The Notorious IPO - Like The Future For Social Networking?

To paraphrase whomever The Notorious B.I.G. was paraphrasing in 1997, it would appear that the new financial expectations levied upon social media platforms are about to start making life much more complicated for users, advertisers and entrepreneurial site designers alike. You’re now looking at me almost as if there’s no rationally defensible way that Biggie could have been posthumously addressing the 21^st century plight of social media startups back in 1997, and to that I can only respond with two simple words: holograms, son.

5 for Friday — Links, Stories, & Posts for Your Weekend

1.  The Never-Ending Quest For The Perfect Map – Google Official Blog

Wednesday afternoon, Google unveiled an assortment of new plans for their Maps features. For starters, they’re now extending their ambitious and mildly creepy quest to photograph every last inch of the planet to the level of an Olympic event, sending photographers out into the road-less netherworld with skis, galoshes and hiking boots to ensure the absolute accuracy of their maps. While this development is great for EXTREME map-users, it’s distinctly bad news for an entire sub-genre of B horror movies that hinges on teenagers’ proclivity to getting lost on foggy, foreboding camping trips. The bigger takeaway from this set of updates is the revelation that Maps will soon be available offline for Android, enabling navigation in the absence of an internet service signal. The particulars of the nature and timing of the update process are sure to be fodder for many future SEO meetings.