals of years past. The British Secretary of State would gain the power to pass any law he wanted, without Parliament’s approval, all in the name of protecting copyrights. I have a suggestion: a crack force of ninja assassins to take out those pirates once and for all!
Twitter trend number 2:
A few things tweeters can all agree shouldn’t be uttered on a first date:
“Don’t worry about the rash. The doctors say it’s probably not contagious”
“Let’s get this over with. My wife expects me home by ten.”
And “Oh sweet Jesus Noooooo!”
Twitter trend number 3:
Mashable’s 3rd annual Open Web Awards nominees are up, and voting is open until December 13th. You can vote for me in the category: Best Female Host of a Web-based Show Covering Social Media Trends in a Snarky Manner.
Award nominated trend number 4:
I am NOT getting out of my car, and I am by no means going anywhere near those dirty, dirty dreams of yours. Comedian Ross Noble has suggested that we not follow Billy Ocean’s romantic advice, and Twitter users concur.
And our final twitter trend of the day:
And our final twitter trend:
Verizon’s new hotness, the Droid, is already hitting a rough patch as users are complaining that the autofocus feature is pooping out on barcodes. Luckily, there is a quick fix: CLEAN THE LENS, YOU MORON!
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Beware, all ye Facebook-friendly fans of free social networking! Just when you thought you’d mastered your News Feed and harnessed your favorite friends into one, easy-to-view filter, Facebook is here to keep you on your toes yet again…
Behold! The New Facebook Redesign!:
Mashable (among many) reports that the redesign has not officially been announce and that a “confidential” document was leaked earlier this morning. Gotta love the power of the Internet, eh?
The big features that Facebook is unveiling have mostly to do with it’s recent acquistion of FriendFeed. They wasted no time in putting their talent to work…and it shows.
Facebook users will now have the option of quickly switching back and forth between Top News items and a Recent Activity view. It’s meant to personalize the experience of the Facebook Home Page further by filtering out the less “important” or popular news items.
But how will Facebook calculate which posts are more important than others? When Facebook starts using AI to judge what I want to see in my News Feed, things are starting to get a little scary. And if you’re a Facebook addict like me, I will generally sift through the entire News Feed until I see a post that I recognize from the last time I logged on (which, admittedly, doesn’t take very long).
Another feature of the new Facebook is the reintegration of certain personal information that users complained about losing in the last update.
From Facebook’s document:
“Facebook has also put information back into the stream that people have asked for, including photo tags, friend acceptances, relationships, Event RSVPs and group memberships. In addition, birthdays are now viewable above the fold.”
I’d actually forgotten that some of those things had gone missing, so I’m curious to see how well they are able to integrate them back into the system.
Groups and Pages are also getting a refresh. Check out the so-called “confidential” redesign document below for all the gory details.
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