Posts Tagged ‘privacy’

Facebook Places: Is it the Wave of the Future?

Thursday, August 26th, 2010
Last week, Facebook rolled out their much anticipated new feature, Places. Facebook Places allows users to check-in to locations like restaurants, bars, shops and businesses directly from Facebook’s mobile application for iPhone or via the web. Businesses claim their “Place” and can sync it with their existing Facebook Fan Page to add yet another dimension to a user’s experience. Will Facebook Places catch on with users and benefit businesses? How will it fit in to the arsenal of exiRead More....

Facebook Listened: New Simplified Privacy Settings Launched Today

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Today marks the culmination of a pivotal month in Facebook’s history. Early this afternoon, Facebook made public new, simplified Privacy Settings. Here are some of the highlights of what the new privacy options aim to achieve:
  • Provide an easy-to-use "master" control that enables users to set who can see the content they share through Facebook. This enables users to choose, with just one click, the overRead More....

What Can We Learn from Last Week in Facebook History?

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
Over the last few weeks, everyone has been talking about Facebook. Or rather, everyone has been talking more about Facebook than usual. When Facebook rolled out major changes to their Privacy Policy in early April, the public responded in backlash. Last week, rumored threats of a ‘Mass Facebook Exodus’ abounded and the Read More....