MySpace just can’t catch a break. Even after numerous desperate attempts to rebrand themselves, change their overall layout, and new logo, new rumors circulating this morning are painting a rather grim picture. According to AllThingsD, MySpace executives are looking to cut up to 50% of their own staff in the coming weeks. Combine that with further grim news that MySpace owner, News Corp. is looking to wash its hands of this social media disaster as well and the...
Tumblr was already known as a stylish, design-centric micro-blogging service. Over the last few weeks, they’ve also come to be known as rather poor in terms of reliability with the most noteworthy incident last over 24 hours! And now, the simplistic micro-blogging service gets even more simple with the new login page. Looks good to us. Comparison between old and new after the...
Looks like Facebook’s new re-design isn’t as popular or well received as California-based Facebook would hope. In our very unscientific poll, 50% (29) of the 58 respondents voted “No” — that they do not like the Facebook re-design. Meanwhile, 33% (19 votes) of people who voted don’t have any problem it seems. Finally, 17% (10 votes) of respondents said that while they don’t necessarily like the new Facebook now, it could grow on...
Facebook users unhappy with how there are only two options — “Most Popular” and “Most Recent” — from which to sort wall items will be pleased to know that a change is coming. Starting today, Facebook is rolling out several new items to sort your news feed by, including: Most Recent, Games, Status Updates, Photos, Links, and Pages. On top of that, users will now also have the ability to sort by groups. For hardcore Facebook users and...
Late last week, we reviewed a unique newcomer to the iOS Google Talk scene. “Verbs”, as it is called, doesn’t offer all that much in terms of functionality. After all, it is a simple Google Talk app. On top of that, the one staple feature that any time-based communication app should feature as default — Push Notifications — is not currently supported. What Verbs does do well, however, is design. Verbs looks amazing. And tonight, version...
