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By: rachelpopkin.com » Obama deserves to get in your iPhone

rachelpopkin.com » Obama deserves to get in your iPhone — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:04:47 +0000

[...] talking about the good ones, that are actual client applications for their webservice counterparts (Facebook’s app is a good example) – those are great. I’m talking about the ones that are glorified [...]

By: Facebook 2.0 for the iPhone, tastes more like regular Facebook » VentureBeat

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:00:16 +0000

[...] The first version of the iPhone application was more like a communication tool than actual Facebook. This new version is regular Facebook, but is arguably even better with its sexy user interface and the fact that it’s mobile. Certainly some users who are upset with Facebook recent Internet-version redesign may like this more — it’s less confusing. [...]

By: Google finally ready to take Jaiku seriously? » VentureBeat

Google finally ready to take Jaiku seriously? » VentureBeat — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:24:48 +0000

[...] any Google-backed service, but if it hopes to compete with the likes of Twitter, FriendFeed and the now status updating and feed importing Facebook, Jaiku is going to have to make inroads to show it can be taken [...]

By: Is Facebook’s redesign aimed at Silicon Valley, not everywhere else? » VentureBeat

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:54:43 +0000

[...] profile pages that asks each user to broadcast what they’re doing — similar to Twitter. Facebook also just launched an iPhone application built around its status message service, not its more general profile features. While Facebook offered news feeds of your and [...]

By: Twitter has its search, now it’s time to embrace mobile » VentureBeat

Twitter has its search, now it’s time to embrace mobile » VentureBeat — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:20:20 +0000

[...] it embracing the mobile space. Twitter simply needs to do so before someone else beats them to it. Facebook and others are already coming. It is not the time to sit back and become the Friendster of this new messaging [...]

By: Facebook literally spells out “Comment” to get users to do it — like they do on FriendFeed » VentureBeat

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:57:55 +0000

[...] Commenting has also been built into Facebook’s new native iPhone app. But oddly, that app utilizes the same plus sign speech bubble that Facebook just eliminated on the site. Comments do look great on the iPhone app though — in fact, they look exactly like the chat bubbles in Apple’s own Text application. And the whole app itself is kind of like Twitter. [...]

By: Startup Meme » Blog Archive » Facebook rolls out its iPhone Application

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:06:49 +0000

[...] growing list of apps. Twitter’s Twitterrific is also out to boon iPhone-iacs. As pointed by VentureBeat, Facebook has already got some traces of Twitter as it continues to steal some twitter-ish features [...]

By: New Facebook App for iPhones Takes Cues from Twitter - Profy.Com

New Facebook App for iPhones Takes Cues from Twitter - Profy.Com — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:14:58 +0000

[...] Eric Eldon writes that Facebook has plans to start utilizing the iPhone 3G's GPS capabilities as well. If [...]

By: Rumor: Jeff Hammerbacher, a key early Facebook employee, is leaving » VentureBeat

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:05:04 +0000

[...] social network in the world, and it may be continually innovating with nice new products like its Twitter-like iPhone application, but more and more beloved early employees are heading out the door. The latest rumor I’ve [...]

By: New Facebook iPhone app tells Twitter and SMS what it’s doing: Gunning for them | Txtin

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:59:02 +0000

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By: Latest MobileBeat2008 additions: Facebook’s Jed Stremel, MySpace’s Brandon Lucas, SkyDeck’s Jason Devitt » VentureBeat

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:46:41 +0000

[...] views. Don’t be surprised if Facebook announces its own big numbers shortly. In the meantime, Facebook today just came out with its own mobile version for the iPhone, featuring mobile instant me….In his role at Facebook, Stremel oversees the company’s mobile strategy and operations, including [...]