Adobe Shows Off Mystery Tablet, Web 2.0 Expo. May 5 2010, 10:14am CDT | by Robert Evans Over at the Web 2.0 Expo, Adobe is showcasing their Flash and Air apps on a wide variety of mobile devices. Most of the major smartphone names (Nexus One, Droid, Pre, etc) are being shown off, in addition to a “mystery tablet”. Zedomax presents us with a detailed look at the unknown device. All possible identifying markings on the tablet were obscured by acrylic. This device is a prototype, but obviously one at a later stage of design. Adobe's Flash and Air apps apparently run “flawlessly” on it. Updates Shopping Deals Robert EvansThe excitement about new smartphones, tablets and anything mobile drive Robert to unearth the latest rumors and developments in this fast moving space. Comments. Facebook’s Paul Buchheit justifies increasing openness, less pri. Facebook’s Paul Buchheit, the Gmail creator who coined Google’s “Don’t be evil” slogan and later came to the social network through its FriendFeed acquisition, said he’s found immense value in removing most privacy restrictions to his profile.
His comments come as Facebook has once again overhauled its privacy protections through a new instant personalization program and an ambitious plan to spread its features across the web. These comments are excerpted from an interview on-stage at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco today. He said: Well, I actually changed my privacy settings to be more public. Only my phone number and email are private because I don’t want random people calling me. But I like the ability to share everything. Buchheit also said the big trend to look out for in the coming few years is an explosion of lightweight forms of social interaction: Buchheit said he didn’t have a canned strategy for angel investing. “I don’t have any formula. [Homepage photo: notphilatall] Facebook’s Buchheit: The Future Is Lightweight Conversations. Today at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Paul Buchheit took the stage to talk about his current role at Facebook, as well as his previous roles at FriendFeed and Google (where he coined the phrase “Don’t be evil”).
Buchheit is always a good interview because he isn’t afraid to speak his mind. Today, among his quotable bits included that Facebook is an amazing product because it “has all the users.” “The real power is in the people,” Buchheit stated rather obviously. More interesting were Buchheit’s thoughts on what’s coming next for the web. Making it easier to have lightweight conversations is the future of communications on the web, Buchheit said. This means something coming from the man who created Gmail. He noted that he thinks the company he co-founded (and sold to Facebook), FriendFeed, got this right.
“We’re going to see more of that. Below find my live notes (paraphrased): Sarah Milstein: The big theme is around the power platforms. SM: Can you explain Open Graph? PB: Not sure. Live From Web 2.0: Microsoft Unveils Spindex, ‘Your Social Perso. Today at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco, Microsoft’s Lili Cheng took the stage to give a keynote presentation feature some of Microsoft’s latest social projects. Cheng heads up Microsoft’s Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Labs group, which was formed last fall to study the new social experiences that are emerging on the web. Web 2.0: Apple's Fetish For Silence - Apple Unvarnished - Inform.
Is There Life Without Google? The Web 2.0 Expo floor right now at Moscone West. Decent crow... Speaker Slides & Video: Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2010 - Co-pro. Designing a reputation system is hard. Do it right, and you're likely to draw from disciplines as disparate as computer science, sociology, user experience design and behavioral economics.
Do it wrong, and you could wreak horrible downstream effects on the morale, motivations and mindset of your community. The iPhone has captured the hearts & minds of mobile OS designers. Bess Ho leads you through a fast-paced session designed to review the art & science of the iPhone App and how similar techniques can be used for Android, Palm and other OSes. Learn the underlying foundation of Objective-C & Model-View-Controller (MVC). Kevin Lynch of Adobe Systems Inc. in conversation with Web 2.0 Expo SF program chair, Brady Forrest. Paul Buchheit of Facebook in conversation with Web 2.0 Expo SF program chair, Sarah Milstein. Freemium has become one of the hottest business models among start-ups, and its providers are searching for the best way to measure and optimize business performance.
Sharing is the new lead gen - Talk at Web 2.0 expo. Broadcast Yourself. Web 2.0: Have iPad, Will Travel -- InformationWeek. Traveling with an iPad rather than a laptop has its challenges, but it can be done without giving up too much. Apple envisioned its iPad as a device that defines a new market, something between a laptop computer and a smartphone. Having sold over a million of them in just 28 days, it's clear that the company has tapped into need that other computer makers have been unable to adequately address. But there's considerable overlap between portable computers, the iPad and mobile phones. At the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco on Tuesday, Raven Zachary, president of mobile developer Small Society, explored that territory as he recounted his experience using his iPad as replacement for a laptop. His was a story not just of Apple's touchscreen tablet but of the cloud, for the iPad wouldn't be as compelling were it not backed by cloud services.
"For me, the iPad has been the cause for embracing cloud computing," Zachary told the audience, about a third of whom said they had bought an iPad.