Archive for 'socialnetworking' Category
Goodbye Pownce, Hello Six Apart
“In these troubled times”, Pownce is trounced by Vox. That’s one I’ll have to take off my daily read list.
Follow Twitter Conversations – Quotably.com
Caught this little blessing on Veronica‘s Twitter feed: Quotably.com gives you an easy way to follow Twitter conversations.
Security lapse exposes Facebook photos
As I’ve said before, if you don’t want something made public, don’t put it online. The latest Facebook security lapse reinforces this.
Pillaged MySpace Photos Show Up in Massive BitTorrent Download
Think your online photos are safe because you marked them as private? Think again. If you have photos that you don’t want made public, don’t put them online. Websites have privacy policies but they also have security holes. If someone wants to see your photos (or any other information for that matter), they’ll find a [...]
11th Hour Buyout to Save Scrabulous Tonight?
11th Hour Buyout to Save Scrabulous Tonight?: “Unless a Hail Mary deal is reached, Facebook’s Scrabulous application may finally get the axe tonight.” It’s still up, so far…
Telecommuting makes work worse for non-telecommuters
Ars Technica has a short study on how telecommuting makes work worse for non-telecommuters. It argues that, while telecommuting has liberated the chosen few, those left behind are disappointed with having fewer, weaker relationships and are frustrated with the perceived increased workload and difficulties of working with teleworkers. From a personal perspective, I have been [...]
Facebook asked to remove "Scrabulous"
“The makers of word game Scrabble have asked Facebook to remove its popular online version “Scrabulous,” which they say infringes their copyright.” Best get those games finished before it’s too late. Edit to add: Bogglific‘s already been taken down.
Pensionbook – Facebook for the Elderly
Going back through my email I rediscovered this one from my mate, Big O:Pensionbook – Facebook for the elderly (from straightfrommybrain.com).
Links4Later: quick UNsocial bookmarking
Links4Later is run by the same person as Sneakemail, my favourite disposable email address solution. Links4Later addresses the need to save a link temporarily and access it from anywhere at a later date, without worrying about sharing or tagging it (a la delicious). Oh, and get rid of the old cruft automatically. It’s a neat [...]
Analyst: Now that Google has Jaiku, is Yahoo after Twitter?
Now that Google has Jaiku, is Yahoo! after Twitter? Caroline McCarthy at CNet speculates so.