Surprise! Young Users Protect Their Privacy Online (http://www.pcworld.com/article/197441/surprise_young_users_protect_their_priv... Sharon Gaudin, Computerworld (http://www.computerworld.com/) When adults talk about personal privacy on sites like Facebook (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176408/Q_A_Facebook_exec_defends_site..., someone is bound to contend that that young people are too self-absorbed, or too naive to care about securing personal information (http://www.pcworld.com/article/171515/too_much_online_sharing_may_haunt_you_s...)that's stored in various places stored online. Well, according to a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, that person is likely wrong. The Pew survey of 2,253 Americans found that people aged 18 to 29 are more likely than older adults to take steps to limit others from accessing their personal information (http://www.pcworld.com/article/164250/cybercrooks_target_digitally_active.htm...)online. The study results, released Wednesday, noted that 44% of younger adults try to protect their information, compared to 33% of users between 30 and 49, and 25% of those between 50 and 64.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Where Are the Robots Taking Us? Part 2
Where Are the Robots Taking Us? Part 2 (http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/69871.html) By Richard Adhikari -TechNewsWorld If you look to the movies for answers regarding the Western world's attitude toward robots, the results may be confusing. Sometimes they're pudgy, bleeping sidekicks to the hero; other times their high-tech, cybernetic sociopaths. Robots in the real world aren't nearly so sophisticated, but their advancement has already raised a number of ethical questions. Is it abnormal to love robots? Do people who love robots, adopt them as friends or members of the family, give then names and bring them along on family vacations have an unnatural fixation on robots? What about soldiers who are prepared to give their lives for their units' bomb detector robots? Is that a symptom of battle fatigue? Of loneliness? Of traumatic stress disorder? Or are all these people just being human? If babies can anthropomorphize stuffed toys, why can't adults anthropomorphize robots, especially those that seem intelligent or resemble us physically? Remember how everyone loved R2D2 because he was so cute and made humanoid sounds? Do people who feel affectionate towards their robots demonstrate what sociologists call "transference?"
How to Use Google Webmaster Tools for SEO Inspiration
How to Use Google Webmaster Tools for SEO Inspiration (http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2010/05/how-to-use-google-webmaster-tools-for-... by Google Webmaster Tools (https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home?hl=en) added the so called “search queries†data (http://www.clickz.com/3640187) I’ve become a huge fan of them. I’ve listed the 10 Google SEO tools (http://www.seoptimise.com/blog/2009/12/10-free-google-seo-tools-everybody-sho... everybody should use in the past but to be honest I focus on three of them right now Google Insights, Google Analytics and Google Webmaster Tools for SEO inspiration. The wealth of information GWB offers is like a goldmine. The tool-set has grown over the years steadily but I was neglecting it. By now there are numerous ways to use Google Webmaster Tools for SEO. Again I will focus on three of them here and explain how to use GWB for Keyword Research Link Building CRO/Conversion Rate Optimization
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Broadband Has Turned Our Homes Into Glass Houses
Broadband Has Turned Our Homes Into Glass Houses (http://gigaom.com/2010/05/29/broadband-has-turned-our-homes-into-glass-houses/) from GigaOM by Stacey Higginbotham connections to our televisions (http://gigaom.com/2010/05/20/schmidt-says-google-tv-ads-will-be-a-cash-machine/), our phones, our reading devices and our game consoles these days, to the point that we expect such connections in almost everything we own. But while connectivity is awesome 90 percent of the time, it’s also scary because it can turn what were once private habits such as reading a book or answering email into something social â€" in some cases, without us knowing. It also allows advertisers to better track our activities and to offer up personalized ads. Thanks to more gadgets with a web connection, we all live in glass houses where friends, neighbors, advertisers and potentially the government can see what we’re up to. What’s worse is that the records of our daily activities aren’t a transitory blip; they’re kept for months on end (http://gigaom.com/2010/01/19/microsoft-reduces-bings-personal-data-retention-... and can be searched, resold or shared.
Digg Wants to Be the Twitter of News
Digg Wants to Be the Twitter of News (http://gigaom.com/2010/05/28/digg-wants-to-be-the-twitter-of-news/) By Liz Gannes (http://gigaom.com/author/lizg/) - gigaom Digg founder Kevin Rose is close to his first major launch since taking over as CEO (http://gigaom.com/2010/04/05/kevin-rose-becomes-ceo-in-shake-up-at-digg/) and instituting layoffs (http://about.digg.com/blog/we-just-sent-following-email-staff). He published a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9rc-Ou6814) today on his personal YouTube account laying out the site’s upcoming version 4 release, due “very soon†(found via TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/28/exclusive-video-and-screenshots-of-digg-vers.... The new Digg â€" which has been in the works for at least a year now â€" will extend the site’s current social features (which are pretty minimal (http://gigaom.com/2010/04/06/as-kevin-rose-restarts-digg-he-faces-an-unsocial... to allow for both friending and following other users and publishers. So if you friend a user, you see what they Digg and comment on; if you follow a publisher, you see everything they publish. The result is a personalized news page that seems like a combination of Google Reader, the Facebook news feed and Twitter. These features aren’t surprising; they’d been discussed publicly by previous CEO Jay Adelson (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20000411-52.html) and others at the company (http://gigaom.com/2010/02/26/how-digg-found-a-way-to-make-money/).>
Friday, May 28, 2010
Of Smartphone Owners, iPhone Users Are the Most Satisfied
Of Smartphone Owners, iPhone Users Are the Most Satisfied (http://www.pcworld.com/article/197406/iPhone_Satisfaction.html) Matt Hamblen, Computerworld (http://www.computerworld.com/) Apple's iPhone (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9108338/Continuing_coverage_Apple_s_iP... came out on top in terms of customer satisfaction compared with other smartphones, according to a survey of 1,009 consumers who bought smartphones in the last six months. But Motorola phones running the Android operating system, including the Motorola Droid (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140050/Motorola_Verizon_announce_Droi... , came in a close second in the survey conducted by ChangeWave Research.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Does Microsoft need a Windows 7 slate?
