Category: facebook

Why Facebook Can Have My Data and I Don’t Care

Image Credit: Mashable Facebook Security People say we’re trusting Facebook with too much data, but are we? I disagree. What do I care if Facebook knows what soda I drink, or what TV shows I watch? What do I care if Facebook knows who I’m in a relationship with, and my political views? I’m sharing this stuff publicly with my friends for a reason....

How NOT To Share Everything You Do on Facebook

Do you read a lot of articles online? Do you watch a lot of videos? Do you LOVE a Facebook game? If you participate in one of these activities along with thousands of others and I’m friends with you on Facebook I know, because the developers of these apps and sites build autosharing into their applications for the free publicity to your friends. But,...

Google Plus Pulls A Facebook, Redesigns entire site

In a truly unprecedented and unexpected move, Google Plus, Google’s social network, completely redesigned their site today. Some disagree with me, but it seems to me that they have based their new design on their chief competitor, Facebook’s timeline. The features they added are very similar to features that Facebook added a few months ago. First of all, they created a chat bar on...

How can parents “Parent” in the age of Facebook?

He’s the rootinest, tootinest parent currently spreading virally across the globe. Tommy Jordan has about 33 million views in two months, and he’s been on everything from Tosh, to kids react. The video of this father blowing his daughter’s computer to smithereens (with a .45) because she complained about chores. Is this the right reaction? In this new age of free speech, What roles...

Facebook’s New HQ Reaffirms Hacker culture

Mashable released images of Facebook’s new headquarters, and as expected it says a lot about their hacker subculture which they have somehow maintained. Throughout all of this growth, Facebook has stayed counter-culture. They are impressively tearing apart our images of what corporate America should be.  For starters, there are no corner offices. Even for the CEO. As a matter of fact, there are NO...