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Today in Tech: Facebook turns profiles into 'Timelines'
September 23, 2011: 3:30 AM ETFortune's curated selection of newsworthy tech stories from the last 24 hours. Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to you every day.
Facebook's new "Timelines"-focused profile rolls out September 29.
* Facebook unveiled a flurry of new features at yesterday's f8 conference in San Francisco, including "Timelines," a radical re-imagining of the user profile that organizes your activity into a timeline-like format. The new profile (see above) starts rolling out September 29, but if you just can't wait, here's a slightly complicated way to enable it now. Also: colleague Jessi Hempel sums up yesterday's proceedings quite nicely. (Facebook and TechCrunch)
* HP (HPQ) put this week's rampant speculation to rest by officially ousting Leo Apotheker and naming board member Meg Whitman CEO. (All Things D)
* Spotify's Daniel Ek says the popular music streaming service will no longer be invite-only in the U.S. and be free to use for the first six months. (After that, users must pony up.) (TechCrunch)
* Blockbuster, acquired by DISH (DISH) Network last April, is expected to unveil a streaming service this Friday. (CNNMoney)
* Much-hyped photo-sharing startup Color introduced a revamped version of the mobile app during f8. (The New York Times)
* Why super angel investor Ron Conway believes New York has a tech ecosystem just as good as Silicon Valley's. (Business Insider)
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Can Facebook become the Web?
What began a few years back as a fringe festival for hackers — Facebook's f8 -- has turned into the de facto ground zero for anyone interested in helping build the infrastructure of tomorrow's internet.
By Jessi Hempel, senior writer
FORTUNE -- Mark Zuckerberg took the stage today at f8, Facebook's sort-of-annual developers' conference, to the screaming affirmation of thousands of laptop-toting fanboys (and also a few women) and a live-streaming audience MORE
Jessi Hempel, writer - Sep 22, 2011 3:44 PM ET -
Today in Tech: HP to lay off 500+ employees
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* Sources tell All Things D that HP (HPQ) is laying off as many as 525 employees whose work related to (now-defunct) webOS hardware. Indeed, in a statement, HP confirmed layoffs start this week but declined to specify the number. (All Things D)
* As reported yesterday, Google Wallet is now live, MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Sep 20, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Chris Ziegler, F8, Facebook, Google Checkout, google wallet, HP, Netflix, Reed Hastings, StyleCaster, WebOS -
Zynga CEO: Facebook takes on Google
In this episode of Techmate, Michael Copeland talks to Zynga CEO Mark Pincus about Facebook's new features, what they mean for his social-gaming company, and how Mark Zuckerberg is taking on Google (GOOG).
Mason Cohn, Producer - Apr 22, 2010 6:09 PM ETPosted in: F8, Facebook, Farmville, Mafia Wars, Mark Pincus, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Copeland, social games, social gaming, Zynga -
Facebook Docs is no Google Docs
Although the name implies that Facebook Docs is something similar to Google Docs, it really is nothing of the sort, at least yet.
At the f8 conference yesterday, Facebook took the wraps off of a way to share documents, spreadsheets and presentation files online with your friends. The service is called Docs.com and powered by Microsoft's Fuse Labs and is currently in Beta. The permissions for the Docs are granted MORE
Seth Weintraub - Apr 22, 2010 2:26 PM ET -
Facebook: The social Google?
In this episode of Techmate, Jon and Michael breakdown Facebook's F8 conference, and the company's strategy to become the Google (GOOG) of the social-Web.
Mason Cohn, Producer - Apr 21, 2010 9:08 PM ETPosted in: F8, Facebook, Facebook Connect, Facebook vs. Google, GOOG, Google, Jon Fortt, Mark Zuckerberg, Michael Copeland
