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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

Here are my five social media predictions for 2010. A few AR applications have been rolled out by progressive marketers and other organizations this year, but 2010 will be the year AR explodes. 2010 could be the year that happens, or the year we see the first enterprise application/environment that achieves pervasive status.

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Important Facebook News: Privacy Updates

Almost Savvy

As you probably know, Facebook has been facing a barrage of complaints regarding their “public is the new norm&# approach to privacy which resulted in much of your/our content being made public by default. The feedback we heard from users was that in our efforts to innovate, some of our privacy settings h ad become confusing.

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What Was the Hottest Topic at LeWeb 2010?

Almost Savvy

The issues surrounding Wikileaks and its release of mountains of sensitive information exist at the intersection of privacy, safety, security, technology, social media and politics. Facebook Groups: Privacy Bait and Switch? Related articles which may interest you: Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends Blogging for Tickets.

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How Facebook Hurt My Feelings | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

In the end, it turned out that somehow Facebook had totally screwed up her privacy settings and a bunch of her friends now had limited access. Still, it shocked me to see how a little check-box deep in the Facebook privacy settings led to my own feelings of self-doubt and rejection. Two things occurred to me: 1.

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Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Besides major usability issues , duplicate stories submissions , and ads that literally scream at you , Digg has yet another issue to deal with: privacy. I figure if you want private communication, go to IM. Plus, the privacy is only one way (incoming only). I was responding to Kelly who says that the privacy is still one way.

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Facebook Tip: How To Choose Who Can See Your Friends

Almost Savvy

After the enormous missteps Facebook has taken lately with respect to privacy and control over our own content and a tidal wave of bad press, they’ve modified the settings and the ability to manage who can see our Friends has returned. Reply Irene Koehler says: September 9, 2010 at 10:31 am My pleasure, Sherman.

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New Tool Makes My Email Work Harder and Smarter

Almost Savvy

I don’t know these guys personally, so to say they aren’t spies would be pure conjecture, however, their privacy pledge states … Where does Rapportive get its data from? I am very concerned about privacy and don’t want to give access to my Gmail account to any application. Are they spies? Good for you.

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