Techmeme (Thursday)

Jerry Cain / Facebook Developer Blog:
New Like Button Features Mean More Opportunities for Liking  —  Since we launched social plugins in April, we've been listening to user feedback and working with developers to optimize the Like button to make it as seamless as possible fo...

Silicon Alley Insider (Thursday)

TweetUp, the Twitter ad network, has changed it's name to PostUp.

Iain Dodsworth, the creator of very popular Twitter client TweetDeck, has started calling his product simply "The Deck."

One more name change and we've got a trend!

Guess that's what happens when the pla...

Engadget (Thursday)
Today's Wall Street Journal has a few key words from Intel CEO Paul Otellini, with a few comparing his company's Google TV approach to the refreshed (and now Intel-free) Apple TV. The biggest revelation is a mention that Google TV will start shipping this month (more specific than Google's own fall...

Valleywag (Thursday)
Google is paying some people around half a million dollars not to go to Facebook, a senior Facebook engineer has confirmed. Googlers, prepare to get spoiled and entitled again, recession be damned. More »

TechCrunch (Thursday)
I’ve spent two days listening to and reading near-constant coverage of the wacko who's planning to burn Korans in Gainsville, Florida, and increasingly the stories have been about whether or not all the press attention has been irresponsible. Whether constantly covering the outrage has made it a g...

Techmeme (Thursday)

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Thou Shalt Not Chatroulette Or Russian Roulette: The Best Of The App Store Rules  —  This morning, Apple finally released a set of guidelines to iOS developers — a move which should go a long way in making the process seem less arbitrary. ...