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Editor’s note: More and more mobile app developers are deciding to make apps for Android, even though it still doesn’t have the same reach as the iPhone. In this guest post Kevin Nakao, the VP of Mobile for Whitepages, makes the argument for taking the Android plunge now (as he is preparing to with a new Whitepages Android (Read More)
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SheGeeks
Are you familiar with the Twitter client TweetDeck? If not, you might want to jump on the bandwagon. With the release of Tweetdeck’s iPhone application, I’ve noticed something that every Twitter developer needs to pay attention to: Tweetdeck is locking users in for a very long time. How so you ask?Tweetdeck for the iPhone (Read More)
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TweetMeme
A couple of months ago we announced Google Voice, a service that gives you one phone number to link all your phones and makes voicemail as easy as email. We are happy to share that Google Voice is beginning to open up beyond former GrandCentral users. If you requested an invitation on the Google Voice site or previously on (Read More)
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ReadWriteWeb
It is easier to seek forgiveness than it is to get permission according to Verizon, which has once again shown us what large corporations should not be doing when it comes to customer service.David Weinberger, co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto and the more recent Everything is Miscellaneous received a letter today from V (Read More)
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Business Tech at nobosh.com
Germany’s Der Spiegel published an interview with Twitter CEO Evan Williams yesterday on its website, and Williams had a couple of interesting things to say. You can find a poorly Google-translated version of the interview here, which features Williams answering the usual, boring questions ‘professional’ journalists tend to (Read More)
Mar 08, 2009
: @hutch @Coldacid According to @dom in his post "140 Characters", twitter was originally intended to be a local service for updating friends about the local club scene(something I always thought twitter would be perfect for). Here's an except from the post," I remember that @Jack’s first use case was city-related: telling people that the club he’s at is happening. “I want to have a dispatch service that connects us on our phones using text.” His idea was to make it so simple that you don’t even think about what you’re doing, you just type something and send it. Typing something on your phone in those days meant you were probably messing with T9 text input, unless you were sporting a relatively rare smartphone. Even so, everyone in our group got the idea instantly and wanted it. " Perhaps they are just trying to get back the initial concept that started the whole thing. There's no doubt that twitter is finally going mainstream. With all the people that will be opening new accounts soon, there should be more than enough users to make this work. Twitter seems as if it is changing daily, I just hope it turns out to be a positive change. 34
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TechCrunch
When Facebook recently changed its terms of service to no longer allow users to delete their data when they leave the service, it justifiably created an uproar. Just what is Facebook planning to do with this data, and isn’t it mine to delete if I wish. In a blog post, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg tries to calm eve (Read More)
Feb 17, 2009
: This, Mr facebook, is bullshit - either you're keeping data for a legitimate reason (or at worst pretence), (e.g. for homeland security or whatever), or you're keeping data for purposes unintended by the originator, for example to sell it or otherwise exploit it, perhaps in the hope that it becomes valuable one day (people become celebrities), or to blackmail people. Whatever the reason, if a person leaves facebook and wishes that all references to them are removed then they should be removed, or at least hidden in the event that you have legitimate reasons / obligations for preserving them.The data is not yours to keep and I believe your terms of service make it clear that you make no guaranty or warranty to keep and protect anything, so therefore you have no obligation to do so. Furthermore, not only might you use the data at a future time for purposes unintended by the originator, but also the person or persons with whom it is shared may do likewise if it is not capable of being removed by the originator. To give you a legal example of what should be happening, consider the terms of a common legal document with which I am sure you will be familiar, notably, a none disclosure agreement. These agreements place certain obligations on the parties not to disclose confidential information, however, what is important here is that such agreements also require the parties to destroy all copies of shared data if requested to do so by the other. The effect of allowing deletions from facebook is to effect the same, i.e. when someone deletes data originated by them deliberately, then their intent is that all copies are deleted including those shared with others – if I remove a photograph or a misguided insult, I wish it to be removed from everywhere – not just my account. Lastly, I accept that there is a difference between data that is sent to someone else (e.g. an email) and data that is displayed for viewing (e.g. a photo I post in my photos), and at the very least if I delete something displayed then that should be the end of it. There may be a case for allowing the retention of data received privately, but I do not support the view that all data should be preserved in your archives, but most especially not on infinite display – is this facebook’s version of immortality? Logically and commercially your terms should be very simple in that if someone leaves and closes their account then all data originated by them should immediately be hidden and be deleted (say) 12 months later – this provides a period for people to reconsider reopening their account. Lastly, with regard to terminated accounts, these should be treated the same.
Feb 17, 2009
: Zuckerberg addresses only messages in this blog post. There is an entirely different paradigm for images, game info, "notes," blog posts, etc. This is what we get for our money--no control at all.
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The Inquisitr
Changes to Facebook’s TOS have caused controversy online after rights to anything published on Facebook were extended to even where the profile was shut down.Mashable has details here, but I don’t find the change all that disturbing. What is disturbing is the terms of the TOS to begin with. It reads:You hereby grant Faceboo (Read More)
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Webware.com
(Credit: Skype)BARCELONA--Skype is racking up deals with mobile handset makers here at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2009.On Tuesday, the company, which is owned by eBay, announced a partnership with Nokia, the largest cell phone maker in the world, to put the Skype Internet calling software onto its phones. Nokia will initial (Read More)
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Mashable!
It’s only their second day in court, and The Pirate Bay already seems to be winning the legal battle against the plaintiffs - Universal, Warner Bros, MGM, EMI, 20th Century Fox, Colombia Pictures, and Sony BMG. According to TorrentFreak, half of the charges against The Pirate Bay have already been dropped due to lack of evi (Read More)
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Mashable!
Lon S. Cohen is a writer and social media strategist. He is @obilon on Twitter.Never before in history has it been easier to glean from the knowledge of others who will give it away to you for free. It’s equivalent to getting higher education. I’m talking about Masters level stuff. And it’s all available right there on Twi (Read More)
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Lifehacker
Windows/Mac/Linux (All platforms): Google Desktop's gadgets are looking more and more helpful these days, with the addition of a Google Calendar gadget that puts your appointments at your fingertips. Like the previously mentioned Gmail gadget, Google's own Calendar gadget offers quick access to straight-up GCal or Google Ap (Read More)
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