Tech and social media news
Although Facebook since its initial launch back in 2004, is growing in user numbers by the day and behind Google is the next searched for website, users are becoming increasingly frustrated by the changes made in relation to data security settings. … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Facebook since its early days has now racked up over 800 million users and the figure is continually growing. One issue that crops up time and time again is that of privacy and how information at times has and is still falling into the wrong hands. … [Read more...]
One of the biggest criticisms of Facebook is the way it deals with privacy. You will be pleased to know that the site is on the verge now of a dramatic overhaul which will see a number of changes to the site, helping those who are exposed by the current settings. The update is expected to be … [Read more...]
One of the biggest drawbacks for Facebook is its overcomplicated and difficult to use privacy and security settings. People struggle through many different menus in order to try and prevent any and every company, application and malicious user from getting hold of their precious data. We even see … [Read more...]
We recently reported an article about how Facebook Auto-Tagging for your photos has gone live globally and also that it’s got a few privacy concerns attached to it. These are currently only concerns as nothing lucrative has been told of and Facebook has admitted that they perhaps should have told … [Read more...]
As we all know and as we previously reported, Facebook and its sign up procedure is open to misuse. More and more under-age users are signing up every day falsely inputting their age to clear themselves of the 13-year old age bracket. … [Read more...]
Social networking is part and parcel of our everyday lives, with sites like Facebook growing more prominent, even companies are turning to the sites in order to enhance and promote their businesses. But while a large majority of the population use Facebook to keep in touch and communicate with … [Read more...]
When you are using social media and social networking sites there are aspects of it that you don’t even think twice about. Think about the last time you had a great night out and took lots of pictures and uploaded them to your Facebook profile for all your friends to laugh at you in your state … [Read more...]
Social networking site Twitter is still proving one of the most popular sites behind that of Facebook. In terms of numbers, the site which coincidentally set up in 2006, is now seeing some 200 million users, with some 800,000 search queries per day. People include the everyday person as well as … [Read more...]
As the Sony PSN outage continues from last Wednesday 20th April, many gamers are feeling not only a huge wave of disappointment but now it seems pure rage. This no doubt stems from finding out that the PSN downtime is due to hackers invading the service, which in turn could have compromised users … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Facebook is proving quite the contender in terms of subscribers. Rivals against Twitter, YouTube and MySpace, Mark Zuckerberg's site now sees a whooping 600 million active users. For many, the site offers a way to stay in touch with friends and loved ones, get invited … [Read more...]
One of the major concerns about the Internet is privacy issues and once again the subject of privacy has reared its head. Today we have heard that major Internet companies are about to take on the French authorities in a case about a personal data policy. … [Read more...]
Is a stunning woman or man trying to add you as a friend to Facebook? Have you ever thought that they might not actually be a real person? Well there are some tell tale signs that you may not know about so we wanted to report to you all on how to tell if your new Facebook friends is real or fake, … [Read more...]
When it comes to Facebook and the privacy settings most people are pretty cautious and set them how they want to but not everybody does. Mike Smith posted an interesting article about protecting your identity on Social Media sites that you can read by clicking here … [Read more...]
In this day and age, social networking sites have become a part of a person's existence, in some cases accessing your Facebook, Twitter or Bebo accounts on a regular basis could be seen to some as an unhealthy pastime. Whatever people's opinions are towards the use of networking sites, for the time … [Read more...]
Today, it is difficult to ignore that the world wide web has virtually taken over our everyday lives. The internet has become a sanctuary for billions of users globally every day of the week, sites consist of private, public, business orientated, educational and so on, and as well as this, an … [Read more...]
We have recently noted the growing impact of social media upon politics and two weeks ago reported on the fact that Google was protecting its interests by using lobbying in California to oppose a Social Network Privacy act. Now we’ve seen some news that illustrates exactly how seriously Google is … [Read more...]
Over recent years Facebook has gained more relevance and also influence over day-to-day life and earlier today we asked whether it was taking over our lives. Well, it seems that the popular social networking site is also increasingly influencing the political sphere as well. … [Read more...]
Millions of us each day go on to such sites as Facebook and Twitter along with a host of other social networking services, but have you ever stopped to consider what happens to all your information? Well Robert Faletra from CRN has, so has decided to offer us a greater insight into this. … [Read more...]
Although online social networking site Facebook is growing in popularity, it has definitely had it's fair share of issues surrounding that of “privacy.” Today we are again reporting on this very same problem but with what appears to be a breech of non compliance with South Korean privacy laws. … [Read more...]
Yesterday here at OSM, Tim reported on a new site Diaspora, and how it would be a stiff contender with the likes of networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The new site has been worked on and developed by four NYC University students with the hope that they would be able to give something … [Read more...]
Online social networking site Facebook is still enjoying an increase in user numbers, and we have to congratulate CEO Mark Zuckerberg for all of his success. But it seems that even one of the top entrepreneurs can make mistakes as he highlighted in a recent interview. … [Read more...]
On OSM we recently reported on Facebook Apps, the trust that users put in them and how the trust can be broken at times. It seems that some of the information can be passed on to third-party companies without the user giving it a second thought. But now there are a few basic steps that can be … [Read more...]
For online social networking sites Facebook and MySpace, they can be a way of communicating with friends and family and joining of groups. Last week, reports were coming through that some Facebook apps were enabling a person's data to be issued to third-party companies and today, MySpace may be … [Read more...]
Google has been accused of what has been called a "serious violation of Canadians' privacy rights," when the search supremo unwittingly gathered personal information via it's Street View mapping vehicles sometime in the month of May. … [Read more...]
