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Spokeo, or Spooky-o?
Erick over at Techcrunch recently posted a review of the just-relaunched Spokeo, what one might call a web 2.0 aggregator. (Spokeo consequently experienced an onslaught of new registrations, including...
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The Google Reader Debate: What is a “friend”? What is “public”? What is...
Over the holidays, a big debate erupted over a small change made to Google Reader, its web-based feed aggregator. For a good while now, Reader has included two different options for sharing the...
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Who Owns the Social Graph?
One of the big stories in the tech world this week was a showdown between controversial blogger Robert Scoble and Facebook. You can read this article to get a fairly balanced recap of the drama, or...
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Breaking: Facebook, Plaxo, and Google Endorse Data Portability
A few days ago I wrote about the data portability debate sparked by the deactivation of Robert Scoble’s Facebook account following his attempt to siphon his social graph data out of that service....
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All your (virtual) base are belong to us!
Which one’s the terrorist? Nick Carr blogs today about concern shown by American intelligence authorities about the security vulnerabilities of increasingly popular virtual worlds such as Second Life....
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Invisibility: A Violation of the Social (Networking) Contract?
The Story Mashable reports that Google introduced an “invisibility” feature into its Gmail version of Google Talk over the weekend. I am very much against this type of feature, and am disappointed...
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Will You Put Your Life In Google’s Hands?
It’s been a long time coming and has a ways to go still, but Google Health is on the way. Google confirmed last week that it is testing this new product (click here for a screen shot) with the...
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Watch What You Put Online… Even If You’re A Prostitute
This has to be a first. I’m sure most of you have at least seen the headlines by now: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has been accused of engaging the services of a pricey prostitute service multiple...
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“…and nothing but the truth, so help me Google” [Guest Post]
It’s a pleasure for me to present a guest post submitted by Jarry Taylor, a partner with Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC — one of Alabama’s leading law firms located in scenic Birmingham. And… he’s my...
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Facebook Chat: Social Networking Comes Home
This week, Facebook began slowly rolling out an update to their site that will probably have the most significant impact on the user experience since the introduction of the News Feed. Ladies and...
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iGoogle Goes Social: The Birth of Scaled Automation
The Heat Is On The cold war between Google and Facebook just warmed up a whole lot, and this time it’s Google with its fingers on the dial. Garrett Rogers reports that Google is releasing tools for...
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Do You See What I See?
The Problem Unsurprisingly, the ever-innovative Google is conducting intensive research into improving image search. The web giant’s mission – ”to organize the world’s information and make it...
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Scaled Automation: Google and Facebook Start To Connect Your Dots
A few weeks ago I wrote about Google’s baby step into the social networking game, when it announced it was testing social features in its branded start-page, iGoogle. In an attempt to be a blogger rock...
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Annonymity and Secrets Online: Postsecret on Facebook
I’ve been reading Postsecret regularly for a few years now. I always get excited when a new batch of secrets pops up in my Google Reader window on Sundays. For those who don’t know, Postsecret is a...
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White Spaces and the Road to Ambient Intelligence
A reminder: the views expressed on Tropophilia are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of their employers. Though outdone by a separate (but welcomed) victory on November 4th, Google and...
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Defending Social Media
Reader Jared (not Jarred) left a lengthy comment on my post about what I feel is our growing need and ability to create and share content. In short: our attraction to social media. I want to pull out...
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Passing On Your Cloud Pt. 2
Friend and reader Gagan writes (posting here in an attempt to convince him to guest blog in the future): Heard an interview on NPR this afternoon with the guy who created Legacy Locker. Basically, he...
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Ideas About Ideas
The New York Times recently issued the ninth edition of its annual Ideas feature for its magazine. I’ve read through most of the entries and found several really fascinating; others were also...
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