More musical chairs: Facebook’s Benjamin Ling returns to Google
Benjamin Ling, who we learned earlier this week is leaving the top marketing spot at Facebook’s developer platform, will reportedly return to his old company, Google. Valleywag first reported the rumor, and Kara Swisher’s sources confirmed with the exact job: Ling will be taking over monetization efforts at YouTube.
The musical chairs within Facebook, between Facebook and Google and between Facebook and other startups grows ever more complicated. The YouTube monetization job was recently vacated by… Continue Reading
Platform leader Benjamin Ling to leave Facebook, as platform continues to evolve
Last fall, Benjaming Ling was recruited out of Google to help lead the Facebook developer platform product marketing team. But he’s planning to leave Facebook within the next couple of weeks, I’ve heard from sources within Facebook. The reasons aren’t clear. The company, which has confirmed the news, is only publicly saying that he’s leaving for other career opportunities, via a written statement.
The platform product marketing team is under the purview of Elliot Schrage, who… Continue Reading
Facebook, Google, Plaxo join DataPortability workgroup — lots of hype, even more work to do
In what is at least a brilliantly executed PR move, leading engineers from Google, Facebook and Plaxo have joined the Data Portability Workgroup — an effort by a number of web companies to develop best practices for sharing user data across sites and applications.
Google’s Brad FitzPatrick and Plaxo’s Joseph Smarr — two long-standing advocates of data portability — are joining. More surprising is the addition of Benjamin Ling, a former Googler who recently joined Facebook… Continue Reading
Roundup: [Update: Facebook takes dip, maybe?], Crescendo Ventures, and more
Here’s the latest:
1) Another Googler goes to Facebook, to head its developer platform
2) Facebook traffic apparently took a dip last month — [Update: Or didn't. See Om's update, and a big looping conversation about Facebook on Techmeme]
3) Madonna latest in string of musicians to ditch record labels
4) Mozilla preparing mobile web browser, may improve mobile web user experience?
5) Mixx.com launches to let publishers give users relevant content
6) CBS acquires gossip site Dotspotter for $10 million
7)… Continue Reading