Hey Businesses, You’re Using Facebook Wrong
Robert Scoble just finished a great blog post on why he thinks Twitter is worth much more than people give it credit for. He cites its ease of use for businesses and open nature as an easy way for businesses to target customers. He and I had a conversation about this on FriendFeed, and while […]
Read more...When Did Facebook Remove RSS for Friends’ Status Updates?
Yesterday it was mentioned in an interview with Facebook iPhone developer, Joe Hewitt, on Dave Winer and Marshall Kirkpatrick’s podcast, “Bad Hair Day”, that Facebook did not have the ability to retrieve your friends’ status updates via RSS. I was taken by this, as this was something I wrote about back in January, and it […]
Read more...Facebook Takes a Page Out of iTunes With "Credits Enabled" App Directory
What has been speculated for awhile now seems to be out in the open. Facebook is rolling out what appears to be an iTunes-esque version of the Facebook Application directory, in which users can easily find and purchase from “credits-enabled” applications. The feature was recently enabled on my Facebook profile, and after clicking an option […]
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USAA Shows How Americans Make Software With New iPhone App
I’ve been a proud member of USAA since I was old enough to drive. The organization, originally a car insurance company for members of the military, veterans, and their families, has always offered some of the best customer service on the planet, and unbeatable prices. My automobile insurance has always been through them. I’ve had […]
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Comcast – Definitely a Different Company Than They Used to Be
I’ve been a Comcast customer most of my adult life. I have to admit unfortunately that most of that was not by choice. I remember the days of going day after day of support calls trying to just get internet access, or to get the right speeds, or one time they claimed I had a […]
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Don’t "Feed" the Regator App – it Finds News for You
Recently at a speaking engagement I took part in I was asked by one of the audience members, “How do I find good blogs to follow if I don’t want to worry about an RSS reader?” It was a valid question, as someone like my Mom, who is very careful adopting new technology, may not […]
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Never Lose Your Remote Again With i.TV’s Remote Control Framework
When the iPhone was first released, one of the strongest draws that convinced me towards purchasing an iPhone was a cool little app that enabled me to control iTunes, straight from my iPhone. The “Remote” app, provided by Apple, essentially took one more remote out of my hands and all my music, whether on the […]
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Best Buy Fails to See Amazon as Competition
This last week, along with traveling back to Salt Lake City from Boston, I was also able to celebrate my birthday for the 32nd time. I decided, in celebration, I was finally going to bite the bullet and go out and purchase a Blue Ray DVD Player. So I did my shopping, and found the […]
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Will I Jump? Louis Gray and I Talk the Facebook/FriendFeed Acquisition
[audio:http://cinch.blogtalkradio.com/jessestay/300064.mp3] As I was walking over Horseshoe falls at Niagara Falls today, Louis Gray and I chatted a bit over BlogTalkRadio’s Cinch service. In our discussion we talked about the Facebook acquisition of FriendFeed, and I think we both came into agreement that jumping now, while a understandable response, perhaps isn’t the best decision. I […]
Read more...Facebook Prepares to Compete With Gmail: Launches Messaging API
Facebook is moving too fast this week for me to keep up. On the heels of the Acquisition of Gmail-creator-founded FriendFeed, along with the launch of their new search interface, Facebook just took it one step further today. In an announcement on their blog along with associated documentation on their developers wiki, Facebook released a […]
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