Publishing NewsFacebook / keyboard / Privacy-issues / YouTube5 Comments
Instead of a big article, here’s a couple of tech news that I thought I’d highlight. The Snapchat Scare (or if you aren’t paying for a product, you are the product). Snapchat updated it’s privacy policy a couple of days ago. The new policy informs you that they are tracking ... more >
Miscads / internet security / Privacy-issues10 Comments
I was all set to write about ad blockers in iOS. I downloaded and set up two of the top rated ones, Purify and Crystal. So far my review is short. They were both easy to set up and easy to configure to the extent there was any configuration necessary. So, ... more >
Publishing Newsconflicts of interest / Ethics / Humor / Privacy-issues18 Comments
William Shatner calls out Reddit for racism and hate mongering – Reddit is a site that is full of the cutest cat and dog pictures, viral videos at their inception, and interesting question and answer sessions with famous people. Bill Gates was on the site yesterday during an Ask Me ... more >
Publishing Newsbook-sales / Privacy-issues / self-published10 Comments
Macklemore the first unsigned artist in modern history to hit #1 on U.S. Charts – Macklemore first came to my attention when he did this great music video in support of the gay marriage effort in Washington. I watched “Thrift Shop” on YouTube and quickly forgot it. The other day ... more >
Publishing NewsApple / Privacy-issues / publishing1 Comments
Swoon Reads Introduces Crowdsourced Publishing Model – Macmillan is taking up where HarperCollins Inkpop left off. HarperCollins launched Inkpop in 2010 and invited writers to come and share their material with others. HarperCollins acquired at least one manuscript from the writers on Inkpop. HC sold Inkpop to Figment in 2012. ... more >
Publishing Newscloud computing / ebook software / Privacy-issues13 Comments
Randi Zuckerberg Is Just as Confused by Facebook Privacy as You Are – Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, generally believes people should live their private lives publicly or at least that is how he runs Facebook with the privacy settings constantly changing and always requiring an opt in action by ... more >