October 31, 2011 : Comments (3)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Privacy
INFOGRAPHIC: Are You Anonymous Or Transparent Online?
Are you the kind of person whose Facebook profile is visible to public, or is it completely unsearchable? Maybe you have a blog where you use a pen name to write about your real feelings. The reality is most of us don't care or fall somewhere in between: we're concerned about our privacy, but keep our lives relatively public online. We might have a user name that's a... Read more »
Twitter Refines Access Permissions For Third-Party Apps
Twitter has announced a series of updates for the way it handles the permissions of third-party applications. The change has been made to make it easier for you to see what these apps can and cannot do when you connect them to your Twitter account. Starting Thursday, you will have more control over what information is being shared with third-party apps. The... Read more » Comedy Show Hungry Beast Takes To City Streets, Asks Strangers Facebook Profile Questions
Facebook has been around for quite some time now, and is a big part of most people's daily lives. However, many of the social network's 665 million+ users share candid details about their lives with barely a second thought. Users offer up their email address, age, gender, sexual orientation, drunken photos and more for the world to see (unless they tweak their... Read more »
Facebook Admits Hiring PR Firm To Smear Google, Social Network Angry Over Use Of Data
Facebook has admitted that it hired a public relations company to plant negative stories about Google. The PR company, Burson-Marsteller, asked newspapers to investigate claims that Google was invading people's privacy and even offered to help a prominent blogger to write an opinion piece criticizing Google in the hope that the story would be picked up by... Read more » 
