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Packed with ppl and picnickers watching the eclipse. Trying not to stare into the Sun. (@ Griffith Observatory) [pic]: http://t.co/bcKQgXZN— 16h ago via Twitter
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Facebook Timeline Thrusts You into the Participatory Web. Be Prepared.
Facebook has always pushed openness and sharing on its users and this latest innovation is bound to spark concern among users who wish to maintain significant privacy controls over their profile and presence. For users that embrace the increasingly open and social nature of the web, the distracting nature of Facebook is about to multiply exponentially. Below, an outline of what you need to know and tips to prepare and protect yourself. Continue reading
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Tagged facebook, facebook timeline, linkedin, news feed, privacy, sharing, social networks, web 2.0
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Facebook Timeline Gives Away Your Age in Spite of Privacy Settings
Facebook Timeline revolutionizes profile as we know it, unfortunately at the expense of some pre-existing privacy settings and expectations. Continue reading
Think LinkedIn is Free? You Got Sold!
It seems every social network overextends its privileges with users once a year if not more. In the past the culprit has most often been Facebook, changing its Terms of Service and upgrading its platform to create just a bit more vulnerability for its users. It’s become an almost humorous pattern of overreaching only to retreat slightly in reaction to inevitable user outrage. Continue reading
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Tagged ads, advertising, facebook, online, opt-out, privacy, social networks, user
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Opportunity Gap: Does it Exist in Schools Near You?
Tweet Pro Publica has published a database that makes it easy for you to compare your access to quality education and at what cost in an effort to provide insight into the opportunity gap demonstrated by economic difference in the … Continue reading
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Tagged data, education, facebook, online, opportunity, pro publica, public schools, schools, website
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Once-Mighty Myspace Acquired for Measly $35 Million
Personally, I’ve had a Myspace profile seemingly forever, having joined at some point in 2004, having sensed early tremors of the first tectonic shift in social networking — the great exodus from Friendster to MySpace. I never used it much socially, especially after the great fake pornorific inbox spammings of 2006… I had already begun using Facebook at the time, gaining early-ish entry while a grad student. Continue reading
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Tagged beverly hills, facebook, friendster, internet, jobs, mike jones, mike macadaan, myspace, sean percival, social networking, social networks, specific media, tech, tony adam
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Gone: Application Tabs on Your Facebook Profile
Tweet Last.fm, iLike, Networked Blogs, Causes and any of the hundreds of third-party apps you may have incorporated into your Facebook Profile page are no longer there. As I wrote about last month, Facebook’s customizable profile experiment was short-lived even … Continue reading
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Tagged applications, apps, facebook, myspace, personalization, profile, social media, social networks, tabs, third party
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