HipHop PHP: Free/Open Source Facebook PHP Compiler Speeds Up Page Loading
HipHop PHP is out and ready. Facebook, the world’s largest social networking company has released its own open-source compiler for PHP named HipHop. Kanye West and Eminem should be happy with Facebook’s choice of name. HipHop is randy and PHP programmers could use some bling to their arsenal of tools. This free PHP compiler will undergo continuous development with the help of programmers worldwide. We’ve been looking for the download page of the free HipHop PHP compiler but we can’t find any so sorry for that. As an alternative, we’ve provided a link to the Google Groups page at the bottom of this article that will take you to the Dev page of the free software.
Free Facebook HipHop PHP Compiler Now Available
Digital Sky Technologies Seeks to Invest $1 Billion on Social Media Companies
Digital Sky Technologies lead by Yuri Milner is aggressively looking for new investment opportunities on the emerging social media business. During the early parts of 2009, Milner didn’t wait for Facebook to call him up but rather, he flew straight to California and met with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. Milner paid $200 million dollars for almost 2% stake on Facebook. It has been the trademark of Digital Sky Techbnologies, they search out investment targets that are on the verge of success and are ripe for initial public offering of its shares. Milner bought another $100 million worth of Facebook stocks from other investors in August of 2009.
Business Partners of Digital Sky Technologies (DST)
Twitter Debuts Location Sharing Feature Like Using a GPS Device
Twitter unveiled recently its latest innovation, the Tweet With Your Location feature. This option is disabled by default because Twitter wants its customers to have the control over this location-sharing facet. A user needs to opt-in to enable sharing your location with his tweets by going to his account settings and checking the option. Once you enabled it, Twitter applications will start tagging all your posts with your current location. Please take note that the location information you share will be an exact GPS location (latitude and longitude), which is sent from your browser or internet-enabled device. Twitter will show location information once you enabled this feature and allowed your browser or device to transmit your coordinates.
Location Sharing in Twitter and Among Users
Gmail Users Sue Google for Google Buzz Launch
Google was already licking its wounds from the virulent reaction by Gmail users to the introduction of Google Buzz – the social networking app in Gmail. The backlash from millions of angry people came from Buzz’s auto-follow feature where in Gmail account owners who activated Buzz raised privacy issues. Gmail users were initially griping that Google’s attempt of turning Gmail into a social networking platform wasn’t what they signed up for. They just wanted a free and reliable webmail service. How ironic that Google’s noble attempt to break Facebook’s almost-monopoly hold on social networking has landed in court.
Google Buzz Can Now Be Turned OFF (Screenshot Shows)
Google Buzz: Gmail’s Social Networking App Ala Facebook
Since Facebook recently announced that they are developing their own email system, Google retaliated with the release of its own social networking application, Google Buzz. This open-source social networking was released a few days ago and is tightly integrated with Gmail. I already have it on my Google Gmail account and I am excited to have tested this new app this week. My conclusion: the Google Buzz App is an exciting new feature in Gmail. Game Apps could be on their way to your Google Mail accounts after this development (suspicion).
Google Buzz Now in Gmail Account Login Page
MySpace Profile 2.0 Alpha Launched in Canada; US, Europe Availability Soon
Today in 2008, MySpace officially launched the Alpha version of MySpace Profile 2.0. This is timely as follow-up on our post yesterday on MySpace Music – something we recommend you explore when logging in to MySpace (if you have an account already). We love how Tom Anderson (President of MySpace) puts the intro to Profile 2.0 Alpha in his blog/press release.
MySpace Profile 2.0 Alpha Stage of Development Released in Canada
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Top 10 Most Popular Songs in MySpace Music: Lady Gaga Tops Charts
If you love listening to music in MySpace either using the banned Project Playlist before, MySpace Karaoke and other music apps, then you might be interested to know that Lady Gaga topped the charts in the Top 10 Most Popular Songs in MySpace Music (which we believe is what replaced Project Playlist. However, that’s not the point of discussion here.
Screenshot of MySpace Music
Is Facebook Down? What is Wrong With Facebook?
Is Facebook down? Right now, Facebook is already up and running smoothly but this morning it was down and users from all over the world are wondering what’s wrong with Facebook and other social networks? Are they breaking down due to technical problems or maybe spamming? Yes, Twitter is Down even as of this writing. See the proof in the previous post and compare it with problems encountered by users and present status of Facebook. Some account holders in Facebook even started telling stories about bugs they’ve discovered. Some users also discovered that some functions are not working in Facebook while they are browsing other people’s profile or just exploring the network. Read more
Current Twitter Status: Twitter is Down!
Is Twitter Down? We think that Twitter is down and that’s really sad. We have been using Twitter for a while now and it’s the first time it’s down. As far as we know, the present Twitter website status is down. No wonder the Twitter blog and login page cannot be accessed. For one we are wondering who’s spamming us on Twitter today. lol!
Myspace Mobile Gives Users Additional Venue to Connect With Friends
Mobile apps are becoming more and more popular these days. Myspace Mobile is one app that lets users connect with their friends using these mobile phones – T-Mobile G1 Android smartphone, iPhone and Blackberry – some of the most popular mobile devices in the market. Myspace is really taking social networking to another level with this new strategy. Read more