Twitter has been field-testing a new native app feature that shows a map of tweets occurring near the user in real time. The feature appears as a separate column in the app and shows tweets from other users regardless of the follow relationship between the users. It’s called “Nearby”, and it could be Twitter’s next […]
After intense backlash from users Twitter reverted the block feature change. What just happened, and what can other companies learn from this? This may have been one recent incident, but it’s not an isolated one. These kinds of features aren’t …
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Gmail just announced a change to the way it handles images in your emails by default. Now, all images in your messages will load automatically, which makes it possible for some people and companies to know when you’ve opened and …
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Facebook will now autoplay videos when you scroll past them in your iOS Facebook app. The change was added with today’s version 6.8 rollout for the app. There is no way to opt out of this change but you can adjust some of the playback features for autoplay to minimize the distraction, if peace is […]
I’ve found out about the untimely demise of several people not through friends or family, but through Facebook. It’s odd and a bit depressing to see messages of condolences sandwiched in between selfies and links to The Oatmeal’s latest comic, but it’s happening a lot more frequently these days as more people get into social media.
Grieving in person is one thing. Mourning on Facebook is another. With this in mind, Jono Milner founded Sanctri, a Facebook app where bereaved Facebook users can mourn and remember their loved one. It’s still on Facebook, but it offers tools and resources to go through the entire mourning process.
Milner explains: “Facebook is today’s public forum. People used to pay tribute in the classifieds section of the newspapers – now it’s on Facebook. Many people want to come together to remember someone online – especially given that we’re such a mobile population these days.”
He has a point. On Sanctri, users can create social memorials, a Lifebook, and make donations to charities. But is there a need for the app? Milner adds: “You’re still in Facebook, but a step away from the everyday chatter. Grief just doesn’t mix with photos from last night’s party. You don’t follow someone – you ‘remember’ them. You don’t ‘like’ something; you’re moved by it.”
You can find out more about Sanctri here.
[via C|NET]
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Facebook’s “Like” button could be getting another overhaul. The company nixed the ubiquitous thumbs-up symbol, starting with a rollout at that began a month ago. Now it could be getting a more emotionally complex character in the guise of a “sympathy” button. A Facebook engineer this week told the Huffington Post that some of the […]
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Even with the economy relaxing somewhat, bank loans are still a little
tight and VC money is not always available for small businesses. So SME
entrepreneurs today are seeking more creative ways to obtain capital to
finance their business. One such new method to secure funds is from the
appropriately named platform, Kabbage.
New photo features in Google+ use the company’s amazing computational power to charm and delight.
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