Mashable news- Facebook Team Celebrates and Explains the Usernames Launch [Video]

Facebook (Facebook reviews) has successfully launched Facebook Usernames. In 3 minutes, there were 200,000 usernames registered. In 15 minutes, over half a million, and it is rising. So what were the difficulties? How did they overcome issues? What is coming next? And most of all, how did the Facebook team celebrate the successful launch?

There have been some amazing happenings here, and so we grabbed a Flip HD and recorded it. In our first video, we spoke with Jared Morgenstern, Product Manager, and Guy Rom, Engineering Team Manager for the Commerce and Payment System. They explain why they didn’t use an auction system, the “nuclear option,” and more. The second video is from the Facebook War Room itself. Come see what’s been happening live at Facebook!






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Voices… If You Have One, You May Be Eligible

Whether you’re a voice actor looking for work, or you’re on the other side of the divide and seeking someone to play a vocal role for your brand, script, etc., Voices.com may serve you well.

Today it gets even better. The marketplace for spoken word has been refashioned to play a broader role still for (most) all things audible.

A Prettier Paint Job

Visibly altered, Voices continues to serve the membership it’s built for over a year now, but it’s also looking to draw more people into the mix. The update includes talent profiles for all forms of advertising - TV, radio, movie trailers, jingles - as well as recordings for things like video games, cartoons, podcasts, audiobooks, documentaries and more. Talk about an all-in-one venue.

Search Gets Better

Of course, with growth in database comes a need for more powerful search, and Voices has made its interface a bit more intuitive and easier to parse.

As a buyer of talent, you can look for names you’re interested in by keyword, gender, voice ages, languages and union status. An escrow program, meanwhile, promises to guarantee satisfaction for everything, whether it’s a singular buy or a “bundled” services.

Voice Profile Management Made Easier

The extra effort to streamline the Voices operation is evident from the homepage to the individual user’s page. Profiles are maintained in four parts: profile, demos, store, and feedback

Plus, so-called work “leads” have been translated to “jobs,” and auditioning has been enhanced with more direct communication from the get-go. Also, voice products, as they’re called, can be marketed in the Voices Store or on personal pages.

Refinement: Plain and Simple

The resounding theme here, as the company itself proclaims: improvements, improvements, improvements. Voices is larger, but tighter. More technically productive, but simpler to use. It’s evolved, really. That’s probably the best way to say it. It’s hard to make something of Voice’s proportions into a truly elegant thing, but Voices may well have done just that.