Archive for the ‘Privacy’ tag
How the Amazon Saved Christmas
Amazon Wish List Options
Remember how a little while back the blogosphere was abuzz about FaceBook’s efforts with Beacon?
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Another Reason to Change Your FaceBook Privacy Settings
The Million Dollar Text Mesaging Plan
Do you think your texting plan sucks?
How about the stiff bill Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick just received for his text messages?
Mr. Kilpatrick’s troubles began in January when the Detroit Free Press published text messages between the mayor and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, that appeared to contradict their sworn testimony in a whistleblower trial last year that they didn’t have an affair.
Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick To Resign in Plea Agreement – WSJ.com
Google Gives Up Copyright to Everything You See & Type (Again)
Google was at it again!
Google released a new product — its Chrome browser — and claimed rights to everything you could read or type into or submit through it.
This means… Owning your Tweets. Your blog posts. Your emails.
Crazy, huh?
Then Google caught its gaffe, and rescinded that part of the license.
Oddly, Google did this last year with its Google Docs.
The initial agreement claimed rights over “any Content which you submit, post or display on or through” the browser.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Google tweaks Chrome licence text
I can’t help but notice that Google’s splash page has a Trade Mark symbol, meaning that they’re watching their intellectual property very closely. But yours? It’s their’s until they think better of it. Or receive copious complaints.
How Criminals & Lawyers Use Monster.com & Other Job Sites to Invade Your Privacy (and How to Stop Them)
You’re out of work. You want a job. Or you have a job, but you want a better one. So you do what I did — what millions of people do each year. You submit your resumé online. But did you know that just by posting your resumé, you become a target for criminals and lawyers to use your information?
MySpace — A Place for Dead People
I see dead people. On MySpace. The first was a profile a friend of mine had in his Friends list. It was his teenage brother, who died a few years ago in a sad turn of events. The profile exists as a tribute & a marker, a gravestone in cyberspace. But I didn’t seek out the profile. It came to me.
How to Find Walkable Neighborhoods
Want to lose weight? Want to make new friends? Want to discover new shops and restaurants? Maybe it’s time to move. Move your feet, if you’re in a walking neighborhood. Move your life if you’re not. It’s not perfect, but there’s a great new way to find out how walkable a neighborhood is.
