Hot on the heels of Microsoft rolling out support for Facebook and Twitter for the Xbox Live Gold subscribers, Sony has released firmware version 3.10 for the PlayStation 3 gaming console—and guess what? The update adds Facebook support.
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Xbox Live Adds FaceBook, Twitter, Last.fm, and Zune HD Video
Microsoft has rolled out an update to its Xbox Live online service that integrates the gaming platform with widely-use social networking platforms, and rolls in more music and video options to expand the appeal of the service beyond merely logging in and fragging enemies. Beginning today, Xbox 360 owners with Xbox Live memberships can tap into social networking service Facebook, microblogging service Twitter, plus tap into music from Last.fm and instant-on HD videos from Zune.
Drug Industry Presses FDA to Allow More Online Ads
As federal regulators take their first tentative steps toward policing the wild west of medical information online, pharmaceutical companies are pressing their case to market drugs via Google, Twitter and other Web sites.
The Food and Drug Administration will convene a two-day meeting beginning Thursday to hear the drug industry’s position on Internet marketing. The agency has agreed to consider developing rules for online advertising after companies complained that the current guidelines for traditional media — which require a detailed list of possible side effects — have left them hamstrung on the Web.
Internet Use Leads to More Diverse Networks
A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.
Online activities such as e-mail, blogging and frequenting Internet hangouts can even lead to larger, more diverse social networks, according to the study released Wednesday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The study refutes research earlier in the decade suggesting that people’s growing embrace of technology has come at the expense of close human connections.
Facebook Wins $711M in Spam Suit
Facebook sued Wallace for accessing users’ accounts without their permission and sending phony posts and messages. The company said on its blog that in addition to the damage award, the San Jose, Calif., court referred Wallace to the U.S. Attorney’s office for prosecution for criminal contempt of court — meaning he could face jail time.
Wallace earned the monikers “Spam King” and “Spamford” as head of a company that sent as many as 30 million junk e-mails a day in the 1990s.
Facebook Offers to Memorialize Profiles for the Deceased
It’s not a new question in the Internet-enabled world, but one that is only recently becoming a significant issue on social networking sites: what should happen to a a social networking profile when its owner dies? Should the page remain as-is? Should the page be deleted? Should status updates and other activity be suspended? What if the account gets hacked or defaced? Who should handle all that?
Facebook’s Program Manager Heads to Twitter
Facebook’s former platform program manager Josh Elman left the social networking site’s company this past September, and now we know why: He’s a Tweeter. Elman will be joining another “real-time” social site, Twitter, as a product manager. Rumors of Twitter’s high profile acquisition—snatching up a talent such as Elman—have been swarming the back alleys of the tech industry since he left Facebook last month.
So how did Elman publicize his new gig? On Twitter, of course: “The open exchange of information is becoming reality, I’m thrilled to have the chance to help – starting today at Twitter!” says Elman in a Tweet earlier this morning. Considering Elman’s expertise in Facebook and other popular social sites’ product development process, this is a huge hire for Twitter.
Facebook Tweaks Home Page Based on Feedback
Worried about missing a birth announcement, or details on what your portly uncle had for lunch?
Facebook is tweaking its home page yet again in hopes of making it easier to find information. Among the latest changes is a list of items you might have missed during those rare moments spent away from the online hangout.
The changes are being rolled out Friday.
CanvasPop Turns Your iPhone and Facebook Images Into Art
That picture you snapped with your iPhone— the one in receipt of constant admiration—now it can be appreciated on a larger scale… much larger. New canvas-printing company CanvasPop allows customers to upload any photo, including ones from Facebook, Flickr, and even their iPhone, onto its website to then be transferred and printed onto their chosen canvas. The site holds a lot of different options for displaying an image—different filters, sizes and effects—and gives users a chance to have their art displayed publically in New York’s Times Square.
Compuware to Buy Gomez Inc. for $295 Million Cash
Compu
ware Corp., whose software improves the performance of computer programs used by companies to run their operations, said Wednesday it is acquiring Gomez Inc. for $295 million in cash.
The deal, which is expected to close in November, gives Compuware a company that manages, tests and measures the performance of corporate Web sites and mobile applications.
Compuware Chief Operating Officer Bob Paul said Compuware will have a well-rounded suite of services for corporate computer systems as well as on the Web and mobile, which is key as businesses move critical applications onto the Internet.
