soon
YOLO!
If Microsoft tries to acquire them it’d be Mumblr.
If Facebook tries to acquire them it’d be Fumblr.
While this is the case (and Facebook and Microsoft are definitely ready to pounce), Yahoo currently has Tumblr negotiations under lock and key, Forbes reports:
A source with knowledge of the Yahoo/Tumblr discussions says they are proceeding rapidly and likely to result in an offer as soon as Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer can get her board’s approval. She is said to favor an outright acquisition rather than an investment or partnership. As mentioned above, a lockup agreement prevents Tumblr from holding a bake-off with Facebook, Microsoft or anyone else.
Part of Mayer’s courtship has involved working overtime to convince Karp that his fears of being “absorbed into a behemoth” and “raided for talent and traffic” are unfounded. Karp has made it clear that he would like to run Tumblr for a long time. According to my source, he would remain CEO under the outline of the deal being worked out.
Those last two sentences are key.
A forward-thinking futurist Silicon Valley-type ought to be a progressive, right? Well, it’s not quite that simple.“Is Mark Zuckerberg a Liberal or a Conservative?,” Mashable. New analysis from me. (via alexjamesfitz)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the “Facebook phone,” a customization product for Android devices, at the company’s Menlo Park headquarters today. Called Facebook Home, Zuckerberg said it is “a family of apps and you can install it and it becomes the home of your phone.”
Would you let Mark take over every aspect of your phone? (Side note: There is a phone too, the HTC First, which includes this deep Facebook integration right out of the box.)
Today we’re finally going to talk about that Facebook Phone.Mark Zuckerberg • Opening his live session on the oft-rumored, shouldn’t-actually-exist Facebook phone. Reuters has more.
Have you been seeing red equal sign symbols popping up in your Newsfeed this week? Facebook did the math and estimates more than 2.7 million US users changed their profile pictures in support of gay marriage equality. (Some users even showed their support through equality strips of bacon, sideways cats, and red velvet cake.)
Above: Facebook’s marriage equality map
(via All Things D)
Who here was one of the 2.7 million?
If Websites Were People
Here’s a video from Cracked.com that personifies popular websites.
What he said … but again.
“As many LGBT individuals know, for a time, the most closely held secret we have is our sexuality. Several nights ago, I texted a close and dear friend for advice on revealing such sensitive personal information. The next morning, I woke up to a ‘sponsored story’ on my Facebook page that asked ‘Coming Out? Need help?’ How did Facebook know such a specific ad would apply to my profile?”
Another Facebook Redesign: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the site’s redesigned News Feed on Thursday morning, revealing an even greater emphasis on photos and check-ins than before. While the changes are likely to be met with the same criticism that accompanies most social network redesigns these days, we have to admit we’re fans of the new-look photo captions. We’re still not going to check-in anytime we manage to sneak away from work/home for a few minutes though. (Photo via AllThingsD) source
balimbahoo says: Or rather, why telling people important news in their lives over Facebook is a terrible idea.
» SFB says: The problem is, they didn’t do that. They never directly informed the person over Facebook, but used it as a way to contact the person to let them know to call the police. Which, in some circumstances (unlisted/broken number, questions of next of kin, other means tried first unsuccessfully, etc.), may be fair. Instead, they asked the family to call using the messaging system—only to have that message eaten by the “other messages” folder. “The woman’s daughter eventually responded to the message some three weeks after her brother had gone missing, and was subsequently informed of the tragic news,” The Verge’s article states. The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s original article confirms this. Now there are other issues here (the usage of an account with a photo of T.I. being one) but using a Facebook account to tell someone to call you on the phone is a perfectly reasonable thing to do in certain cases. I’ve seen a couple of people frustrated with my note in the reblog of The Verge’s post, but I think that it’s because that context was misrepresented in their blurb. — Ernie @ SFB
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Georgia woman furious with police for using Facebook to notify her of son’s death
It took weeks for Anna Lamb-Creasey to find out that her son was dead, and she’s blaming the delay on both local police, and an obscure Facebook messaging feature. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, police in Clayton County, Ga. contacted Lamb-Creasey via Facebook to notify her that her 30-year-old son had been found dead, but the message was sent from an anonymous, unofficial account, and therefore sat unread in a corner of her inbox reserved for missives from non-Facebook friends.
Why Facebook’s “other” messaging folder is simply a terrible idea.
The malware was employed in an attack against Apple and other companies, and was spread through a website for software developers.A statement from Apple • Referring to a malware incident which struck the computers of some of their employees today, believed to have been caused by the same code that hit Facebook last Friday. Apple said that a small amount fo employee systems were afflicted after visiting a website for software developers, where the malware was picked up, and that they’re currently working with law enforcement. They also indicated they’ll be releasing a software update soon, to safeguard users on the consumer end. source
The BBC recently brought on Jeff Jarvis to talk about Facebook’s recently-disclosed hacking incident, and Jarvis spent three minutes laying into his interviewer. “This is irresponsible journalism,” he says in the clip above, “This is crap… There’s no story here. This interview shouldn’t exist. I said that to your pre-interviewer, I’ll say it to you, you’re just causing a panic and there’s no reason for it. Answer me that, please.” Protip: Don’t piss off Jeff Jarvis.
Facebook Connect bug sends the internet to useless error page
Markkkkkkkkkkkk
In which everyone on the internet felt like doing this to Mark Zuckerberg’s computer for 20 minutes:
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