Facebook Swagger Jacks Twitter…Again

We talked about Facebook biting off Twitter and FriendFeed back in March when they made their first round of major UI changes. I mentioned that copying a few features was probably not going to have people paying Facebook any more attention and it really comes down to what’s under the hood, but a lot has happened since then. For one thing, to the horror of many FriendFeed users, Facebook bought FriendFeed and stole all their staff. While twitter has continued to gain popularity, Facebook dropped Facebook Lite and the ability to @reply your friends just like on Twitter.

Ashton and Ryan Clark: The Real Dynamic Duo

Startups

When most of us were 12, we were playing video games, developing our first crushes, and getting ready for junior high. Twin brothers Ashton and Ryan Clark, were starting the first in a long line of online businesses. Circuitbreakers.com, an online consumer electronics hub, provided the seed money for a host of business and beginning of a bright business future for the enterprising young boys.

Tech Week in Review 9-11-09

Tech Week In Review

Call 911 in An Emergency? Nah, Just Update Your Facebook Status

Two young girls, lost in a drain, chose to update their Facebook status rather than call for help.

The 10- and 12-year-old girls updated a Facebook status to say they were lost in a drain on Honeypot Road at Hackham in Adelaide’s southern suburbs on Sunday night.

Tech Week in Review 8-28-09

Celeb 2.0 Tech Week In Review

Looks like Microsoft made a major error in judgement when they removed the head of a black man on a Polish marketing site and replaced it with a white guy’s. Not only that, but they didn’t even bother to Photoshop the hands to match. At first, I thought this was really racist of them, but it looks like there really aren’t that many black people in that region and they were just trying to match the marketing with the local demographic. Still, how sloppy and lazy of them to simply Photoshop the image. Now, TechCrunch has an excuse to kick off a meme.

This Week in Review 8-21-09

Tech Week In Review

A new 99-cent application from Tiverias Apps called GPush (iTunes link) aims to change that. Calling GPush simple would be an understatement – this app literally has a one-track mind. The only thing it does is provide push notifications for new emails in Gmail. It doesn’t open emails, or send emails, it just lets you know when new ones arrive, as soon as they arrive, and no matter what you’re doing.