The big news today is that Google+ users only spend an average of three minutes a month on the site – a pretty shabby showing compared to Facebook or Pinterest, and one of the lowest time-scores of any social network. Compare Google’s 3 minutes to Facebook’s 405 minutes, or Pinterest and Tumbler’s nearly 100 minutes […]
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This is via the AMC Theatres Pinterest pinboard: Pinterest is really quite clever, by the way, though I’ve only just begun exploring it (if you’ve begun wandering about the site yourself you can follow me here though I have yet to post anything myself.) Will there be room for another social network like Pinterest? Given […]
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The upcoming Spider-Man reboot looks promising. Will it stay true to its comic-book origins? I admit, I really wanted to hate the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. But Alex Knapp is working hard to change my mind. Like Alex, I couldn’t help but think it was all too soon. Didn’t we just have a three-part high-budget Spider-Man […]
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I’m no longer eligible to make it into the Forbes 30 Under 30 project, which launched today, having just turned 30 this year. Mathew Herper reports that if you’re going to become famous you’re statistically likely to do it by the time you reach 30. I suppose what little scraps of fame I’ve gathered all […]
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Okay, so it’s not exactly Occupy Wall Street, and the cause isn’t quite so dire as the recklessness of investment bankers gone wild or the government bailouts, but Google Reader is being cut off at the knees, and a number of its die-hard fans (including a few I know from Google Reader) have taken to […]
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News that Google is killing off Google Reader’s social features and integrating the RSS service into the Google Plus platform has been met with a mixture of excitement, apathy, and dread. Many users of Google Reader, such as myself, realize the importance of including Reader functionality within Google Plus. Many of us also think an […]
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I wrote a pretty sober piece about the death or near-death of Google Reader yesterday, but after reading Sarah Perez and Austin Frakt and after thinking about just how much I use Google Reader every day, I’m beginning to revise my initial forecast. Stay calm is quickly shifting toward full-bore Panic Mode. First of all, […]
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When Google Plus was first released I was impressed. I received an invitation the day of the launch, signed up, and thought the whole experience – especially in its Beta form – was really streamlined and intuitive. I liked the Circles concept. Even better, all the photos and videos I take from my Android-equipped HTC […]
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