The hysteria over the Spokeo people search engine has really reached a fevered pitch, with politicians, attorneys general and news media fanning the flames. I have done numerous people searches on the Spokeo site and, aside from some obvious accuracy issues in the data, I have found nothing that causes me privacy concerns. It is […]
Control Your Facebook Privacy
With all of the recent controversy over Facebook privacy, we wanted to share this helpful video that shows you how to control your Facebook privacy settings. […]
Facebook Privacy Meeting Today
Facebook staff and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will meet today to discuss the social network’s growing privacy problems. Criticism of Facebook’s privacy practices is reaching a fevered pitch about how the world’s largest social network uses and shares the personal information of its users. According to sources, no official privacy changes will be announced at the […]
Mining Twitter Buzz Could Replace Opinion Polls
Mining tweets on Twitter can be as reliable as conducting lengthy, labor-intensive public opinion polls. A recent study from Carnegie Mellon found that sampling and analyzing Twitter tweets for data is as good as conducting an opinion poll in some cases. According to the Twitter study, computer analysis of opinions expressed in a billion Twitter […]
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What Facebook Is For
Every wondered what Facebook is for? Or maybe you are an avid Facebook user and think you already know the answer. Either way, this short animated video takes an honest and funny look at the modern Facebook addiction. […]