Facebook now has more than 200m users making it the 5th biggest nation in the world - if it were a nation. But the fact that it is not a nation shouldn’t mean that Mark zuckerberg shouldn’t be seen as a leader. Afterall, his site houses the messages, photos, events, friendships, relationships and habits of its inhabitants; and Zuckerberg controls how we interact with them. Zuckerberg has never been one to shy away from making contraflow decisions and sticking to them. However Facebook inhabitants are revolting. Is Zuck changing his leadership style?

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Spotify is about to release an API. That means Spotify is about to explode through the web, gaming, and PCs. But is it more than just “a magical version of iTunes in which you’ve already bought every song in the world“? And if so, is it brand friendly?

Yes. And yes.

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Earlier today I attended a WIRED seminar moderated by David Rowan, Editor of Wired UK, with Chris Anderson (Editor in Chief of Wired and author of The Long Tail). The seminar’s title was pretty promising. Anderson covers an astonishing array of new technologies and idea in each issue of Wired. But which out of them does he feel merits the title of the Next Big Disruptive Idea?

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Last week News Biscuit wrote a spoof article about a man who almost killed himself because of his Twitter addiction. Despite the spoof, at its core lies the incontrovertible addictive nature of Twitter.

Last year countless businesses banned Facebook access due to interminable employee distraction. Why are social networks so addictive? And why aren’t brands benefiting?

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We hosted the most recent mashup* Event a short while ago where we discussed the joys of the new open source mobile platforms - Apple’s iPhone, Google’s Android, and Symbian (pushed by Nokia). 100 industry developers, investors, entrepeneurs and ad men attended and contributed to the event but there was one recurring theme - privacy and security. Is this really the most important part in mobile development? Or should we be paying attention?

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Are there any big brands in The Guardian’s Top 100 sites this year? Yes - 1. That’s all. Oh dear.

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I just read that the famous iPint iPhone app by Beattie McGuinness Bungay is now facing a lawsuit from the iBeer developers.

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Blake Chandlee, Commercial Director for Facebook Europe, and their first employee outside the US, spoke to us about Facebook and its vision for the future of the internet. read full post »

Google are due to launch their very own web browser today. Yes, you heard right, a Google Web browser. read full post »