How to Keep People from Seeing Your Facebook Info
acebook is great for connecting with others, but you probably don’t want to share all your news, photos, etc. with everyone you’re connected to on Facebook. Here’s a primer for Facebook beginners on organizing friends into lists for more control over what’s shared. Facebook’s privacy settings can be confusing for even long-time Facebook users, so [...]
One of the dumbest ideas ever on Facebook is that friends can automatically add you to groups. I’m not sure why Facebook thinks that giving friends the power to add you to any group out there is a good idea, but the feature is there and it is actively used. So, if you ever wanted [...]
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Many Ubuntu users have, in the last 24 hours, been experiencing bizarre crash issues with VoIP service Skype whereby the application randomly crashes then fails to start again. Skype themselves have seemingly acknowledged there is a problem via twitter. Skype’s not quite the same since Microsoft bought it, eh? Joking aside, reader Dipish [...]
Continue reading …YouTube Now Lets You License Videos Under Creative Commons (Remixers, Rejoice)
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If you’ve ever yearned to mash up your cat video with some C-SPAN footage but couldn’t figure out how, today’s your lucky day. Because starting now, YouTube is giving users a choice over how they want to license their content. There’s still the standard YouTube license, which is fairly restrictive, and now there’s a new [...]
Continue reading …Firefox 4 Making Gains in Global Market Share, Internet Explorer Still the Leader
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Firefox 4 is gaining in the global browser wars. It has eclipsed version 3.6 for the first time and now is the third most-used browser in the world, behind Internet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome 11, according to StatCounter Global. If you put add all versions of all the browsers together, IE is still the [...]
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Facebook and romantic relationships make for a potent — and potentially volatile — combination. While the network does offer opportunities for meaningful social interactions and self-esteem boosts, it also opens a Pandora’s box of options for spying, stalking and other insecurity- and jealousy-driven actions between lovers. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook [...]
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Facebook has its “Like” button, and Twitter has followed suit (pun intended) with their own version, a “Follow” button which can be integrated in third-party websites down the road. This button allows users to instantly arrange to follow particular Twitter accounts without having to visit the micro-blogging service. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post [...]
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