[UPDATES] Shareaholic has been making changes. See bottom of this post for ALL updates as I realize them!! This post is in response to Shareaholic's VP of Product David Zakur, who posted a "clarification" of things I've previously reported here and here. I responded directly to his post, but my comment was deleted. You can read my on-the-fly response to it at Reddit. You can … [Read more...]
Think Before Sharing via Social Apps & Tools
Last week Twitter announced suspension of two popular applications that violated the company’s policies. The news of the mobile app pulls hit Twitter quickly, and left the first page of our timelines in the same fashion. The apps—UberTwitter and Twitroyd (for Blackberry and Android, respectively)—were among hundreds of Twitter applications that are pulled each day. While … [Read more...]
What is PA-DSS and Why Should I Care?
Now that it's a requirement, online store owners are finally starting to get the term PA-DSS drilled into their heads. I've spoken about this for some time, but it seems far too few merchant account providers took time to notify companies early and often. Some companies are already being charged monthly fees for not following the global security standard set forth by the … [Read more...]
For Future of Facebook, Privacy Matters
Call this my open letter to Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook's latest changes to privacy have many people up in arms, and rightly so. Contrary to Zuckerberg, privacy is still a major concern amongst web users. … [Read more...]