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Part of the big overhaul coming to Facebook is going to see a wealth of new functionality. Some of this is already trickling through - you may have noticed the very basic chat function on there.

Now you can also have your music added to your message signatures so everyone can see what you are listening too - and even click through to listen themselves. It’s a nice interaction with FoxyTunes - which is one of the best Firefox extensions ever. Not tested if it ties in with Last FM. I love it when technology starts to ‘connect the dots’ like this as it enriches dialog between consumers and makes a richer environment for digital marketing at large.

- Loving the tune? Facebook message with song signature

While on the subject of Firefox, why not help them set a new world record for most software downloads in a day. At the time of writing this, there are still 11 hours to go and currently the UK is third in the world, just behind Canada and way off the US (of course). Interestingly, the UK has delivered more downloads than Russia, Brazil and China!

- Firefox download day world record attempt

Firefox’s true aim is to step up from number two to number one in the browser market, but their current 10-15% of market share is dwarfed by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer at 80-85%. Slowly people are seeing the light and making the switch but Microsoft’s monopoly deal with PC manufacturers means that a huge percentage of users still us the browser that came with their PC. Which sucks for us digital marketing people as Internet Explorer, particularly IE7 is a pile of horse sh*t and requires additional resources to deliver the same display as Firefox.

LinkedIn have just announced the upgrade of their FireFox toolbar. And this weekend, they also announced the deployment of their Mobile version of the site. This will allow all mobile device users access to the LinkedIn, including Blackberry and iPhone users - Benn can confirm it looks great on his iPhone

To ensure your compatibility with your device, simply log in to m.linkedin.com.

The new Mobile LinkedIn also includes improved support for non-English languages, including French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. A LinkedIn engineer, Jerry Luk gives a demo of the new mobile service with this YouTube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy1cTWXlF0c

AOL has announced that from the 1st March 2008, Netscape Navigator will be no more. The once omnipresent browser of choice through most of the 1990s will still be around for those of you who still want to use it, but not as a fully-supported browser option.

Athough AOL announced the end of Netscape Navigator at the end of 2007, and then extended it, this time it is really real. The recent small update for Netscape 9 was released in order to help transition users to other browsers. AOL’s alternative browser of choice? Firefox, reports Ars Technica. The open-source browser has gained a lot of steam in the past few years, and AOL has turned much of its browser-centric attention to integrating with the Firefox browser as much as possible, which certainly makes my life easier as a Firefox user.

So for all of you who were once young teens knowing of nothing but the Netscape browser, just see how times have changed. And make sure you switch over to Firefox!

straight from Mashable:

If you think LinkedIn is for kids and Facebook is for grandkids, perhaps you should consider Financial Times’ new social network, aimed at top level execs who can afford 1700 pounds (3,340 dollars) per year, because that’s how much (at the very least) membership costs.

The details about the network itself are sparse; it’s being described as a forum with a ‘user-friendly, simple, efficient and secure system’ for online networking. I’m guessing that the high price point will mostly relate to the exclusivity of the club and much less to the actual technical and other accomplishments offered within the network (see bottom of this article for proof). However, it’s partially redeemed with the fact that membership in the forum includes free attendance to one of Financial Times‘ Global Conferences and Events, as well as a 20% discount on other events in the series, as well as 12-month subscription to the newspaper itself. Not bad, but 3,3k bucks? Ouch.

This particular forum is aimed at professionals in the digital, new media, mobile and telecoms sectors, but Financial Times plans to launch several more exclusive forums later this year, aimed at execs who deal with luxury goods and property.

The actual site, located at www.ftexecutiveforums.com, is completely garbled in Firefox. Thus, it’s obvious that $3,300 can’t even buy you basic browser compatibility. I’ll stick with LinkedIn, thank you.

One of our dev guys Dave G found the following link today, which shows how rubbish Internet Explorer really is:

http://www.tylerm.info/this_page_crashes_ie.html

He thought it was cool, so I thought I’d post it up for you to see another reason why we always recommend that you use Firefox!