Saturday, August 27, 2011
'Facebook' released an update to its photo app, making it to work faster and bigger images.
Sharing and tagging photos is one of the most popular activities on Facebook. As we have seen Facebook is constantly working on making Photos better and for the same reason they introduced some improvements to the way you experience photos.
Justin Shaffer posted in their blog 'Bigger, Faster Photos' and mentioned "Now, the photos you share on Facebook are bigger (720 pixels to 960 pixels) and load twice as fast, giving you quicker access to more detailed images. Photos you've already uploaded to your profile will also be displayed at this higher resolution."
He also pointed out that the new photo viewer will be more streamlined that features a cleaner interface that makes it even easier to enjoy your photos. The light box is now set against a simple white background that puts more of the focus on the photo, and less on the surrounding frame."
These features will be rolled out for everyone gradually.
How do you find these new features from Facebook?
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Evan Williams, Biz Stone, and Jason Goldman co-founder of twitter are joining as investors and partners with tony stubblebine to release a new product "Lift"
Their company The Obvious Corporation revealed this information on their website as "Unlocking Potential"
They said "Tony Stubblebine and Jon Crosby have created an interesting new application for unlocking human potential through positive reinforcement. We love this software for what it does, and because we’ve tried it and it works. Our plan is to build something extraordinary together. The Obvious Corporation will assist the talented Lift team with strategy, design, funding, recruiting—in general, we’ll be helpful wherever possible. In exchange, Obvious will own some equity in Lift."
Stubblebine said "In 2001, I was working in St. Louis with an awesome team of web developers. One of those developers, Jon Crosby, ended up coming out to the Bay Area and working for some great companies: Songbird, EngineYard, and Path. We’ve kept up our friendship and have been looking for a chance to start a company together. Today, 10 years after our first job together, we’re joining forces to co-found Lift."
You can go on the beta link here Lift.
After signing up, you will receive an email as:
Hey there, thanks for signing up for the Lift Beta!
We're not ready to let people in yet, but when we are, we'll make sure you get an early invite.
What is Lift? We're interested in ways new technology can help unlock human potential, especially through the use of positive reinforcement. That's all we can tell you right now.
So, since we don't have a ton to tell you about Lift the product, here's a little bit about Lift the company:
We're a small San Francisco-based startup. There are three of us full time, Tony Stubblebine (me), Jon Crosby, and Connor Montgomery. We also have some part-time support from the folks at Obvious. If you want to get in touch with us, I'm probably the best person to reach: tony@lift.do
Look forward to connecting with you again soon!
Tony Stubblebine
CEO/Co-founder
http://lift.do
With the popularity and interest developing day by day in Social Networking no one wants to stay behind.
It seems we will soon get to see another social networking platform, but will it be able to attract users?
Answer is may be, only if it provides something new, interesting and user friendly.
What are your views on "Lift"
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Facebook has announced a bunch of improvements that make it easier to share posts, photos, tags and other content with exactly the people you want.
Chris Cox announced the information in a post on Facebook blog.
He said "Today we're announcing a bunch of improvements that make it easier to share posts, photos, tags and other content with exactly the people you want. You have told us that "who can see this?" could be clearer across Facebook, so we have made changes to make this more visual and straightforward. The main change is moving most of your controls from a settings page to being inline, right next to the posts, photos and tags they affect. Plus there are several other updates here that will make it easier to understand who can see your stuff (or your friends') in any context. Here's what's coming up, organized around two areas: what shows up on your profile, and what happens when you share something new."
New features will provided users profile some new tools that give you clearer, more consistent controls over how photos and posts get added to it, and who can see everything that lives there.
Main Highlights include
1. Inline Profile Controls
The inline menu lets you know who can see this part of your profile, and you can change it with one click. More information about controls click here.
2. Profile Tag Review
New tool to approve or reject any photo or post you are tagged in before it's visible to anyone else on your profile.
3. Content Tag Review
New option to review and approve or reject any tag someone tries to add to your photos and posts.
4. View Profile As…
This tool is now on the top of your profile where it's easier to access.
5. When You Share
f you want to make your posts more expressive, new tool to add location and tag the people you're with. More information about sharing click here.
6. Inline controls
The control for who can see each post will be right inline. For each audience, there is now an icon and label to help make it easier to understand and decide who you're sharing with.
7. Word Change: "Everyone" to "Public"
8. Change Your Mind After You Post?
If you accidentally posted something to the wrong group, or changed your mind, you can adjust it with the inline control at any time.
9. Tag Who You're With, or What You Want to Talk About
10. Tag Locations in Posts
Now you can add location to anything. Lots of people use Facebook to talk about where they are, have been or want to go. Now you can add location from anywhere, regardless of what device you are using, or whether it is a status update, photo or Wall post. Of course, you can always choose not to add location at all.
11. Remove Tags or Content from Facebook
Your options for removing tags or content on Facebook are presented more clearly. Your options are: removing from your profile, removing the tag itself, messaging the photo owner or tagger, and requesting the content get taken down. More information about tagging click here.
With the above controls to user Facebook has added a lot more advantages for user from both customizing and privacy wise.
Seems like increasing competition from other social networking giants like Google+ Facebook is always one step ahead to give user what they want and what they feel.
TheWebCrunch team found these new sharing and privacy features existing.
Whats your take on these new features, please do post comments.
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Team
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