This week’s edition focuses on Twitter users starting to see ads in their timeline over the next few weeks, Facebook’s secret plan to bring applications to the mobile web via HTML5, a blog post from web designer Andy Rutledge that tore apart the New York Times website for being ugly and cluttered, and LinkedIn launching a new plugin that makes the process of applying for a job as easy as clicking a button. 

 

 

What You Need to Read This Week

Promoted Tweets Set To Appear in Your Twitter Timeline

By Adam Ostrow, Mashable

Bring on the ads, says Twitter HQ.

Facebook Will Bring Credits To Mobile Browsers

By MG Siegler, TechCrunch

More details on Facebook’s long term mobile strategy and how credits might fit in.

If your news site isn’t social, great design won’t matter

By Mathew Ingram, GigaOM

How social is becoming the central point of design in terms of news and information websites.

LinkedIn launches plugin for one-click job applications

By Sean Ludwig, VentureBeat

No more cover letters!