Following a highly publicized pull-back, General Motors is reportedly reconsidering advertising on Facebook. In May, the carmaker caused a public relations fiasco for Facebook after it said paid ads on the site had little impact on consumer purchases. Heading toward a rapprochement, however, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg recently discussed the matter with GM Chief Executive Daniel Akerson, The Wall Street Journal reports. Since then, senior execs from both companies have reportedly been in discussions.  

Mozilla’s Boot to Gecko project -- which was originally a plan to build a mobile operating system based on open Web standards like HTML5 -– has morphed into a mature product. As TechCrunch reports, it is being prepared for a commercial launch within months. Mozilla has also confirmed that their HTML5-friendly mobile ecosystem now has the support of a handful of additional carrier and hardware partners, according to TC. Oh, and say goodbye to the “Boot to Gecko” name, as the product has officially adopted the more market-friendly name, “Firefox OS.” 

Disrupting Facebook’s email strategy, reports suggest that the company is mistakenly changing users’ address books, while intercepting and even losing their email. Citing numerous complains, CNet reports: “Facebook users say contacts' e-mail addresses on phones and personal devices have been altered without their consent -- and their e-mail communication is being redirected elsewhere, and lost.” The reports come on the heels of Facebook forcing users into an @facebook account. 

Amateur content creators are not new to YouTube, but that didn’t keep The New York Times from devoting nearly 5,000 words to the latest batch. Yet, rather than a random mix of kitten lovers and blooper raconteurs, these auteurs are serious about their craft, and, more to the point, are being groomed by YouTube as part of a larger strategy to give Google’s video unit a leg up on the competition.