Posts Tagged ‘social’
The Kin is dead, long live the… er… »
Unveiled in April and on sale in the US for just six week, it appears the Microsoft Kin is no more. Separate to regular Windows Mobile phones the Kin brand was intended to be a platform of social media-centric handsets, with Kin One and Kin Two being the first out the blocks. Its genesis is in the Sidekick, a popular series of handsets ...Read On »
Feature: Cyberpsychology »
Facebook's success is purely psychological according to an Irish academic and it may be its undoing too. Adam Maguire finds out more. Changes to its privacy policy has led some Facebook users to threaten to quit the site for fear of having their personal information made public without their permission. However many other users seem ...Read On »
Vodafone promise booze & a free iPad to lure a »
Vodafone Ireland are trying to obtain the apparently elusive 'swarm' badge on Foursquare and have promised free drinks and the chance of a free iPad to those who help out. The company is inviting people to the Dakota bar in Dublin at 6pm this evening for the attempt, which requires 50 people to be checked-in to the same location at the same ...Read On »
Opinion: People aren’t as bothered by privacy as »
For all the hand-wringing about Facebook's privacy changes it appears that very few users actually care all that much, writes Adam Maguire. Today is 'Quit Facebook Day', the moment when the anger against Facebook's privacy chances comes to a head in the form of a mass exodus from the website. Or at least that was the plan. Looking at the ...Read On »
Facebook to simplify privacy settings from tomorrow »
Facebook is to roll out "drastically simplified" privacy settings from tomorrow, according to TechCrunch. The change was flagged by Facebook’s vice president of products Chris Cox who was speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in New York. No details are yet known of the changes, though it is understood they will aim to centralise ...Read On »
Opinion: A Facebook panic button would be pointless »
The murder of Ashleigh Hall was tragic but blaming Facebook shows just how ignorant some people are, says Adam Maguire. Depending on your age you may recall the surge in popularity enjoyed by chat rooms in the 1990s. In the age of the social network services like IRC seem archaic and clumsy but at their peak they were an innovative way to ...Read On »
News: Facebook to make privacy settings changes »
Facebook will remove regional networks in what founder Mark Zuckerberg says is an attempt to strengthen users' privacy on the site. In an open letter which appeared on users' home pages today, Zuckerberg outlined a number of changes which will be implemented on the site in the coming weeks. At present members can join networks based on ...Read On »
News: 2m Xbox Live users try Facebook in 1st week »
Nearly 2 million Xbox Live members logged in to the console's new Facebook application in its first week according to figures released by Microsoft Ireland today. The users represent around 10% of Xbox Live's 20 million members, a figure which includes 'Silver' account holders who do not have access to the Facebook feature. Alongside the ...Read On »
Feature: Five features your next phone should have »
The colour screen was once a unique selling point for new mobile phones - now no manufacturer would dare release a handset without one. The mobile - like all technology - is constantly improving. As a result it is impossible to pin-point the best phone on the market at any given time but it is a lot easier to state what the minimum ...Read On »
Opinion: Free isn’t the future »
Jason Walsh is in favour of free software, so why does he have a problem with the worlds of open source and free content? Here's a saying for you: the best things in life aren't free. After all, if someone can make a quick buck by selling anything to you, they invariably will. Despite this, the last decade has seen the seemingly ...Read On »
