Facebook Upgrades the “Like” Button
Facebook has released an update that fundamentally changes the “Like” button’s functionality. Now clicking the button on a story page pulls up the full story with a headline, blurb, thumbnail and comment box, which can then be posted to a user’s profile wall.
JP Morgan Eyeing 10% Stake in Twitter
JP Morgan is in talks to acquire 10% of Twitter for $450 million, valuing the microblogging service at $4.5 billion, sources have told the Financial Times.
A Mixed Oscars Night For The Social Network
It was a great night for The King’s Speech and Inception at the 83rd Academy Awards on Sunday — and a somewhat more disappointing outcome for their main rival, David Fincher’s The Social Network. Fincher’s movie, a fictionalized account of the rise of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, won three Oscars but lost in five other categories.
Google Glitch Disables 150,000 Gmail Accounts
About 150,000 Gmail account holders (0.08% of Gmail’s userbase, according to Google) were affected by a glitch that reset their accounts. Google is working to restore the missing data.
Further News
- Jonathan Ive, Apple‘s senior vice president of industrial design, might be leaving the company.
- Apple is testing a new type of lock screen on the iPhone, similar to the gesture-based lock screen on Android phone, according to reports.
- Purchase sharing site Swipely, having processed tens of millions of transactions under the original model, is course-correcting after raising more than $8 million in funding and exiting private beta just seven months ago.
- Oceanhouse Media has released two Dr. Seuss digital books — Happy Birthday to You! and The Cat in the Hat Comes Back [iTunes link], for Apple and Android devices in honor of the author’s birthday.
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