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31 August 5:42:08 PM |
Facebook now fixed - "We've fixed a tech issue that caused Facebook to run slow or be unavailable for some people. It's now back to normal." Twitter |
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31 August 2:41:53 PM |
Facebook has gone down - “We are experiencing site issues that are affecting some people. As a result, the site may be slow or time out for some users. We are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.” More at Mashable. Mashable |
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27 August 11:15:07 AM |
The new “Calls from Gmail” service allows users to make direct calls to telephones in the US and Canada "through its email service" using their computers." More at the Google blog (http://gmailblog.blogspot.com) and The Telegraph. Daily Telegraph |
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23 August 12:30:22 PM |
The cloud is changing the lifestyles and work patterns of the young techno-savvy. 25-year old entrepreneur Hermione Way (http://twitter.com/hermioneway) runs her life from three gadgets: a MacBook, an iPad and an iPhone." More in The Standard. Evening Standard |
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22 August 3:18:40 PM |
Face.com, developer of facial recognition software, has announced "We've opened up our APIs so that you can integrate our face detection and recognition technology with your apps and services." Face.com |
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19 August 3:08:29 PM |
Google CE Eric Schmidt has suggetsed that "young people might change their names when they come of age in order to distance themselves from their embarrassing online past." More on Google's privacy issues at The Telegraph. Daily Telegraph |
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19 August 2:56:26 PM |
Facebook will launch its Places location tool in the USA. It "shares information on the location of users with their online friends" and is likely to cause more concerns over privacy - "Location data is tied to people's safety..." More in The Guardian. The Guardian |
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6 August 4:20:57 PM |
JailbreakMe ((www.jailbreakme.com)), the browser-based service which unlocks Apple devices, "enables iPhone users to install apps and software on their device without the prior approval of Apple." More at The Telegraph. Daily Telegraph |
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6 August 4:06:46 PM |
Following the release of JailbreakMe, the German government has warned that "several Apple devices including the iPhone and iPad have two critical security weaknesses for which no patch exists..." More in The Guardian. The Guardian |
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5 August 11:51:03 AM |
Google is to end its Wave (http://wave.google.com/about.html) "application for real-time communication and collaboration." Moovin On Up suggests that "No one seemed truly aware of what Wave’s primary directive was as it offers too many possibilities." Moovin On Up |
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4 August 12:01:23 PM |
UAE decision to ban BlackBerry email, messenger and web browsing services results from the RIM encryption - check out "How BlackBerry developed its mobile phone and networks" in The Guardian. The Guardian |
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3 August 4:00:36 PM |
Google has launched location-based mobile ads which allow marketers to target those ads based on the location of users. The system requires "high-end mobile devices with full internet browsers..." More at ClickZ. ClickZ |
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3 August 3:59:14 PM |
Mobile search - Google is thought to have 98.29% of the mobile search market. Yahoo and Bing together account for just 1.2%. More at TechCrunch. TechCrunch |
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29 July 9:56:46 AM |
Facebook privacy leak - The Telegraph has all you need to know about the 100,000,000+ list of Facebook users that has been made available on the internet by campaigners in order to highligh privacy concerns. Daily Telegraph |
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24 July 11:17:37 AM |
Blogger Shea Sylvia (http://blog.sheasylvia.com), who works in online marketing, recalls "The night I was cyberstalked on Foursquare." More in The Guardian. The Guardian |
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24 July 11:05:48 AM |
"How I became a Foursquare cyberstalker" using Foursquare (www.foursquare.com) in conjunction with Twitter (www.twitter.com ) - more at The Guardian. The Guardian |
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24 July 11:05:01 AM |
PleaseRobMe.com is draws attention to the risks involved in location sharing - "The danger is publicly telling people where you are. This is because it leaves one place you’re definitely not… home." PleaseRobMe.com |
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21 July 3:24:20 PM |
Mark Duffy, MD of Second Places (www.secondplaces.net), defends his firm's involvement in creating the Second Life virtual townhall for Tameside Council - "However not all people who have internet access are able to fill out forms..." Second Places |
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21 July 3:17:48 PM |
Tameside Council (www.tameside.gov.uk) has decided to scrap its £36,000 computerised town hall in virtual world Second Life (www.secondlife.com) which it hoped "would encourage users to access local authority services." More in The Telegraph. Daily Telegraph |
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14 July 11:32:06 AM |
In its 3rd article on Google the FT says that 'search neutrality' has replaced 'net neutrality' as the hot topic of debate among activists "who believe that Google has too much power..." More in the FT. FT.com |
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13 July 10:38:43 AM |
The second of three articles on Google in the FT focuses on search engine optimisation - "SEO is a technique long used by companies looking to rise above the clamour of voices on the web. But its use has been spreading far more widely..." More in the FT. FT.com |
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12 July 11:03:33 AM |
Google "cannot disclose too much of the inner workings of the search engine for fear of helping unscrupulous operators exploit the system." More in the FT. FT.com |
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18 June 11:37:51 AM |
Google is heading towards realtime with Caffeine - "the idea is that the company crawls the web constantly, producing an index in real-time that means users’ search queries are always being compared to a new version..." More in The Telegraph. Daily Telegraph |
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11 June 11:17:02 AM |
The stand-out feature of Apple’s new iPhone is video-calling. However FaceTime will only communicate with other iPhone 4 users and only when connected to a Wi-Fi network. More at The Telegraph. Daily Telegraph |
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27 May 3:23:12 PM |
Facebook has revised its controls in response to increasing criticism over privacy issues - "On the new simplified control page there are fewer than 15 settings, with a single control for most personal information." More at TimesOnline. TimesOnline |
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15 May 3:32:47 PM |
Google has launched its new-look search interface. Check it out thus - go into Google, search for something, now direct your gaze to the left-hand column which contains a number of options. More at Gizmodo. Gizmodo |
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15 May 3:14:16 PM |
Facebook is getting a lot of flak over its privacy policies. More info on this as well as on managing, deactivating and permanently deleting your facebook account in The Telegraph. Daily Telegraph |
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