Facebook Users Fight Back Over Privacy: Quit Facebook Day
Have you heard? May 31st is Quit Facebook Day. A group of Facebook users have become so fed up with Facebook’s attitude towards privacy that they have started an online petition encouraging users to quit Facebook. The creators of “Quit Facebook Day” state they are quitting Facebook because “Facebook does not give the user good [...]
Read MoreCan Facebook Change User Privacy Settings Without Permission?
Last week the social media platform, Facebook, faced a public outcry regarding it’s new pilot program. Facebook has partnered with Microsoftdocs.com, Pandora and Yelp to personalize Facebook user experiences when visiting any of these third-party websites. These third-party sites are given access to user’s Facebook profile and the profile of their friends. Facebook users are [...]
Read MoreCruise Control App Style: Android and Blackberry Apps for Ford
Two new partners who have jumped on board with Ford Blackberry and Android as they have announced that Sync Applink will be on all 2011 Ford models. Applink will enable drivers to access and control select Android and BlackBerry apps via in-car voice commands and control buttons. Check out more details inside.
Read More12 Days of Techmas: Chumby One
Cute name for cute tech. The Chumby is the cuddly soft internet clock radio that did a little bit of everything. One of the coolest things about it was the squeezably soft Italian leather that surrounded the little doodad. It was just made to be touched, the new pet rock. It was kind of like [...]
Read MoreJinni Figures Out What You Want to Watch
If you’ve ever used a service like Last.fm or Pandora, you can probably appreciate how nice it is to have a piece of software figure out what you what music you’d like to hear based on what you already listen to. These are called content discovery engines because they use what they know about you to figure out what you might like. Now, Jinni provides us the same type of experiences, but for movies and TV shows. They just launched their public beta, so it’s worth a look if you can’t decide what to watch.
Read MoreYahoo Takes Music Back To Its’ Roots
Yahoo’s new artist pages take the site back to it’s roots as a directory of content rather than a home for the content. Instead of hosting video, photos, and audio directly at Yahoo!, the content for each artist is aggregated from a host of other social media sites. You have the option to play full-length [...]
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