Social Web The Future of Streams: Twitter Looms As Biggest Obstacle One of the five reasons why Web publishing is changing is the emergence of streams of information. In other words, a constant flow of information ordered chronologically and (ideally) topically too. In the near future, the theory goes, it won't matter where you enter content - a blog platform, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etcetera - because all of it… Social Richard MacManus View comments
E-Commerce Will PayPal’s History Derail Its Discover Card Deal? PayPal’s new deal with Discover Financial Services may have just opened the door for the payment service’s users to pay for goods and services in seven million Discover card locations, but there are big questions whether this deal will really accelerate the future of mobile payments. Brian Proffitt View comments
Apple Why Facebook Ditched the Mobile Web & Went Native With its New iOS App Facebook released a completely rebuilt version of its iOS app for iPhone and iPad today, changing a fundamental aspect of the company's mobile strategy. Gone is the Web-centric, HTML5 approach. In its place, Facebook has rebuilt the iOS app using Apple’s native framework. The result? A more streamlined, faster app for the iPhone and iPad. Mobile Dan Rowinski View comments
E-Commerce Offbeatr Wants To Be The Kickstarter For XXX Startups If Kickstarter met the adult-entertainment industry and they fell in love, this would be their child. Meet Offbeatr, a crowdfunding site for the adult community. Adam Popescu View comments
Facebook Facebook Rebuilds Its iOS App, Siding With Apple Against Google Facebook released version 5.0 of its iPhone and iPad app Thursday. It’s a complete rewrite of the app. It actually works now. The iOS Facebook experience has been miserable for a long time. With Apple on the verge of releasing Facebook integration to both OS X and iOS, the update is only the beginning of a much closer alliance between the two… Social Jon Mitchell View comments