Microsoft and Facebook, Myspace Shows Muscle, Wordpress 2.3

September 27, 2007 | News

This week, the LinkedIn.com service has said they plan to add the ability to add photos to your profile. LinkedIn is the business-oriented social networking site. It’s a cool site, but quite frankly it moves at a turtle’s compared to other networks. Besides, the other networks had photo capability a long time ago. But, hey, it’s news.

Yahoo has bought Zimbra for $350 million. Zimbra is an open source alternative to Microsoft Exchange, but through the web. It is, in other words, a fancy web-based email service. I’m left wondering why Yahoo wanted these guys, but we shall see. Maybe they are looking to outdo Google with a real piece of software that is more robust than Google Apps.

Mashable is reporting that Mark Zuckerburg, the 23-year-old CEO of Facebook, was spotted in Seattle. FORTUNE is reporting that he is there to meet with Microsoft. Microsoft apparently plans to buy a stock stake in Facebook. I can see why Microsoft would be interested, but I fail to see what Facebook has to gain out of that deal other some money.

Oh, and with Facebook being all the rage among some, Myspace strikes back. “Everyone believes all the b.s. press that says MySpace is done for and Facebook has passed us,” moans Tom Anderson, CEO of Myspace. And he has a point. Myspace is still the most popular site in the U.S. A LOT of people still frequent that crappy-ass site. So, he is right, Facebook has not surpassed Myspace. And I don’t know if it will. But, it should. Facebook is better than Myspace in about every way.

Smashing Magazine has posted a great list of 10 Usability Nightmares You Should Be Aware Of. All site owners are guilty of some stupid stuff with their sites. Read the article to see what to avoid.

Lastly, Wordpress 2.3 has been released. In the release, it reads:
“I’m thrilled to announce that Version 2.3 “Dexter” of WordPress is now ready for the world. This release includes native tagging support, plugin update notification, URL handling improvements, and much more. This release is named for the great tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon.”
I have not yet upgraded anything. I will need to do so with a testbed because I am concerned they might have broken some of the plug-ins.

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