Gawker went live with its redesign on three of its web sites this morning, io9, Gawker TV and Jalopnik.
Interestingly, the Gawker redesign has stripped out Twitter and Stumble Upon—which used to sit next to each article, making it simple for readers to share stories with those services.
“We have Facebook,” Gawker Read More
Caroline McCarthy over at CNET has broken the news that Facebook will be launching a comment system for third party websites in a few weeks.
Right now plenty of websites have enabled this kind of functionality through Facebook Connect or social widgets.
The advantage of using Facebook for commenting is that is cuts way Read More
In a humiliating turn of events, Goldman has decided to bar its U.S. clients from purchasing Facebook shares.
The move is seen as an effort to dodge interference from the SEC,which had “opened an inquiry into the structure of the offering and whether it violated the law because the deal had been widely reported on in the Read More
You can smell the schadenfraude in the blogosphere today as Myspace announces heavy layoffs.
For a while the social network was flying high, even as traditional media was coming undone.
Now it seems that the “network effect” will lead to a world of almost complete Facebook domination.
But Myspace recently unveiled a major redesign, and Read More
When news of Goldman Sachs $2 billion investment in Facebook first broke, many interpreted it as the final sign of an imminent IPO.
Goldman was injecting cash into Facebook on favorable terms in order to win itself the inside track to manage the IPO, many reasoned.
But NYU professor Scott Galloway has an intruiging theory. He says Read More
Mark Zuckerberg is all grown up. The venerable news program 60 Minutes did their second interview with Facebook’s CEO last night.
The first time, back in 2008, Zuck seemed every bit the akward nerd, stumbling on questions. Last night he came across as a confident business leader, while his Harvard nemeses, the Winklevoss Twins, Read More
Myspace and Facebook are going to make a joint announcement today — an unprecedented event in the history of these once-competitive rivals.
The invitation, reported by Mashable’s Ben Parr, doesn’t say much: “Please join us for an invitation-only announcement by Mike Jones, CEO of Myspace, and Dan Rose, VP of Partnerships and Platform marketing, Read More
Facebook FeudThe Social Network
Divya Narendra is a villainous character in Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network. Along with the Winkelvoss Twins, Narednra represents the privileged Harvard elite who lacked the vision and skills of the more socially inept Mark Zuckerberg.
A piece by Geoffrey Fowler in the Wall Street Journal paints a very different picture. Unlike the Winkelvi, Narendra grew Read More
The Last CriticThe Social Network
The Social Network is many things, but mainly it is a dazzling polemic.
Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director David Fincher have performed an ingenious feat. They have used the old-fashioned medium of film, now under siege by the digital culture, to expose Facebook’s manipulative culture of seeming self-exposure. When Mr. Sorkin told New York magazine Read More
Aaron Sorkin has written an “explanation/apology“ intended for anyone who was offended by his depiction of women in The Social Network. The note came in the form of a comment Sorkin posted on TV writer Ken Levine’s blog, after one of Levine’s readers wrote a post about how Sorkin had “failed women” with the movie because Read More
