Archive for the “privacy” category
One Last Late Thought On Facebook’s Beacon Buckling Down
by Tony Hung on December 6, 2007
Funny how being just a few days blogging is like being a *weeks* late, huh? :) Anyway, it sounds like a lot has been said about Facebook’s Beacon doing The Seemingly Right Thing by making Beacon 100% opt out, with (…)
Now Defanged, Will Facebook’s Beacon Bring Home The Bacon?
by Tony Hung on November 29, 2007
Well, its official. Through a variety of efforts, it looks like Facebook has buckled to the perception that folks don’t like their activities being broadcast across the Facebook network. Mr. O’Neill has the details, but it sounds like that rather (…)
If Facebook’s Beacon Crumbles, Will That Change Its Evaluation?
by Tony Hung on November 29, 2007
Looks like the movement by MoveOn and other privacy groups have really struck a chord with Facebook (Addendum: it looks like a few other organizations, such as Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy are filing motions (…)
Facebook’s Billion Dollar Evaluation Hinges On Apathy. *Our* Apathy.
by Tony Hung on November 25, 2007
Looks like the A-lister brigade is out in force against the opt-in lunacy that is Facebook Beacon. Or, so it would seem, anyway, with Doc Searls, Dave Winer, and Jason Calacanis (and a few others) making some good ol’ impassioned (…)
Facebook Privacy Follies Continue
by Tony Hung on November 18, 2007
As a bit of a follow up to a post I did some weeks ago about controlling the kind of information that gets back to Facebook via Facebook Beacon, it turns out that, in a similar vein, it may in (…)
Will Social Ads Spark A Facebook Revolt?
by Tony Hung on November 6, 2007
So its fairly breaking news, but Marc Zuckerberg has just outlined Facebook’s best attempt at monetization, which involves three separate entities — allowing advertisers to build their own pages, facilitating the engagement between Facebook fans and those advertisers (and the (…)
While Alibaba Has IPO Bonanza, Yahoo Faces Tough Questions In Congress
by Tony Hung on November 6, 2007
Duncan Riley reports that Alibaba has had the typical — or perhaps, more than typical — run up of a hotly expected internet IPO, with its stock price shooting up around 160% of its initial offering. The big obvious winner (…)