Jun 17, 2013 | Facebook, Internet, security, web_services
LinkedIn is increasingly being used by small and medium-size businesses for marketing, recruiting, and networking. I’ll give you a bit of background in case you’re not familiar with LinkedIn, then point out one of its features that can seem creepy if you’re not...
Jan 30, 2013 | Facebook, Microsoft, Outlook, Skype, software, Surface, web_services, Windows Phone 8, Windows8
Skype is being transformed this year into an integrated platform available on phones, tablets and computers for a variety of communications tasks. There has been a flurry of updates and announcements in the last few months – these are the highlights. Log into Skype...
Dec 10, 2012 | Apple, Facebook, Google, mail, Office 365, web_services
Gmail was down today for most users for at least an hour, with Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Play and some other Google services remaining down for another hour or more. A side effect: attempts to access Google services during the outage was causing Google Chrome...
Aug 3, 2012 | Facebook, Google, mail, Microsoft, OneDrive, Outlook, web_services
When Microsoft realized that it was on the verge of missing the implications of the Internet, it famously turned the company around in the mid-90s, building web access into all of its products and working out the implications of online access more thoroughly than...
Jan 12, 2012 | Facebook, Google, Google+, security, web_services
MyPermissions.org does something very simple and very helpful – and it might be an eye-opener for some of you. The site has gathered shortcuts to the pages that list the permissions you’ve granted to access your information on eight social networking services:...
Oct 14, 2011 | Android, Apple, Facebook, mobile, photos, security
Many people instinctively protect their privacy. In their minds, it’s not anybody else’s business where they shop, who they visit, what they talk about, or what movies they watch. The divide is getting wider between naturally private people and the rapidly growing...
