I will likely write more on this later, but wanted to put up a link to Mark Zuckerberg's blog post entitled Making Control Simple as well as a link to Facebook's new Privacy Guide. Frankly, these are pretty big changes made in a short period of time. Of course, it took an uproar from users to make it happen, (more…)
Facebook's new “Open Graph API (application programming interface)” was created to enable Facebook and other sites to take information they know about their users and automatically personalize the experience people have online. And I thought Google was the only company that could invade our privacy in this way. Silly me. (more…)
On April 30th Starbucks rolled out a Facebook app allowing customers to manage their Starbucks cards. The app may be found on the Starbucks Facebook page. The app provides you with the ability to do everything you can do by going to the Starbucks website including loading your card and reviewing your transactions. This is pretty convenient for those of us who spend lots of time on Facebook. We don't have to leave Facebook to perform these tasks. (more…)
A couple days ago, our friends at LinkedIn launched “Follow Company” to make it easy for you to follow companies you are interested in. After following a company, you will get notifications like Facebook “status updates” when the company you are following posts something. This feature appears to be in line with what used to be called the Facebook “Fan” page (Now I suppose it is the Facebook “Like Page”) and Twitter, that enables you to follow people and companies you are interested in. Now, the companies you follow will be able to let you know about the people they hire, the people they promote, new job opportunities, and press release type information. (more…)
Is this what it's come down to. Our life is shared with others in 140 character increments. Is this the end of communication as we know it? Will our children ever learn how to read and write. Will novels still be written? Probably, but time will tell.
