Category: Facebook
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German Lawmakers Seek To Limit Usage of Social Media Info By Employers
Image via CrunchBase Germany seems to take privacy pretty seriously. According to reports this week Germany is seeking to enact legislation that would restrict the usage of information about prospective employees garnered from social media sites by employers. The legislators are drawing a line between “pure” social networking site and the more professional ones. “The…
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Facebook the Movie?
It’s not enough that Facebook and its founder get splashed around in the mainstream media day in, day out .. now Hollywood wants us to watch a movie .. There’s a couple of versions of the trailer floating around. The first one (below) gives a few headlines and doesn’t show any real action: The second…
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Zuckerberg Redefines Pretentious
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has been getting a lot of flak in recent weeks about Facebook’s attitude and handling of privacy for its users. During a recent interview Zuckerberg was asked several times about privacy. He failed to give a convincing answer. Watch the entire interview to see how Zuckerberg, yet again, redefines “pretentious” once again.…
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Fantasy Animals, Pets and Pretzels More Popular Than Businesses
If you frequent the “twittersphere” or Facebook you’ll often come across businesses and their staff trying to market their products and services to you. There’s nothing wrong with that. Of course, how they actually do it is another matter entirely … But how successful are most of their attempts to “tap in” to “social media”…
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Google Buzz Boosts Buzzword Bingo Industry
Image via Wikipedia Social Media gurus rejoiced this week with the launch of Google’s latest service – Google Buzz Expect to see plenty of “tempting” offers in the next few weeks from “experts” on how to “maximise” your “potential” using the latest Google service. Google Wave was meant to revolutionise the web, so Google Buzz…
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Christmas Is A Time For Sharing With Your REAL Friends
Social media networks; Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace etc., etc. How many of your “friends” are actual friends? How many of them actually care about YOU? If you’re completely caught up in the “follower count race”, then you’ve probably already entered “social media hell”. But. There is light at the end of the tunnel You can…