Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Talks About New Privacy Controls (Live Blog on RWW) From a Q&A session after Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg announced their revamped privacy controls: Q (Liz Gaines from GigaOm): Can you give us some more context about how this outcry against the privacy changes compares to earlier changes? Did people leave the site? A [...]
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Steve and Bill
chartier: Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates. Many more at Sad and Useless via thedailywhat
In Defense of Facebook misses the point
Mashable’s recent post In Defense of Facebook is very well put, and gave me cause for pause. It’s a very well constructed argument, and worth reading. But when you do, keep in mind that it’s disingenuous to say that if you put something online you expect it to be public; Facebook’s current size and power [...]
Why I quit Facebook
… and TONS of links to more information: Farewell to Facebook, at least for now
The Difference Between Twitter and Facebook
Privacy 2008: Everyone knows that by default your status updates on Twitter are public and on Facebook they’re private. 2010: Everyone still knows that by default tweets are public, but most people don’t know that by default all Facebook data is also now public. Business Model 2008: Twitter – what’s a business model? Facebook – [...]
Revenue per employee in tech
I wish my name was Craig. CHART OF THE DAY: Guess What? Google Doesn’t Get The Most Revenue Per Employee In Tech Land
CrashPlan customer support blunder
I want to bring you to a place that moves you forward, and the best way to do this is to end our conversation now. —From Try before you buy: Crashplan As someone who is intimately familiar with supporting software customers, I have to say that this is one of the worst examples of customer [...]
GameCrush: Pay to Play (Video Games) with Hot Girls
Amazing, and sad: a new business pays girls to play video games and flirt with boys (who pay for this privilege) online.
Desk Phone Dock
Okay, you got me. [ via Smoking Apples ]