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- It’s not just you: Facebook showing empty Newsfeeds worldwide with ‘No content in this feed’ error
- Amazon-owned ComiXology ditches in-app purchases on iOS and removes Google Play payments on Android
- Microsoft finds buried Atari games in landfill
- Speak up: How to find your social media voice
| It’s not just you: Facebook showing empty Newsfeeds worldwide with ‘No content in this feed’ error Posted: 27 Apr 2014 02:21 AM PDT  Facebook is having a major outage at the moment, with users all over the world reporting that while they're able to access the site, it's not actually showing any content in their newsfeed. The issue, which started happening over an hour ago for us, loads the site but shows placeholder images where your friends' statuses should be. Many users on mobile devices are reporting 'No content in this feed' messages, although some older, cached content is still showing in some cases. Image via Twitter It's not yet known if Facebook's having technical difficulty, but it certainly seems that way. We've contacted Facebook and will... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Amazon-owned ComiXology ditches in-app purchases on iOS and removes Google Play payments on Android Posted: 26 Apr 2014 01:17 PM PDT Two short weeks after being acquired by Amazon, ComiXology has announced that it'll be retiring its app, instead releasing a new, read-only version that forces customers to buy comic books through a website instead. On iOS, purchases are now gone, and the app asks you to visit the company website to purchase comics, but on Android, the company has simply removed Google Play payments and has added Paypal/Credit Card purchasing instead. The move is similar to how Amazon handles purchasing in its Kindle app — presumably to avoid both Apple and Google's fees on purchases — but is likely to... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Microsoft finds buried Atari games in landfill Posted: 26 Apr 2014 12:26 PM PDT  A peculiar operation is underway in Alamogodoro, New Mexico: Microsoft has been digging up a landfill to find copies of Atari's failed 1982 video game, E.T. to see if the rumored dumping of games there in 1983 really occurred. Picture via Brian Kieffer The company has finally struck gold and has actually found them too, presumably after weeks of hunting for them. The public were invited to the dig today and shared pictures of the finds, packaging and all, on Twitter, finally confirming the myth. Picture via Chris Kohler Picture via Taylor Hatmaker The dig is part of a documentary funded by Microsoft and looks... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Speak up: How to find your social media voice Posted: 26 Apr 2014 05:00 AM PDT  This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. Among the many ways to stand out on social media—killer content, amazing visuals, specific formatting, and more—one that often gets overlooked is voice. We don't want brands talking at us as if we are dollar signs. We want authentic communication. Finding a voice for your social media marketingcan be difficult because the concept is somewhat unlike other optimization strategies online. Voice is not a statistic you can track or a design element you can tweak. Voice goes deeper than that. Instead of tracking and analyzing, you can plan and practice. Here's what I've found works best in terms of getting... This story continues at The Next Web This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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