Force HTTPS in Chrome for better security when browsing. There is an ever increasing awareness that more of the Internet should be accessed through secure protocols like SSL. Google is one of the more aggressive companies pushing to make this happen. Here are several ways you can force HTTPS in Chrome to ensure your browsing is as safe as possible. Continue Reading…
Facebook’s Timeline Privacy Settings have been a tricky thing and it might become a bit harder with the new Open Graph Apps. The latest version of Facebook’s Open Graph was announced yesterday with a dizzying 60 partners at launch time. Be prepared for your Facebook feed to display a torrent of information about what your friends are doing, listening to, reading, and where they’re going. Continue Reading…
Frictionless Sharing is lube for your privacy… bend over and grab your ankles. Yesterday Facebook launched it’s new tool, Open Graph, that allows third party developers to share actions in your timeline. Sixty partners were announced at launch, no doubt many more will soon arrive. Take note because Frictionless Sharing is going to make Facebook sharing, and Facebook itself suck… a lot. Continue Reading…
The Stop Censorship app from CloudFlare shows your visitors that you are against SOPA (Stop Online Privacy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act), the proposed censorship legislation. Continue Reading…
Google’s Search plus your world is finally being rolled out and the integration with Google+ reveals why we can finally stop comparing it with Facebook. Social Search integrates the power of web searches AND your personal social networking circles to bring ever more relevant results. It also illustrates how Google+ isn’t just a Facebook clone, but something deeply integrated into Google’s core business model: search. Continue Reading…
Two companies are hoping to unleash the power of Android apps, allowing you to run them on any platform. The companies intend to provide a host environment for the Android apps to run pretty much anywhere you want. Both companies products work a lot like Wine on Linux, which allows Windows programs to run inside Linux without installing Windows or using a virtual machine. Continue Reading…
Social Monkee review – what is it and does it work? SocialMonkee is an instant backlink builder allowing you to build 25 unique backlinks every day. SocialMonkee has been designed to help you dramatically increase the number of backlinks to your pages, for better search engine indexing, rankings, and more traffic, leads and sales! But how does it work? Is it effective? How much does it cost?
Facebook tracking deepens with the release of it’s Facebook Messenger application. The Facebook Messenger Windows application recently leaked, and the company has responded to the leak of its application by just releasing an official download. What some may see as an added benefit to the social networks users, is also yet another way for the company to maintain it’s Facebook tracking of users across the web. Continue Reading…
Facebook Timeline Privacy can be a nightmare by exposing previously private information and making it public. Facebook’s new Timeline has the potential to expose status updates and wall posts from years ago. Below will be information on how to update your account to have better control of Facebook Timeline privacy. I’ve covered other ways to completely remove your data, giving you the ultimate Facebook Timeline privacy, but below we’ll cover the ways you can take some control over the existing content while increasing your Facebook Timeline privacy. Continue Reading…
Remove Facebook content with Android application Exfoliate… running on your desktop PC. As Facebook rolls out Timeline every status update, wall post, photo, etc that you’ve ever posted since the day you joined Facebook becomes easily searchable. For many early adopters this is a privacy nightmare. When your Facebook account is migrated to the new Timeline you’ll have one week to make any adjustments to your past posts and privacy settings before your Timeline will go live for everyone to see…. or you can just whack all your old content. Continue Reading…
