… texting without knowing cell phone numbers. After I decided to kill my Facebook page, enjoyed Google+ (which remains a bit desolate, compared to FB) and reverted to good ol’ emails, I’m now finding Twitter very useful for a number of reasons that I will explain below. 1. Newsfeed Twitter is the perfect news reader. [...]
A couple of weeks ago I noticed that Google has changed their image search layout/interface. I have to be honest, I am not sure I like it. Besides, what was wrong with the previous image search?? I really don’t understand why so many websites, and now Google search too, have grown so fond of these [...]
At PodCamp Toronto yesterday, one of the intriguing sessions was Brad Buset’s presentation about privacy, and how there needs to be more awareness of how much information we’re disclosing via social networks.
It’s an issue that has been lost in the shuffle amid the excitement about sharing what you’re doing, thinking, eating, going, drinking, buying and where you’re located. Everyone is pounding away on their keyboards to broadcast everything and anything without much thought to whether disclosing this information has a downside. In many ways, we’re drunk on social media.
The reality is there’s a dark side to social media that people need to serious start thinking about now. Every tweet, update, video and blog post is micro-chapter of your public profile that anyone can access. Sure, it’s information that is created for friends, family and colleagues but it’s also out there for other people with less virtuous interests.
Glitch Brings New Worries About Facebook’s Privacy – NYTimes.com. I must confess that, aside from the very easy-to-upload-&-share photo albums, Facebook has been rather useless lately. I ignore all applications, games, send a heart, send a dinosaur, send a stone, etc. Plus, quite a few of my friends have been experiencing issues with the chat [...]
BBC – The Virtual Revolution – 3D Interactive Documentary Explorer. This is a great series of documentaries summarising the history of the web. A must see! No need to register on the BBC website, the videos are free
I don’t think so. But click here and read the article. The end is so true… Why people would pay to read a particular newspaper online, if they can find free news on other websites? Unless they *really* read that newspaper *only*, most people will definitely save their money and find free sites, which cannot [...]
The very first time I went online was in 1996. Wow, more than 10 years ago. It sounds crazy now. Ever since, the internet grew exponentially and users found out it was very nice to have ‘friends’ from all over the world, people you may never meet for real, but you could “talk to” online, [...]
