Since having my son, I have not been the best blogger in the world, but that doesn’t meant that I’m not thinking about blogging. probably have a year’s worth of posts in my head, but always time with adorable toddler trumps blogging. The fact that it’s a social world and not just one person’s blog. MORE >>

On Friday evening, Facebook quietly announced to application developers that third-party apps will be able to access the addresses and mobile phone numbers of its users. This change is consistent with Facebook’s policy of encouraging openness. Do you include your personal contact information on your Facebook page? MORE >>

A friend is setting up a new personal blog (yes, people still do that), and he asked me a few questions about the style and layout. But this got me thinking why it is that blogs are still valuable - at least for me. I cannot do this with Twitter or Facebook or GooglePlus. blogs self blogging facebook googleplus twitter MORE >>

The post Facebook Is Now Making Its Own Weather appeared first on John Battelle's Search Blog. Edgerank determines the posts you see in your Facebook newsfeed, and many sites noticed that sometime early this Fall, their traffic from Facebook shrank dramatically. million of his Facebook fans. MORE >>

Last year, I looked into the way companies are using Enhanced Facebook Pages as a way to beef up the branding and interactivity available with Facebook’s default Page settings. On my company blog, I explored the enhanced Pages of big companies such as Starbucks and The Gap. Networked Blogs. Tumblr. Posterous. MORE >>