News and other tidbits that Chad Cloman finds interesting enough to share
When I first joined Google+, I realized that its lack of games was a problem (my primary reason for joining Facebook was to play online Scrabble). Well that has now changed.
Link #1: http://arstechnica.com/…
Link #2: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/…
(via The Daily Caller)
Following in the footsteps of AOL, Myspace has seriously tanked from its days of glory and has pretty much lost relevance. It had an operating loss of $230 million last year, prompting its parent company to sell it at a mere $35 million (when it was originally purchased for $580 million).
Thanks to Josh for this topic.
Link #1: http://allthingsd.com/…
The linked article has a map of the world. It was created by tracing Facebook connections on a blank canvas—no boundaries were actually drawn, but they show up clearly nonetheless.
Google+ is Google’s latest attempt at a social networking site. And it appears they’ve done a really good job of it. Unfortunately it’s still in a field test period where membership is by invitation only, but they’ll be opening it up to the rest of us sometime in the near future. The linked article has more details about Google+ and why it will succeed.
Update: I received an invite from Eric, a friend of Chad’s News. If anyone would like to be invited, please contact me.
Google and Facebook are offering two-factor authentication to help prevent your account from being hijacked. In both cases, you give them your phone number, then when you log in using your normal username and password, they send a code to your phone. You must enter the code as part of the login process. Gmail does this for every login, while for Facebook it’s only when you log in from a device that hasn’t already been verified.
Thanks to Josh for this topic.
Link #1 (Gmail): http://googleblog.blogspot.com/…
Link #2 (Facebook): http://www.facebook.com/…
(via Slashdot)
I recently joined Facebook to play online Scrabble (R.I.P. Scrabulous), but I found it was a great place to connect with friends new and old. Social networking is quite addictive. On Christmas day, Facebook had a 4.65% market share of the entire internet, putting it in second place behind Google. Facebook’s popularity is such that a judge allowed legal papers to be served via the site. So if you haven’t yet jumped on the bandwagon, give Facebook a try. And feel free to add me as a friend.
