The Social Network - The Movie

I meant to blog about this a while ago when I first saw the trailer but time is a funny thing and just because something is on my brain doesn't mean that I have time to talk about it.

Mark your calendars for Oct. 1st. The movie "The Social Network" comes out that day http://thesocialnetwork-movie.com/ . This movie is about the founding of Facebook and the struggle with other budding social media platforms. I am expecting it to be much like "Pirates of Silicon Valley," another awesome movie, IMO. Now wait, my mind is thinking of the comparision of Anthony Michael Hall to Justin Timberlake. I can buy AMH as a geek, but Justin? I'm not sure but if he can pull it off that is just fine with me! Maybe his next song will be "I'm Bringing Geeky Back."

Yahoooooooo!! hmm we'll see

Yahoo Inc., struggling to win back Internet users who have been drawn to popular sites such as Facebook says that it plans to give many of its products a makeover this fall. At a special event held today at the company’s Sunnyvale, Calif., headquarters, Yahoo’s Blake Irving, who joined the company as chief product officer in April, said Yahoo is going to “feel a little bit different.”

Among its plans: Yahoo will let users send messages and post updates to Twitter from its site. It is also planning to make its e-mail service twice as fast and plans to stock its search pages with more visual content to engage users. It’s also working on a revamped advertising platform.
Irving said new features, updates and products will come out faster than in the past because Yahoo is going to focus on innovation. He pledged that Yahoo will get its “cool” back.

My take on this..... Wow Yahoo you came to the prom at 11:45!!!! The good news for them is that they still have some loyal users and they will still be a contender in the search engine market share. I doubt they will be able to conquer social media though so they might want to go back to the drawing board and try to find a different way to keep their market share.