The cat is out of the bag that Facebook is going to launch something big at its developer conference f8 this week. We've heard about the social music services that could be debuting in a few days, but as the New York Times conveyed this past weekend, Facebook is planning for ways to surface personal content better. And we've heard from a source that Facebook will introduce new buttons on the wall that will begin introducing some granularity to the "Like" concept. We're told these new buttons are [...]

Read More: Source: Facebook To Launch Read, Listened, Watched, And Want Buttons

Developer tools on Twitter have just received a welcome change. Previously, Twitter upped its security by giving its users HTTPS access, a move meant to provide encrypted communication (or password protection) for those accessing Twitter over unsecured WiFi connections.The Twitter blog reports that you can now add Tweet and Follow widgets to your secure HTTPS pages, allowing users to share your content and follow your account without having to jump from your site, curing developers of this minor [...]

Read More: Twitter adds SSL support for its Tweet and Follow buttons

Those little buttons pack a big punch. A single act of social sharing may only take a split second, but make no mistake; it is in reality a complex, simultaneous exchange of two of the most important forms of value that exist today—social currency and social data. Sharing buttons themselves are important as “the point [...]

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Foursquare updated its iPhone app to give it users a better visual and usage experience. Here's what's new in Version 3.41. Photos are now inline! This means no tapping is necessary to see a photos posted with check-ins.2. Here's Now: Aggregates photos and shouts from a concert venue in a single stream.3. All photos and comments inline on the comment screen.4. Tap targets are larger.The few people who have tried the updated app so far are giving it much higher ratings than the previous version. [...]

Read More: Foursquare for iPhone 3.4: Inline Photos, Bigger Buttons, Happier Users

You may recall that back in June YouTube began testing a new feature that let users click on reaction buttons to decide whether or not a video was LOL, OMG, EPIC, CUTE, WTF or FAIL.  Not much seemed to come of that test until now.  This week, YouTube rolled out a brand new feature called ‘Reactions’, though it takes on a slightly different form than the original test.


Read More: YouTube Trades In LOL, OMG, WTF Buttons For Drop Down Reactions Menu