So, the usual rumours about Facebook making its own (smart)phone turn out to be somewhat premature… http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/04/05/facebook-home-apple-google/ After all, why go to all the trouble of making your own phone, when you can just ‘hijack’ an existing one? This reminds me of the interminable attempts by various online organisations to ‘take over’ your browser, by tempting you … Continue reading →
Facebook became popular because users liked the sharing of ‘friends’ information, especially among their family groups, but since those early days, every move the company makes seems more and more to be for the benefit of Facebook itself, and the users are the ones who lose out. This may not true all of the time, but – … Continue reading →
And now for some festive comic relief.. Zuckerberg’s sister has been whining about the ‘sharing’ of one of her ‘private’ photos, originally posted on – guess where – Facebook! She naïvely assumed it was ‘private’, but apparently a Facebook-friend-of-a-friend had access to it, as well… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9767266/Zuckerberg-private-family-photo-exposed-by-Facebook-sharing.html Apparently this was such a heinous and unspeakable crime, that it … Continue reading →
I have always held the opinion that you should have no expectation of ‘privacy’ or ‘ownership’ for anything posted to Facebook, and now this has spread to encompass Instagram, who were recently ‘acquired’ by Facebook, for what – in many peoples opinion – was a ludicrously large sum of money.. Now there has been a – justified … Continue reading →
Much has been said in the press recently about the perceived ‘arrogance’ of Apple’s response to quality issues with the release of the iPhone 5, and the mapping fiasco, and – recently – the less-than-stellar release of the iPad Mini.. Their response to reception problems with the iPhone 4 was classic – blaming the owners, who were … Continue reading →