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This is how Facebook dies…

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…it dies in exactly the same way as every other mainstream social network of the past decade or so. It stops being cool. Jemima Kiss covers the research over on The Guardian: “Facebook is not just on the slide – it is basically dead and buried,” wrote Daniel Miller, lead anthropologist on the research team, who is professor of material culture of University College London. “Mostly they feel embarrassed to even be associated with it. Where once parents worried about their children joining Facebook, the children now say it is their family that insists they stay there to post about their

Don’t tell American Broadcasters about the streaming in Apartment 23

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Another American TV show cancelled (this time it’s the bowdlerises ‘Don’t Trust The B****** In ApArtment 23’), and once more the entire blame is placed on the time-slot given to it by the network. In totally unrelated news, Tristan Louis looks at how many US TV shows from 2012 are available on catch-up through services like Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon online. 22%, 16%, and 6% on the respective services. THe idea of appointment viewing on TV, outside of sports and other live events (such as the Olympics, Eurovision, and a Royal Wedding) is increasingly irrelevant. Marketing, providing legal (and measurable)

Gaming music, and tuning into the social network, Microsoft style

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It’s always a surprise when one thing is held up as a brand new innovation on the web, when a similar implementation is already public – but doesn’t have a nice piece of fruit to help it along. Microsoft have already surprised me with the Zune HD as a portable media player, and the integration with Zune.net continues that path. Rather than record the games you’ve been playing and achievements in Halo and other games (which is the basis of the X-Box Live login), your Zune.net profile looks at the music I’ve been listening to on both the Zune HD

My Cynical Hat Comes Out To Look Back At Mobile World Congress

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Over on All About Symbian, I’ve posted my little Network moment while looking back at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona: I want to let you into a big secret about the recent Mobile World Congress and your smartphone. Nothing has changed since Monday. Nobody waved a big magic wand and suddenly the world is a happier place and all your problems (even just those around smartphones and mobile communications) have been solved. You could easily argue that MWC hasn’t even amounted to a hill of beans. After all, the phones on display are pretty much out of reach