Mar 26

Flipboard launches user-created magazines, partners with Etsy (video)

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Flipboard launches usercreated magazines, partners with Etsy video

Everybody loves Flipboard, right? If you’re a fan like us, rejoice — your favorite social magazine just got a whole lot better. Today Flipboard for iOS is receiving a major update that will let you create and curate your very own magazines. It also brings a boatload of other improvements to the table including a content partnership with Etsy. An update to the Android version will follow shortly. We were able to take the new version of Flipboard for a spin and get a demo from CTO Eric Feng. Hit the break to dive into the details and watch our hands-on video.

Gallery: Flipboard user-created magazines hands-on (iPad)

Gallery: Flipboard user-created magazines hands-on (iPhone)

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Aug 22

Facebook adds mention tagging to Open Graph for more efficient name-dropping

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DNP Facebook Mention

Facebook has given developers that link to the social network with Open Graph a new way let let users play tag with their friends — while also increasing exposure to their app. It’s called mention tagging, and allows a user to link a friend in the text body of a message, and is not to be confused with action tagging, an existing feature which references friends only in story text. The option requires a deliberate action by the user, so the developer must implement a way to clearly show how to do that with an icon (as shown above for Foursquare) or drop-down menu, for instance. Apps must also distinguish between action and mention tags, and are not allowed to pre-fill them in the message — that can only be done by the user. Though no privacy changes are needed, Facebook requires apps using the feature to request user approval before any action can be taken. All that would increase tagging and app visibility significantly — so developers will likely be all over it.

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Jun 28

No Facebook, I Do Not Want to Add That Open Graph Social App to My Page [Chatroom]

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The number one most annoying thing about Facebook right now is that half the time you click to look at a friend’s shared link, a prompt pops up asking you to add the associated social app. So to read a Washington Post story or listen to a song on Soundcloud directly from Facebook, you have to also be willing to share what you read or watch or listen to with the world. What is supposed to be helpful, is instead obnoxious, invasive and unnecessary. Ugh. More »

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