Posts Tagged ‘Hashtags’

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Facebook Enables IPv6 For Developers May 18 (AllFacebook)
Developers will be able to begin tinkering with the IPv6 version of Facebook on May 18, to prepare for the Internet’s global upgrade to the broader set of addresses on June 6. Facebook Developer Blog Based on the results of last year’s IPv6 test, we are confident that enabling IPv6 on our platform will be a success. ZDNet For the uninitiated, IPv6 is a version of the Internet Protocol slated to succeed IPv4, which currently directs most Internet traffic, but is running out of addresses. IPv4 allows 2^32 addresses (about 4.3 billion) while IPv6 allows up to 2^128 addresses, and includes several other improvements. WebProNews Facebook will enable IPv6 access on beta.facebook.com. Read more

Google continues to introduce more and more upgrades to Google Plus search functions.

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Twitter hashtags serve many purposes, and now, thanks to Virgin America, flying passengers between destinations has been added to the list.

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For years now, oblivious or simply stubborn politicians have felt the remorseless wrath of YouTube, with video evidence of every public word ever spoken available to point out anything the least bit hypothetical. Late night satirists have used this to consistently point out lies and double-speak, which is sometimes amusing and often disheartening. Few politicians seem to know what to do with YouTube, and how to use it advantageously (Anthony Weiner is a notable exception), but while they deal with that, one of the sharpest of satirists has taken to another social medium to call out the inane.

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