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Facebook vs G+ vs Twitter vs LinkedIn vs Diaspora*

November 16, 2011 – 5:44 PM

We use social media sites like Facebook and Google+ all the time, often without considering the risks involved. How much of our information is being collected? Privacy settings have been put in place, but that doesn’t mean that our information is completely protected. This survey intends to compare different privacy settings as well their common practice re. collected user data, offered by some of the most popular social networks: Facebook, Google+, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Update: I have now also added Diaspora* to the comparison.

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Google Wave

October 4, 2009 – 1:47 PM

google_wave_logoGoogle Wave is finally out! I was lucky enough to receive an invite from day 1 so for the past days I’ve been taking it for a ride. What I can say so far is that this application shows amazing potential!

As you log in for the first time, you start with a pretty clean interface. You get a list containing whichever friends from your contacts that have joined Google Wave (probably not many for the time being). You also get a list with a few gadgets that can be used right away in your waves. While they are not many, at least it’s a start. They include a map gadget, a poll, a trip organiser, a weather gadget and some kind of video conferencing for your waves. You can also share pictures and other resources during a wave.
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