Tag: Stuff

Facebook: Despite Alarmist Statuses, We Still Don’t Own Your Content
Facebook has taken it upon themselves to comment on a recent viral status update that you may or may not have seen floating around your parts in the past couple of days. The s...
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Do Social Media Sites View Privacy As A Burden?
When interviewing Robert Ellis Smith, privacy expert extraordinaire, WebProNews' Abby Johnson asked him how the recent FTC/Myspace ruli...
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Facebook May Soon Let Kids Under 13 Join The Party
Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities section 4, article 5 clearly states that "You will not use Facebook if you are...
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Facebook Opens Up Voting On Proposed Policy Changes
Now that the period to comment and give your feedback on Facebook's proposed policy changes has ended, the time has come to vote on them. Today, Facebook's VP of Communications, P...
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Internet Explorer 10 First Browser With ‘Do Not Track’ by Default
When Microsoft's Windows 8 arrives to a computer near you it will have Internet Explorer 10 in tow, and with that browser will come a "Do Not Track" feature that will automatically...
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Should Sex Offenders Be Allowed On Facebook?
I am not a father. Because of this, I don't possess the visceral, instinctual drive to protect my children at all costs. Of course, that doesn't mean that I'm insensitive to the...
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Google Knows Best, and You Shouldn’t Ask Any Questions About That
For all the good things that Google has brought into the world, everything from free and amazing emails to mapping the moon and Earth's ocean floor to driver-less cars, the company...
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Remove Facebook Timeline Scams Still Target Dissatisfied Users
When Facebook makes a big change, a good portion of the user base freaks out for a little while. This has happened for years and if I thought myself a betting man, I'd bet that Fa...
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Google Street View Faces Probe in Australia
The Google Street View wi-fi spying scandal may have been...
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Should Congress Move To Ban Employers From Demanding Employees’ Facebook Passwords?
If your future employer or current boss asks you for your Facebook password, it might soon be against the law. That's because there is new national legislation against the practice...
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Is DuckDuckGo Gaining Ground on Google?
In recent years, the search industry has not changed a lot in terms of large players. Google has maintained the leader position with its ownership of nearly 70 percent of search ma...
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Facebook Offering Gold Stars for Your Close Friends
Facebook really wants you to start using the list feature to organize your friends. It wants you to use it so badly that it's rolling out another feature to remind you that the opt...
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Bing Maps Nixes Streetside Feature in Germany
Due to some concerns regarding how Bing Maps deals with requests to blur images on its Streetside feature in Germany, the company has decided to disable the street-level image feat...
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Being Anonymous on the Internet Is a Good Thing
What would the internet be without anonymity? Even in the shadow of Facebook's misguided cause to eliminate this invaluable aspect of the online experience, the right to stay anony...
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Gooey Search: Kickstarter Project Claims To Be Google On Steroids (With Privacy)
There's an interesting Kickstarter project called Gooey Search, whi...
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