Listen to Your Voicemail On the Computer

It doesn’t have to be annoying anymore: you can listen to the messages in any order. Google is coming up with everything nowadays… Are we really that impatient to wait for the “Next Message” that we will sign up for this application? Are we getting super lazy?

I feel like I sure am

~Maria

Go Go Go

The iPhone Mom!

My mom just learned how to send a text msg.

 

~Maria

Facebook’s Easy Virtue

An article from the Washington Post discusses the easy virtue of clicking and becoming a fan of a cause. The biggest problem with Facebook groups that support a cause is that less than 5% will take any real action- for many, the act of joining becomes a satisfactory form of action. Worse, causes can become like bits of flair, less about actually caring about a cause, and more as pieces that show how culturally aware and politically attuned a person is.

Here’s the full article:Facebook\’s Easy Virtue

Can Online Petitions and Facebook groups actually change anything?

It seems that although joining a Facebook group to support a cause is much more passive, it can actually be more effective, because more people will support it passively rather than congregate at a street corner at a specific time with signs.

Here’s the link: Article

epic

http://epic.org/privacy/facebook/

latest events in facebook privacy

privacy act of 1974

http://epic.org/privacy/laws/privacy_act.html

The Privacy Act of 1974 was created in response to concerns about how the creation of computerized databases might impact individuals’ privacy rights.

facebook beacon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Beacon

information on facebook beacon, a program that allowed external websites to post information about your activities on your newsfeed