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Oh snap, Google…
Nov 17th
Search engine and online service provider Google has fallen into disputes with social network Facebook over ‘data portability’. Google has blocked access to its Contacts service from Facebook, citing poor standards in data sharing on Facebook’s part as the cause. Facebook allowed users to access their contacts list from Google’s Gmail service to find friends who are also using the social networking site. Google has criticised Facebook for making the export of its own contact data extremely difficult whilst taking advantage of the superior export facilities offered by other services. (more…)
Rumours abound about Facebook email service
Nov 12th
The internet is abuzz with rumours that Facebook is about to launch a new email service that will be heavily tied in with Facebook’s current social networking features. Tentatively named ‘Project Titan’, it is speculated that the service will provide Facebook users with their own personal ‘@facebook.com’ email addresses. Facebook do seem to be unveiling a lot of new features after their ‘Summer Lockdown’ in which engineers at the company were directed to work feverishly on new and existing products offered by Facebook.
What do you think about this ‘Facebook Mail’ concept? Would it be a fantastically convenient option, or do you feel like the social media giant is intruding too far? Which email service do you use at the moment? Would you leave for a Facebook version? Tell all in the comments section!
Music based social network iTunes Ping gains only 2000 artists in two months
Nov 5th
Apple’s new ‘Ping’ social and music discovery network has only added two thousand artists in the two months since it went live, Mashable reports, despite garnering a massive user base numbering in the millions. The usefulness of the social network is questionable when there is a distinct lack of bands and artists for users to interact with.
According to Jeff Price, the founder of music distributor TuneCore, Apple has a rigorous sign up process for artists, so that artist profiles that are created belong to the real artist only. This quality control process is designed to avoid the pitfalls of websites like the soon-to-be relaunched Myspace, where users make unofficial artist pages making discovery and interaction with the actual artist very difficult.
However, the application process itself involves music distributors like TuneCore and CDBaby, and can take some time. Many artists were in fact completely confused as to how to apply for a profile in the first place, prompting Apple to release a submission guide.
Have you tried out Apple’s new service? How did you find it? Send a few comments our way!
Social network Myspace to debut redesign
Oct 28th
The dwindling social network Myspace has revealed a massive redesign as part of it’s efforts to survive through rebranding. A few weeks after revealing it’s controversial new logo, Myspace has posted a video reel giving the first glimpses at its significant shift in functionality and focus.
The video reveals a strong change in focus to content sharing and discovery, with clear links to other social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. It is a clear cut and intriguing move for the social network which has seen massive drops in traffic since the rise of Facebook and its buyout by News Corp.