How many times has it been mentioned and discussed on Twitter / Google+ / Facebook / etc. Interestingly, many of the social services publish as RSS - it's just that today's aggregators aren't the right way to consume.) People are playing with Pinterest and finding friends with Facebook. Navigation. Offline capability. Threading. MORE >>

Or the stream might be something like Twitter / Yammer / Facebook status that I write directly into the stream. RSS is already the standard mechanism for social services to provide a consumable stream of data that other social services to pick up, links included. am the one creating the streams, after all. MORE >>

Facebook has always been a wipeout for me, LinkedIn a utility. The only “social media” I’ve ever deeply cared about are personal blogs – which for most folks younger than 30, are usually understood to be artifacts of a pre-Facebook, pre-Tumblr, pre-Twitter era. Clearly, RSS is no longer a universal standard. MORE >>

However, a handful of early adopter angst doesnt have Facebook worried. Because Facebook has a whole generation of users who grew up using their site for everything social back when it was just a way to network with their high school or college friends. She uses Facebook the way I use Outlook." Facebook as Outlook. MORE >>

Last year, I was telling my clients “We are cautiously optimistic that MySpace ( GigaOM Pro company profile ) will make a comeback because their new CEO is a Facebook co-founder.&# Because Facebook doesn’t allow flexbility and customization, I’m going to miss MySpace. Zoho Adds Facebook Connect Support. Virb ? MORE >>