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Facebook rolled out suggested events way back in 2011, and now it is finally beefing up its event discovery role with a redesign that introduces ‘Events for You’ (as first spotted by TechCrunch). The redesign is still in testing with some users right now — for example, I am still on the old design but my colleague Carlos is already seeing the new one. The new Events page looks a lot more organized and there is now a right-hand-side column listing events that are recommended for you, which you can click into for a more comprehensive list. Facebook notes that…
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Photo enthusiasts who carry an Android handset in their pockets — as opposed to a photo-centric iPhone — can look forward to vast improvements in performance, control and image quality with the upcoming Android L mobile OS. According to a report by Android Police, the Google team has focused on the OS camera and has a vast number of new capabilities planned. While we’ve known for awhile that the new Android camera API would feature updates, details were scarce. With the new L preview now available, more information is coming into view. Among other things, the new camera API includes a burst mode, a native Digital Negative…
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I’m not keen to give the recently launched ReservationHop startup attention it doesn’t deserve, but I hope this is a cautionary tale for the startup community. Here’s how the website works: ReservationHop books in-demand restaurant reservations in San Francisco Users can pay money to claim the bookings ReservationHop provides you “with the name the reservation is under.” Wait, what? So you have to impersonate someone in order to use the service? This is no better than tech-enabled scalping. I’m not completely opposed to paying for restaurant reservations. Tables at the best restaurants are a limited and valuable resource for gluttons like myself. For…
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