Social Media Discuss Tech Changes

From iPhones and Netflix to Facebook and Google+, the talk in social media last week was about new developments in technology.

For the week of September 19-23, blogs and Twitter were eager for new products and angry about changes to old ones, according to the New Media Index from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. In particular, commentators were excited about the upcoming version of the iPhone and the expansion of the new social networking site Google+. But they were mostly unhappy about changes to sites they had become accustomed to, particularly Netflix and Facebook. The top subject last week, Apple's iPhone, has been of particular interest to bloggers for some time now. Rumors about new versions of the device have been among the most discussed subjects on blogs in seven out of the last eight weeks.

The No. 2 subject on blogs was the entertainment site Netflix. In July, the company announced a price hike for its popular service. Last week, the company declared it was going to split into two parts-one for the DVD rental service and another for online streaming to be called Qwikster. Bloggers railed at the price increases and last week the company's CEO, Reed Hastings, tried to explain why the changes were necessary. His letter, however, did little to quell objections.