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Facebook’s Futuristic Version of Human Conversation

Recently Facebook announced Facebook Messaging, the next generation of communication where friends can send email, chat (IM), text messages, and Facebook mail all from one location.  It doesn’t matter anymore whether someone prefers email over text messaging.  If you signed up for Facebook Messaging, whatever the preferred method of communication is, that . . .

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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 13

Well we have returned from a three month hiatus with the show and are ready to get back to the task at hand to provide you information on tech. This show focuses on online safety and security since October is National Cyber Security Month. Everything from avoiding scams, phishing attempts, work at home scams, and Facebook privacy. We also mention our 2,000th post at WindowsObserver.com and a couple of giveaways we are hosting. . . .

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What Not To Tell on Social Media Sites

This is a guest blog entry from Karin Gerber who runs HelpTech Solutions with Julio Morell.

There is something cathartic about the whole social networking scene with websites like Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace allowing us to post things about ourselves that maybe we should leave for a psychologist.  I admit, it feels . . .

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How to Download Your Facebook Info

Amongst the recent features announced for Facebook is the ability to download all of your Facebook account information to your local computer for safe keeping.

The process is very straight forward and you get started by going to your Facebook account page and clicking on the Download Your Information link:

Here . . .

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Google Privacy Gets Transparent

At the Google Privacy Center they have recently posted a highlighted entry about their privacy policies that indicates a significant shift is coming as it relates to Google, its products and privacy:

We are updating our privacy policies to make them more user-friendly and to better reflect how our products work together. . . .

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Is Facebook Doing Enough With Their Privacy Changes?

 

So the big news conference has been the highlight of all the big tech sites over the last day or so and it seems a mixed bag of responses.  Some are praising Facebook’s new found awareness of how important privacy is to its users while others still believe that they just do . . .

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