Thursday, December 6, 2007

Facebook News

Keeping up with news about Facebook and Myspace can be a pretty interesting
read.

Facebook

The Facebook Blog:
http://blog.facebook.com

Facebook blog post apologizing for the big woops they made with the beacon
program:
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=7584397130

Inside Facebook
http://www.insidefacebook.com

Site that contains a link to the privacy preference allowing users to opt out of
beacons:

Facebook adds universal opt-out to Beacon; this time, the PR comes ...
By Justin Smith
This morning, in response to the complaints from privacy advocates that
have been well-documented in recent weeks, Facebook added a Beacon
preference to allow users to universally opt-out of Beacon. Now, if
users globally opt-out, ...
http://www.insidefacebook.com/2007/12/05/facebook-adds-universal-opt-out-to-beacon-this-time-the-pr-comes-from-zuckerberg/

All Facebook
http://www.allfacebook.com

Post on allfacebook:
Facebook Listens to the Blogosphere
By Nick O'Neill
Last night I briefly ranted about Facebook not responding to the noise.
Initially, they may have perceived it as only being chatter among
bloggers. As soon as I heard that brands were beginning to become
hesitant about advertising on ...
http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/12/facebook-listens-to-the-blogosphere/

Facebook and Relationships:

If it's Facebook, it's love
Reuters - USA
By Joanne Kenen With profiles on the Facebook social networking site almost
de rigueur on college campuses, students can define their relationship
status ...
http://features.us.reuters.com/techlife/news/A582F772-A2BF-11DC-BE5C-A0488271.html

More over the Facebook Beacon Frackus

Facebook's foolish foes [Media]
By Owen Thomas
I remember, distinctly, when former Business 2.0 editor Josh Quittner's
love affair with Facebook began this spring. He couldn't stop talking
about it, and I could hardly avoid hearing about it,... [[ This is a
content summary only. ...
http://valleywag.com/tech/media/facebooks-foolish-foes-330424.php