Barclaycard Ring | Crowdsourced Community Powered Credit Card with Giveback, a Low Rate, and No Annual or Balance Transfer Fee. What Facebook Knows that Google+ Doesn't - Joshua Gans. Back in July, I suggested that Google+ lacked the features that would allow it to displace Facebook. While Google+ was technologically wonderful, I argued, it did not solve a problem for consumers and therefore would not attract users. Despite the reported 50 million people who have signed up for the service, it’s not clear how many are regularly using it. And, of course, it is use that matters. While it is still too early to tell if Google+ has completely lost the opportunity to build a virtuous cycle of adoption and greater use, we can assess the one feature of Google+ that distinguished it from Facebook: “circles.”
That feature, and Facebook’s response to it, helps us understand how Facebook “gets social” and the broader implications for both businesses. When you first sign up to Google+ it asks you to spend time sorting people you know into circles. Welcome to Facebook - Log In, Sign Up or Learn More. Twitter. Contaxio | Relationship Management | Contact Management. World's Largest Professional Network. Arm Race: Your Wristwatch Is Your Next Web Portal. Investors, and a number of industry heavies, have just acquired the smartwatch business of Meta Watch, as well as all its IP. The players include Juho Pinomaa, the former president of Sunnto (which makes dive computers, smart sports, and GPS watches), formerly of Nokia, and Bill Geiser and David Rosales, who used to lead the connected watch division of Fossil.
The developer-centric Meta Watch is already due on sale this month, but these moves show that there's serious interest in the future of the digital watch--and Meta is only one of the players. Lest you doubt the seriousness of these moves, consider that one of the players involved is Apple. Chances are, you don't wear a watch and haven't for quite some time. Meanwhile, your smartphone is shoved into a pocket, briefcase, or purse right now, and all your SMS's, phone calls, Twitter updates, and Facebook statuses are reeling on in the fabric-lined darkness. And Meta Watch isn't alone. And that's why you'll buy another wristwatch. Broadcast Yourself. Discovering paths and building open spaces on innovation. The Power of Noticing.
This weekend I re watched one of my favorite movies, Shall We Dance. And as cute as Richard Gere was in the movie (and boy was he!) , my attention centered on a moment in where his onscreen wife, Susan Sarandon whispered these words in his ear: “We need a witness to our lives. There’s a billion people on the planet… I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you’re promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things… all of it, all of the time, every day. Although the quote is referring to marriage, I think the need of a human being to be noticed, to be witnessed, to matter, is behind much of the popularity in all social media, and is captured – or projected – most acutely in Twitter.
As a writer, educator, and lover of learning and life, I have made noticing a discipline practice. I encourage others to do the same. Watch the learning come to life! Sign In. Delicious. Blogger: Create your free Blog. Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing. StumbleUpon.com: Discover the Best of the Web.