Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Remains of the Day: You Can No Longer Vote on Facebook Site Governance

Remains of the Day: You Can No Longer Vote on Facebook Site GovernanceFacebook's site governance vote comes to a close, Netflix starts ranking American ISPs, Google News gets optimized for tablets, and SkyDrive comes to Xbox 360.

  • Our Site Governance Vote Facebook's recent site governance vote has now come to a close. Due to the slim turnout?only 1% of users actually voted out of the 30% needed to overturn the policy change?Facebook users will no longer be able to vote on changes to site governance policies. Facebook has, however, agreed to explore alternative site governance proposals in response to users' concerns. [Facebook]
  • November ISP Rankings for the USA Today Netflix began ranking American ISPs based on their performance across all Netflix streams. The first of their monthly rankings places Google Fiber as the most consistently fast ISP in the country, followed by Verizon FiOS and Comcast. For mobile users, Netflix found that Verizon saw performance 40% higher than AT&T. [Netflix Blog]
  • A Better Google News Experience on Tablets Google News has been revamped to perform better on tablets. The site now supports gesture controls like swiping between sections and a clearer layout. No app is required, just visit Google News on a tablet to see the changes. [Google News Blog]
  • SkyDrive Comes to Xbox 360: Your Photos and Videos on the TV You can now download SkyDrive to your Xbox 360 for viewing your cloud-based photos and videos on your TV. Also included in the app is Snap and See for Windows Phone users which displays photos almost as soon as you take them, and a slide show feature. It's just one of the many new apps coming to Xbox 360 today and in the next few months. [Windows Blog]

Photo by photastic (Shutterstock), a2bb5s (Shutterstock), and Feng Yu (Shutterstock).

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