Tag: "private"
Instagram Launches Private Messaging, Photos & Videos
Instagram have just announced a major update of their application to version 5.0, which now supports sending private messages, photos and videos to your friends. The latest update is flagged Instagram Direct. Kevin Systrom, Co-Founder of Instagram help a press event in Manhattan, New York today where he told reports further details about this latest […]
Read More | ShareGoogle launches Google+ Social Network
Google has launched a new social network/ social media site called Google + https://plus.google.com The product is in Beta mode and only available for selected people with an Invite from Google. The tool is to rival other social media sites, mainly Facebook. The product has a couple different features: Circles Circles allow you to share […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare Founders walk away with $4.6 million from VC funding
In the second round of Venture Capitalist funding, Foursquare Co-Founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai have walked away with $4.6 million USD jointly from the $20 million given. Foursquare has said the founders sold shares so that investors could buy more. This allowed the Venture Capitalist to reach their desired equity level in the company. […]
Read More | ShareTwitVid launched SocialAds, buy Followers and Retweets
Twitter Video hosting service, TwitVid, has recently created and launched a new advertising platform called SocialAds. The purpose of this new advertising platform with SocialAds is rather straightforward – to get the advertiser more Twitter followers of your Twitter account and also more retweets of your content. The service is initially being aimed and brands […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Applications now tell what Private Data is Shared
Facebook is rolling out a new feature that requires 3rd party applications to inform users exactly what parts of their profiles will be shared to make the applications work. Applications already had to ask for user permission to access anything in their profiles that wasn’t public. But these apps didn’t actually have to specify what […]
Read More | ShareSite showcases most bizarre Facebook updates
In ad-mist all the controversy over Facebook privacy controls recently – a new site has been created to try and get the message across to users about protecting their privacy. The site http://youropenbook.org aggregates some of the most bizarre public Facebook status updates you have ever seen. You are able to search on any topic […]
Read More | ShareFlickr and Facebook integrate
Flickr and Facebook have integrated their services so Flick users can connect their account to their Facebook profile. This will allow every photo upload on Flickr to be automatically posted across to your Facebook wall, if enabled. Only photos set as ‘public’ on Flickr will be upload to Facebook, ensuring the users privacy where required. […]
Read More | ShareFacebook’s Advertiser Clients Increase by 400%
According to recent reports Facebook has increased in number of advertisers over the past year by 400% A common misconception amongst users is that Facebook sells their users data to 3rd party companies. Facebook has never done this – all private data submitted to Facebook does not get sent to 3rd party companies. Another area […]
Read More | ShareMySpace ups security in wake of Facebook privacy concerns
MySpace has announced that their privacy options are changing which will result in user profiles to be defaulted ‘private’ only sharing personal information to friends. This seems to be the exact opposite of Facebook’s current strategy. MySpace, Co-President Mike Jones comments: “We respect our users’ desires to balance sharing and privacy, and never push our […]
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