What a nightmare. A warning to all here: Do Not Try To Upload Too Many Photos to Facebook At Once I was attempting to upkload about 6 or 7 photos to Facebook from my phone and it just died on me. It got pretty hot, gave some memory warnings, then crashed. I tried rebooting...
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Yahoo and Facebook have joined hands to make Yahoo a more social platform. It seems that Yahoo is always playing catch up with Google now, and instead of creating a rival for Google Buzz, Yahoo has decided to make a partnership with the master of Social Networking, Facebook. Yahoo accounts will be linked to...
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This was buzzed by Google’s Matt Cutt’s in response to suggestions that Google had only managed to gather the email addresses by using some sort of underhand, insider methods. But personal email addresses are visible using Yahoo too. From Matt Cutt’s Buzz; http://www.allfacebook.com/2010/06/facebook-loophole-exposes-thousands-of-email-addresses/ makes a false claim: “The other question that this raises is...
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My Dad called me today to say that he had a problem with his PC. A rogue anti-virus got installed on his PC and has hijacked it. He is running McAfee AV but that failed to stop it, although he did admit that he saw warnings, but really thought at the time that the...
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Tags: Candid, Facebook, Personal Antivirus, virus
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If you are reading this you are a web user and therefore you should be aware of the possible risks associated with Internet use. In the same way that if you visit a city you should be aware of how to behave and which places to keep away from, you need to take a...
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Tags: Facebook, Google, personal data, security
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Facebook is undergoing some changes. It has now got a staggering 350 million members (how many people?!). Facebook has more members then the entire popular of the USA and UK combined!
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Early this evening we reported how Twitter was struggling under the massive demand for its services. Now Facebook is struggling. I cannot play Scrabble! It’s my move! This is a disaster! And Mafia Wars is very sluggish. Social Media? Social Decline more like. Come on, upgrade your servers, get some better computers, buy a...
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Tags: Facebook, Mafia Wars, scrabble, servers
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In the modern era, almost every company is dependant on their IT systems to function day-to-day and any kind of unforeseen circumstance could be potentially devastating. Anything from the smallest power cut or server failure to an all out natural disaster could bring business to a grinding halt, any interruption to a company’s IT...
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Tags: business continuity, cyber crime, cyber warfare, disaster recovery, Facebook, IT systems, SME, twitter
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Facebook now has 300 million users, and has announced that it has finally started making a profit. This is solid proof that although social media and networking sites are good fun, they are not a good business model, at least not for start ups. If an online store had as many returning customers it...
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Tags: buy facebook shares, Facebook, facebook floatation, facebook shares, Google, sm, social media, Social Networking
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Just noticed Facebook is looking a little smoother around the edges, and also that user “status” has been replaced with “What’s on your mind?”. User profile photos now have rounded edges too. On the home page there is more detailed information on what you can see in your own Facebook homepage, i.e. “You’re looking...
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Tags: Facebook, FB, privacy, Social Networking
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