Archive for May, 2010
May 26th, 2010
Facebook makes a wise and intelligent u-turn in their privacy tools.
extract from a letter from FB.
Starting today, Facebook will:
* 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 overall privacy level they’re comfortable with for the content they sh
re on Facebook. Of course, users can still use all of the granular controls we’ve always offered, if they wish.
* Significantly reduce the amount of information that must be visible to everyone on Facebook. Facebook will no longer require that users’ friends and connections are visible to everyone. Only Name, Profile Picture, Networks and Gender must be pub
icly available. Users can opt to make all other connections private.
* Make it simple to control whether other applications and websites access any user information. While a majority of our users love Facebook apps and Facebook-enhanced websites, some may prefer not to share their information outside of Facebook. Users can now opt out with just one click.
Technorati Tags: Facebook, privacy, social network
May 25th, 2010
Coming soon.. the new Pandigital Novel eReader has a 7in Colour Touch screen and runs Google’s Android OS. It comes with some very nice features:
- ebooks (integration with Barnes and Noble’s eBook store)
- Built-in WiFi
- SD/MMC card slot
- up to 6 hours battery (reading)
- Email access
- Browser
- Music and Video Player
- Calendar
- Games
- and everything else you can find in the Android OS
Pandigital Novel. More than a Good book.
With a full color, touch screen display, the Pandigital Novel brings dynamic multimedia to the eReader world. (extracted)
Technorati Tags: Barnes & Nobel, ebook, eReader, Multimedia, Novel, Pandigital
May 24th, 2010
The “There’s an App for that” claim for the iPhone makes me cringe. How many of the Apps we have in our mobile devices do we actually use?
I am not a good exmaple to start with as I am not an early adopter of anything technical and I tend to stay away from what the crowd goes for, so any Apple device is a no go area for me. I have though not too long ago acquired an Android powered device which I really like. I have browsed the Android App store up and down and tested a number of Apps, some cool stuff but I only keep the ones I actually use.
Here is my humble short list of favourites
- Gmail App (native to Android)
- Peep (for Twitter)
- Facebook (on the mobile browser)
- Orkut (on the mobile browser)
- Google Maps (use it a lot in conjunction with GPS)
- Google Calendar sync (native to Android)
- Music player (native to Android)
- File Browser
- gStrings (Guitar tuner)
- Youtube (native to Android)
- Droid Locator
- A couple of games
- Daily Sudoku (Embarrassing I know, but great for calming my ADHD)
How overloaded is your mobile? What are your must have Apps?
Technorati Tags: Android, Apple, Google phone, HTC, iPhone, mobile apps, there's an app for that
May 22nd, 2010
Facebook is facing massive exodus over the latest change on its privacy settings. Why are you worried? Do you have a Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace, Bebo, Orkut, Flickr, a Blog or have you applied for a job online, bought anything on any website, filled in any online survey, downloaded white papers? Your information is all over the web already anyway, and most sites do not delete your information, they mark it as disabled or unsubscribed but hardly delete all the data.
Facebook has made it a little more complicated for users to set their privacy but with a little bit of work you can tighten your privacy on FB. Start by reading the privacy recommendations on Facebook. Then use the tool provided on that page to check how your profile looks to everyone on Facebook (non-friends), and adjust your privacy settings accordingly.
Avoid giving access to unnecessary applications and only use Facebook connect to sign up to an external site when you are sure you want to share your information with that website.
According to SOPHOS security, around 60% of users are considering leaving Facebook. Really?
Are you considering leaving Facebook?
- Will not leave (60%, 6 Votes)
- Haven't though about it (20%, 2 Votes)
- Already have (10%, 1 Votes)
- I am Considering (10%, 1 Votes)
- Definitely will (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 10
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May 22nd, 2010
With Suse Studio you can build a custom Linux distro, with your own software and branding and package it to run as a live CD\DVD, Bootable USB, VMWare, VirtualBox, Zen or a bootable intall CD\DVD.
