New Facebook Profile Design
Facebook rolls out a new design for user profiles and lets people—GASP!—opt in instead of opting out. Featured friends, improved photos, and revamped personal information top the list of what’s new.
SOURCE: Facebook Blog | MORE: Techland
AOL/Yahoo! Merger?
If the rumors are true, AOL “is actively exploring a breakup involving a complicated series of transactions that may lead to a merger with Yahoo Inc,” according to Reuters. AOL’s made a big push into content over the past few years, so it’s not totally out of the realm of possibility. It’s still a rumor, though.
SOURCE: Reuters | MORE: Techland
Google Announcement Tomorrow
Google is expected to either launch the Chrome Web Store tomorrow, show off Chrome OS netbooks, or both. My vote’s on a web store announcement as more probable than netbooks, but we’ll know more tomorrow.
SOURCE: Engadget | MORE: Techland
Groupon/Google Deal is Off
After the rumored $6 billion that Google was prepared to pay for Groupon, it looks like the local deals site “is betting it can keep increasing its valuation.”
SOURCE: Bloomberg | MORE: Techland
Free iPad? Get Thee to Bloomingdale’s
Just buy $1,500 worth of Y.E.S. women’s clothing and you’ll get a free iPad. If you see me wearing women’s clothes and carrying around an iPad, you’ll know why. If I have no iPad, though, something’s definitely up.
SOURCE: Fortune