I still use Feedly to follow RSS feed, because I know that I’m going to get everything I want to see. No social media company is going to decide for me, and no social media company is keeping track of what I click on or don’t click on. One of the main reasons RSS is…
After I linked to something last week about how Sarahah seemed like maybe it was a bad idea, I’m glad to see someone figuring out the advantages of anonymity and doing something good with it. Even as reports about Sarahah app being misused by cyber bullies surface, Aware — a Chennai-based NGO that creates awareness…
When I first saw someone post this app to Facebook, my immediate thought was, really? Is this a good idea? 4. Couldn’t this be used for bullying? UM, DUH. 5. Seriously, right? An anonymous thing where you can write to a person? Sounds bad. Well, it says “Leave a constructive message :)” at the top…
If we think about how the internet companies are all battling for our attention, and using all kinds of manipulation to do so, can we be involved with social media on our own terms? I will say this, Tristan is also correct that as long as advertising is the financial base for internet companies,…
As more organizations switch to BYOD policies, where people use their personal devices to get work email, for example, this is becoming a real concern for me. “No matter how in-house counsel choose to handle text messages, it’s wise to recognize employees’ privacy concerns, said Julia Brickell, executive managing director and general counsel at e-discovery…
The technology is getting better. Just this week I downloaded Facebook’s Moments app to take a look at it and sure enough, it pretty much nailed every match of a person in a photo on my phone with their Facebook profile. I don’t think we are going to stop businesses and government agencies from using…