I always have to preface posts like this because Facebook is constantly testing new formats / features and it’s hard to tell what I see vs. what other people see. In other words, if it’s …

Here’s the Google+ right column. It’s getting awfully crowded / busy and its one large promotion for Google+ functions / features:

I logged into Starbucks’ wifi this morning and was presented with the below screen. I find it fascinating that Starbucks has an ad for “full behind-the-paywall access. Free.” This strikes me as very much an …

Editor’s note: Guest contributor Andrew Machado is the founder of Open Home Pro, which empowers real estate agents to give their clients a new type of experience when shopping for a home with just …

This week we learned of Facebook’s internal project (code-named Buffy) to build a Facebook Phone. Much of the tech press laughed: it’s too late! It’s too crowded! Facebook isn’t a hardware company! And so on.

Sports fans today got a Black Friday present: the 149 day NBA lockout is on the verge on ending.
And the result is a good thing for fans: the season will be 66 games (a better …

I give Twitter a lot of credit for rolling out their new Activity Stream.
Sure, it’s quite ugly… that can be fixed.
And sure, it’s a glorified newsfeed / timeline… but it’s core to Twitter.

A Dogpatch Labs NYC and Polaris-backed startup, Mixel launched this morning. Using the iPad – Mixel lets you make, share and remix collages in a whole new way. You can download it in the app …

Facebook has begun integrating their new Subscribe functionality into Facebook Comments. It includes a small subscribe link next to each commenter’s name / icon that allows in-line subscription. That does a few things:

I’ve written a fair amount about how publishers should be better leveraging Twitter, Facebook Subscribe, and social products… and even tailored it to verticals like sports.

Notice anything about the below screenshot of a Twitter search? Only two of the tweets actually contain the search query (“Peyton Hillis”)…. but all of the returned tweets are relevant and discuss “Peyton Hillis” on …

This is how I have been finding news articles (Facebook + Washington Post Social Reader).
And this is how I have been finding new music albums (Facebook + Spotify).