Monday, August 26, 2013

Facebook kills 100 startups with new collaborative photo album feature

So, you started an app for collaborative photo albums. You tried to
tell us it was different because it was private, or centered around
events or locations, or automatically identified friends' faces.

Again and again, we warned y'all that Facebook, owner of all photos of
people on the Internet and the most popular mobile photo app, was
going to crush you eventually.

http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/26/facebook-kills-100-startups-with-new-collaborative-photo-album-feature/#x7tXqoAT4OVAXieh.99

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Yet another Facebook page for poor parkers in Yorkshire town, England

BAD drivers in a Yorkshire town are being shamed online for their poor parking, in what is rapidly becoming an internet sensation. 

The Facebook group aimed at highlighting examples of selfish parking in Doncaster has proved a smash hit, with more than 4,500 people signing up to post pictures and comments. 

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/general-news/online-sensation-as-facebook-shames-doncaster-s-worst-drivers-1-5869261

Facebook post lands Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee -- No-Bail Jail in Kuala Lumpur

Lawyers for Liberty are shocked and appalled by the heavy handed criminal prosecution of Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court yesterday that was further compounded when they were denied bail by judge Murtazadi Amran.