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10 August 2009 6 Comments

FriendFeed is now In a Relationship with Facebook

In a move that surprised many in the tech world, Facebook and FriendFeed today announced that FriendFeed has been acquired by Facebook. This announcement came as a surprise to those who see FriendFeed as an annoying, yet open approach to the web whereas Facebook has a history of being a walled garden, often only opening up their data streams in limited or crippled fashions.

More surprisingly, the acquisition was something like Sixth Sense where you watched the movie trying to figure out what the ending would be just to be totally blindsided as the credits rolled. Yeah, it was that sort of satisfactory “ah, you got me” moment. More after the jump.

15 February 2007 19 Comments

Exclusive Podcast: Performancing Sold to Splashpress Media

David Krug on the Sale of Performancing to Splashpress Media.

Aaron can’t pronounce Dave’s last name.
David will be running the site and Splashpress Media will be operating it.
The status of Nick Wilson and Patrick Gavin – they will continue to develop the Scribefire plugin (formerly Performancing for Firefox).
The goals and intents of Performancing going forward revolving [...]