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Blog Privacy Policy & Disclaimers Explained

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Disclaimer, Electronic mailing list, Free product, Full-time, , , , , privacy policy, Protocols, , Leave a Comment

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Even if your blog isn’t what you consider to be your “full-time job” it does contain information that is available for anyone anywhere to access whenever they want. Because of this, there are certain legal loose ends you need to tend to so that you don’t end up getting caught in any legal crossfire should someone feel you misled them with information that you did, or didn’t, provide. This doesn’t mean you need to rush out and hire a lawyer, but you do want to take a few minutes to make sure that you have all your ducks in a row. This is where privacy policies, disclaimers, and disclosures come into play.

The Privacy Policy

Jul
9

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Facebook to target ads based on what mobile apps we use

Category: Social, Technology Tags: , Facebook Connect, , , , Mobile device, , , , WSJ Leave a Comment

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Do you use your Facebook account to log onto places like LinkedIn and Yelp from your phone?

If so, get ready to start seeing ads in your mobile device’s Facebook News Feed that will be targeted based on your mobile app usage.

Here’s how it will work, according to the Wall Street Journal: if you like to play Zynga Inc.’s “Words with Friends,” your mobile News Feed will soon target you with ads for yet more Zynga games.

Mar
2

By joemorris

Facebook Safety: How to Protect Yourself from Online Dangers

Category: Social, Technology Tags: , Facebook Safety, , , , , , , , Social networking service 1 Comment

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In our world today, it’s likely that you’ve heard of a little website by the name of “Facebook.” And if you haven’t, then you probably have been living under a rock. So with the phenomenon that is the largest social networking platform on the web, we are provided the chance to be more connected than ever before—and although being connected via Facebook allows for convenience, fun and other great opportunities, it unfortunately also fosters the misfortune of encountering individuals who aren’t connected for the same, good intentions as you…

Because the internet creates a place where anonymity is easy to obtain and take advantage of, you never know who you could be interacting with…or who could be checking out every detail of your Facebook profile. So before logging on to post pictures, write on a friend’s wall or “like” the page of your favorite band, be sure to check out the following ways that you can protect yourself on Facebook:

Dec
12

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Google+ Gets Facial Recognition

Category: Social, Technology Tags: face, , facial recognition, , , , Matt Steiner, opt-in, Photograph, Picasa Web Albums, , , Leave a Comment

Google is rolling out a new feature called “Find My Face” to Google+ users allowing them to opt-in to a new facial recognition feature for photos shared on the service.  Of course this isn’t the first foray Google has made into the facial recognition arena, they have offered the feature on Picasa Web Albums for a little more than three years. The feature is not available to all Google+ users yet , but Google has decided to alert users to the presence of the new feature instead of just turning it on.

Find My Face options dialog

Nov
15

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How To Set Up Facebook Subscribe

Category: Social, Technology Tags: enable facebook feed, , , , , , , , , Friends of Friends, , how enable facebook feed, , , , Subscription business model, , 1 Comment

Facebook Notifications

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Article From HuffingtonPost Written By Mandy Jenkins 

When Facebook launched its Subscribe feature in mid-September, quite a few journalists sighed in relief. This, we thought, is what we needed: A way to communicate with a larger audience of readers while maintaining a somewhat private personal life behind a friend wall. I’m sure it’s a great option to other professionals, celebrities and wannabe celebrities as well.

I enabled subscriptions the day they launched, mostly to test it out. After all, who would be interested in reading the occasionally inane updates of a non-famous non-reporter? More than 9,000 subscribers later, I found out.

In the six weeks since, I’ve found some things I like and dislike about the feature. This ongoing experiment has helped me to formulate a few tips that may help anyone who wants to use this feature.

Oct
29

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600,000+ Facebook Accounts Get Hacked Per Day

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Computer security, , guardian angels, infographic, , , , , , , , Trust (social sciences), trusted friends 1 Comment

If an unauthorised party has logged into your Facebook account, then you’re far from alone.

New official statistics revealed by the social networking giant reveal that 0.06% of the more than billion logins that they have each day are compromised.

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