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Facebook announces more changes today.

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Home Inspector with National Home Office

There's more, changes that is. I guess I'll keep blogging about it. : ) Not everyone was able to stream the live conference today so I thought it would be helpful if I provided a summary. I Hope you find it helpful, feel free to ask me any questions you have.

Below are my takeaways from the F8 conference today. Here are some of my tweets that I posted during the live streaming of the event. I’ll provide a brief summary below each tweet.

 Excited about #timeline, since I moved 3,000mi away, no one in #Seattle knows my history. Will b great to share that w my new friends digitally. #f8
 “Timeline” is what Mark Zuckerberg is now calling personal profiles. It will become a story of your life, beginning to end and everything that happens in between. Including not only pictures and video, but TONS of new apps. Most importantly lifestyle apps which I’ll discuss below.

 I saw many tweets from my followers saying that they don’t want to share their life story on Facebook. Well that’s fine because you can control who sees what, but for those of us who want to tell our story the new profile design is going to allow us to do so easily. Starting with one large image at the top of your profile.

Is #timeline going to be available for Business Pages? It would be awesome to show a company’s history and growth! #f8
Since marketing is most successful when you tell a story, I immediately thought how this could be huge for advertising your brand on Facebook. You would be able to show your company’s growth over the years and everything you are involved in. I am excited to see if this launch will also take place.

Love that they already factored in the mobile version for #timeline on Facebook! #f8
Only one minute after Zuckerberg announced timeline he showed what it will look like on your mobile device. I love that they have already considered this aspect. The number of mobile users is growing at a very rapid rate everyday, which alludes to my tweet below.

Again they’ve already factored in a mobile version for #timeline. Think you should make sure your website works on a mobile device? #f8
Mobile is here to stay. Get a mobile friendly version of your website!

Spotify integration. For those of you who are not familiar with Spotify, it is a music streaming service that was just recently released in the United States. The reason I like Spotify is that you can demo whole albums and listen to the whole song, unlike in iTunes where you can only listen to 30 seconds. Now in Facebook you will see what your friends are listening to and if you like the song you just run your cursor over that story in your ticker (the new left hand sidebar with most recent actions) and you can listen to the song at the same time. 

Will we need cable TV if Netflix streaming will be in Facebook? #f8
Netflix streaming. Now you will be able to stream Netflix through Facebook. Well hopefully, we are the only country out of 45 that are not allowing it at the moment but there is currently a bill in Congress to allow this to happen. Let’s cross our fingers.

Social Gaming. I’m an amateur when it comes to social gaming. I have not experience much in the space or am I very familiar with its capabilities. I do know it is what I read a lot about in the social space and how it is going to be the next big thing, and I definitely see that.  I guess we’ll have to wait and see. 

Lifestyle apps: Nike+ running app was one app that Zuckerberg demoed. It uses GPS to track your progress & location while you’re running. My first thought was that it could be good if you run alone, although it could be bad for that same exact reason but since you can add your friends you are running with maybe that gives you the safety back. This app will track your progress all year long and will provide you with a summary of your accomplishment whenever you would like.

Foodspotting app: This app is aimed to show you what you have eaten over the year; you can also include a photo. My first thought was who cares, or why do I want to track what I eat. Then I took a more strategic approach and thought well if I was traveling or on vacation and I had an amazing meal it would be great to track that so the next time I visited that location I could remember that amazing restaurant and what I had that night. Also it could be aimed at those trying to lose weight; it will definitely make your more accountable.

One thing Zuckerberg didn’t mention was the new FB video chat. I love this new integration with Skype and I was really hoping they would address some new changes or a new reason why you should be using it.  There really needs to be a mobile version for this feature but I guess we’ll have to wait for that.

All of these exciting changes are said to be launching in the next couple of weeks but Music & Movies is launching today.

We will ever log-off of Facebook with all of these new tools? Will we even need to visit the world-wide web ever again?

 

 

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Comments (2)

Teral McDowell
Referral Patners LLC - Murphy, TX

Thanks, Jennifer, for the updates. I missed the conference. Things are changing...

Sep 22, 2011 12:29 PM
Win Home Inspection
National Home Office - Madison, AL

Teral they certainly are. I hope they change for the Business Pages too, would be a huge opportunity for Brands on Facebook!

Sep 23, 2011 06:23 AM