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13 Sep 2009 11:40

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Tech: Cut the crap: Is Facebook Lite a smart direction for all software?

Giving people software in a lite version that simplifies the feature set – while keeping the full version around – is smart, says Technologizer’s Harry McCracken. source

12 Aug 2009 10:01

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Tech: Facebook tests a lite version of the service, the Internet freaks

Facebook Lite
  • Azar Chougle is currently a Facebook superstar. Last night, Facebook announced the testing of a new service called Facebook Lite, which had some wannabe pundits saying, “OH MY GOD, IT’S LIKE TWITTER AND FRIENDFEED!” It’s not, seriously. It just gets rid of all the extra crud that Facebook added over the last four or five years and gets back to its essence. Which we’re sure probably improves load times. source