Tag: FACEBOOKPLACES

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines... Sony's motion gaming system, the PlayStation Move, is now available on Amazon for about a hundred bones. [From: Engadget] The Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet is coming to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. The 7-inch device should land sometime this October or November. [From: Engadget] Toys "R" Us is getting into ...

Highlights from this morning's big tech headlines... The Google logo has been updated yet again, possibly hinting at a new, live-search feature in advance of today's Google press conference. [From: Engadget] Beware of false rumors that Facebook Places will inform everyone of where you are at all times. On top of lying, the scammy posts give inaccurate directions for disabling Places; check ...

Share When Facebook launched its Places feature, it was, for some, just another chink in their online privacy armor. The world's most popular social network is quickly creeping into everything we do and turning our lives into easily digestible status updates. Understandably, there are some who would very much prefer that their personal information, especially their location at any given moment, ...

Share Since March, at least, we've known that Facebook Places has been coming. We also knew that, despite its built-in audience, Facebook would have to offer more functionality than established location-based services like Foursquare if it hoped to succeed. Finally, after months of testing, Zuckerberg and crew have taken the cover off Places, and entered a brand new realm of usage. You'll be ...

Share On Friday, Facebook announced some proposed changes to its privacy policy and statement of rights and responsibilities. As usual with this type of document, the language is dense with legalese, but Facebook graciously offers a so-called "redline" version (even though the lines in question are blue). The simplified document highlights the new language while crossing out major changes. ...