Does Microsoft need a Windows 7 slate? (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20006146-56.html) by Ina Fried - cnet news (http://www.cnet.com/profile/Ina+Fried/) Microsoft needs an answer to Apple's iPad (http://www.cnet.com/apple-ipad/) and that should be some sort of Windows-based consumer tablet. At least that is the position that analysis firm Forrester takes in a new report, which argue that tablets are "the next important computing form." "To keep its products front and center, Microsoft needs a partner to produce a successful Windows tablet that competes with the Apple iPad (http://www.cnet.com/apple-ipad/)," analysts JP Gownder and Sarah Rotman Epps said in a report released on Thursday. " At stake is nothing less than the future of the operating system."
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Microsoft can be Winner in War between Apple and Google
Microsoft can be Winner in War between Apple and Google (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/052510-microsoft-can-be-winner-in.html) Microsoft can take advantage of rivalry between Apple and Google to expand its dominance in key areas. By Tony Bradley, PC World Microsoft has been the big dog on the block with the giant target on its back for some time. Being Microsoft, that is not likely to fundamentally change any time soon, but Microsoft's two primary rivals--Apple and Google--are so busy bitterly competing with each other that Microsoft has an opportunity to fly under the radar and play both ends against the middle. Microsoft is expected to shake up its consumer devices organization and restructure the Entertainment and Devices Division (http://www.pcworld.com/article/197096/report_microsoft_plans_reshuffle_to_fig... following repeated failures in those areas. Windows Mobile, and the Zune portable media player have not exactly overwhelmed the competition. The areas where Microsoft has "flopped", though--mobile phones, music players, or even games consoles and video games--are not the bread and butter that pay Microsoft's bills. There are some strategic objectives that Microsoft could achieve if it had as dominant a stake in consumer gadgets and entertainment devices as it does in desktop operating systems, and office productivity software, but pursuing those objectives seems like an ego trip--an exercise in attempting to prove that it can compete and dominate in any market.
Facebook Schedules Privacy Briefing For Congress
Facebook Schedules Privacy Briefing For Congress (http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2010/05/25/facebook-schedules-privacy-contr... Meeting with Q&A will take place after changes debut By Doug Caverly - WebProNews Facebook's employees in Washington, D.C. are going to be in a very uncomfortable position if whatever privacy changes the social network implements tomorrow aren't well-received. Facebook has invited members of the House and Senate to attend a special, privacy-centric briefing later this week.As the screenshot of an event page below shows, this will be a rather exclusive affair, with only House and Senate staff allowed. It could turn into something of an interrogation, too, since there will be a question and answer session and Senators Begich, Bennet, Franken, and Schumer have already expressed a few concerns (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36406.html).>
Congress: it's time to rewrite the Telecommunications Bible
Congress: it's time to rewrite the Telecommunications Bible (http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2010/05/congress-its-time-to-rewrite-the-... By Matthew Lasar (author/matthew-lasar/) | ars technia To telecom industry lawyers, it is the Five Books of Moses, The New Testament, The Koran, the Bhagavad-Gita, the Ultimate API for Everything. We're talking about the Communications Act (http://www.fcc.gov/Reports/1934new.pdf), and Capitol Hill leaders say it's time to "develop proposals" to update the law. "As the first step, they will invite stakeholders to participate in a series of bipartisan, issue-focused meetings beginning in June," the announcemen (http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord...)t notes. "A list of topics for discussion and details about this process will be forthcoming." The "they" is the Big Four: Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), and Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)â€"all chairs of the key telecom-related committees in Congress. What, you ask, do these guys have in mind? Why, you wonder, are they announcing this now?
Why you shouldn't believe 'Facebook backlash' numbers
Why you shouldn't believe 'Facebook backlash' numbers (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20005921-36.html) by Caroline McCarthy (http://www.cnet.com/profile/caroline.mccarthy/) - cnet news If anybody is telling you right now that they have conclusive evidence that there either is or isn't a real backlash against Facebook over its latest privacy debacle, you shouldn't believe that evidence. Right now, there is no set of numbers that can prove it either way. Concerns about social network Facebook's regard for member privacy have been all over the media ever since the company's F8 conference a month ago--where Facebook debuted modified privacy settings, as well as deeper ways for third-party partners to tap into its network of social connections. Yet some are now wondering if that crisis is restricted to the media itself. Prominent tech industry figures like Leo Laporte, Peter Rojas, and Jason Calacanis have announced that they're deleting their profiles, but how does this explain some numbers that say the social network's still growing like a weed?
