October 29, 2014

Wednesday News: Twitter tinkers with timelines, Adobe clarifies views on Gamergate, book option deals, and does reading affect relationships

JanetPublishing NewsAdobe / algorithm / Facebook / film adaptation / Gamergate / reading / Relationships / timeline / Twitter39 Comments

If you don’t like algorithmic filters, you’re probably not going to like the future of Twitter – So it looks like Twitter is, indeed, starting to model itself a bit more after Facebook, at least with its anticipated move to algorithmically filtered timelines. Ironically, this change seems to privilege intermittent ... more >

September 19, 2014

Friday News: Has Twitpic been rescued?, Facebook’s algorithm change, National Book Award fiction long list, and Austenites get Guinness World Record

JanetPublishing Newsalgorithm / Book Awards / Facebook / Guinness World Record / Jane Austen / Literary fiction / news feeds / Twitpic / Twitter3 Comments

Twitpic Is No Longer Shutting Down – Although there have been no other details forthcoming, I’m hoping that TwitPic’s tweet today means that we won’t lose this vital support service for Twitter: “We’re happy to announce we’ve been acquired and Twitpic will live on! We will post more details as ... more >