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What's Next for Data Portability & Why is Facebook Still Holding Back?
Written by Richard MacManus / May 13, 2008 9:31 AM / 0 Comments

One of the buzz phrases we've heard a lot this year is "data portability", which means the ability to move your personal data between different applications and vendors. It has

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Flickr's New Friend Finder: Data Portability or Privacy Violation?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 1, 2008 9:17 AM / 13 Comments

Late last night Yahoo! owned photo sharing site Flickr launched a new feature - the ability to search your Gmail, Yahoo! Mail or Hotmail contacts list for people on Flickr

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Comment of the Day: Facebook Security Lapse is Weeks Old
Written by Richard MacManus / March 25, 2008 12:00 AM / 2 Comments

Today's winning comment comes from our post about a Facebook security flaw that allowed people to access private photos - including some from Paris Hilton at the Emmys and others

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Facebook Security Lapse Leaves Private Photos Exposed, Even Paris and Zuck's
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / March 24, 2008 6:45 PM / 10 Comments

The Associated Press reported this afternoon that its reporters were able to use an undisclosed method to access private photos on Facebook, including some from Paris Hilton at the Emmys

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Should Employers Use Social Network Profiles in the Hiring Process?
Written by Josh Catone / March 21, 2008 10:17 AM / 12 Comments

The Internet has made our personal lives public. Thanks to social networks, the kind of public scrutiny that was once reserved for the very famous, is now possible for many

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New Facebook Privacy Options Go Live - May Overwhelm Users
Written by Richard MacManus / March 19, 2008 7:06 PM / 10 Comments

We've just spotted the new Facebook privacy options in the wild. As we wrote earlier this week, "the new privacy features will increase the granular control that Facebook has been

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Facebook Improving Privacy Controls, Creating Chat App
Written by Josh Catone / March 18, 2008 1:24 PM / 7 Comments

In December when Facebook launched its friend lists feature, we theorized that it was a necessary first step that the network would need to take to attract the business social

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Yahoo! Experiments in Reality Mining with Bluetooth MyBlogLog
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / March 3, 2008 9:02 PM / 9 Comments

Yahoo! owned MyBlogLog is stepping into dangerous waters with a new experiment in mobile presence tracking through Bluetooth. Demonstrated at the eTech conference today, m.mybloglog.com says it allows users to:

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Getting Healthy With Google - Google Health Pilot Program
Written by Josh Catone / February 21, 2008 8:40 AM / 9 Comments

Google today announced a pilot program (read: closed beta) of their health records application. The program will be conducted at Cleveland Clinic hospital in Cleveland, Ohio and will include under

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Are National ID Cards Going to Snuggle Up With OpenID?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 20, 2008 2:49 PM / 19 Comments

The REAL ID Act of 2005 is said by some to pave the way for a United States National ID Card and has come under heavy criticism from a wide

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