Monthly Archives: November 2010

Microsoft Offering Free Windows 7 Phones for Black Friday

Posted on November 26, 2010 by jessestay

I’ve had my criticism of Microsoft in the past, but the new Microsoft keeps pulling me back.  Just a few minutes ago on the Windows Facebook Page Facebook announced: “Here is a Black Friday sneak peek for our social media … Continue reading →

Posted in atamp;t, HTC Corporation, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, microsoft, social, Technology, Windows Phone 7 | 4 Comments

Now You Can "Like" Any Tweet on Twitter.com

Posted on November 24, 2010 by jessestay

As part of Kynetx’s Facebook App contest I wrote a simple browser extension that you can install on Chrome, Internet Explorer, or Firefox, which allows you to, in addition to the “retweet”, “favorite”, and “reply” links you see when you … Continue reading →

Posted in Application programming interface, Facebook, facebook api, Facebook Developer, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, internet explorer, Jolie O'Dell, social, Technology, Twilio, Twitter | 65 Comments

Are Toll Roads Open?

Posted on November 18, 2010 by jessestay

Twitter proved me wrong. Well, sorta. After my last article I had a whole slurry of rebuttals by Twitter employees suggesting my last article had “serious factual errors” and that the move by Twitter to charge $360,000 a year for … Continue reading →

Posted in firehose, Gnip, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open, open standards, Paywall, Technology, Twitter | 18 Comments

Twitter’s Gnip Deal Ensures a Closed Ecosystem

Posted on November 17, 2010 by jessestay

Today, at Defrag conference, Twitter announced a new deal with the Real-Time stream proxy Gnip, where for $360,000 per year they will search 50% of all content posted to Twitter.  This move follows the move, as I mentioned earlier, of … Continue reading →

Posted in Defrag, Defrag conference, Gnip, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, open ecosystem, open standards, pubsubhubbub, social, Technology, Twitter | 2 Comments

With Facebook Messages, Has Facebook Reached FriendFeed Nirvana?

Posted on November 17, 2010 by jessestay

There’s no doubt of the FriendFeed team’s influence on Facebook after they were acquired a year ago.  Bret Taylor, CEO of FriendFeed is now the CTO of Facebook after all.  Even before the acquisition of FriendFeed, Facebook was taking cues … Continue reading →

Posted in Bret Taylor, Facebook, FriendFeed, friendfeed facebook integration, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, paul buchheit, Technology, Y Combinator | 4 Comments

Facebook, Play the Higher Ground

Posted on November 10, 2010 by jessestay

I was wrong. On Twitter, Buzz, and on Scoble’s blog I was insisting there was a way to retrieve Email addresses via Facebook‘s API.  That’s because I truly thought there was.  In fact, I had this scathing blog post ready … Continue reading →

Posted in Email address, Facebook, gmail, Google, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, social, Technology | 8 Comments