Dropbox is integrated directly into Facebook

After conducting Dropbox hired former Facebook executive director of the company management, the two companies immediately launched a new partnership that allows users to integrate right into your Dropbox Facebook.
 

 
This means that users can select the Dropbox file share with friends and colleagues through an integrated platform that Facebook recently made. The sharing will take place right inside Dropbox via a new tool that allows users to authenticate your Facebook account and then select the name or who you want to share files with them.
 
This is considered a new impulse from Dropbox to attract users after witnessing a series of rival cloud released recently. The iCloud Apple growing strongly, while Amazon also offers a cloud storage solution convenient for users, while Google is planning to launch an initiative to provide cloud storage is great.
Known month, Dropbox has updated Automator platform for its services, increase the ability to connect with Google +. This suggests that Dropbox feel social integration is the way to enhance competition in the field of cloud storage.

Yahoo lawsuit piracy Facebook

Today Yahoo has accused Facebook on issues related to the use of 10 violations of its patents in areas such as advertising, security, customization, messaging and social networking.

The incident began after Yahoo passed on media reports, Facebook offered to pay royalties to 10-20 applications using Yahoo's patent without permission.
 
In the email message yesterday, Yahoo said that the company has spent a large amount of money in creating new innovations in the field of information technology and registered copyright. However, the problems with Facebook has yet to be resolved that the company felt quite urgent and I believe this lawsuit will win.
According to documents submitted to court in San Jose, California, Yahoo hopes that the major social networking sites on the planet to pay for all losses due to piracy cause.
 
Facebook spokesman said it is very disappointed with Yahoo because this is one of the most important partner of Facebook, Yahoo also enjoy a special profit associated with through Facebook.
 
The declared war on Facebook is probably a strategic move that Scott Thompson, the new CEO of Yahoo, wants to turn this company into the leader of the social networking site. Meanwhile, with Facebook, the lawsuit could cause unexpected problems, especially when it was very steep for the last time IPO.

Facebook time consuming than 135 times the user's Google +

According to latest data from comScore, in 1/2012, users spent only 3 minutes for Google + while Facebook numbers for up to 7 hours, ie about 135 times higher than the competition.
Although the results of comScore show that Google is gradually lowered, the data of the claims against Google, said Google + is growing.
According to comScore, the Linkedin, MySpace, Tumblr, and Twitter are Pinterest over Google + the time users spend per month for access. Specifically, in 1/2012, users spent 17 minutes for Linkedin, MySpace 8 minutes, 89 minutes for both Tumblr and Twitter Pinterest and 21 minutes.

Earlier, on May 11/2011, users spent an average Google + 5.1 minutes, then reduced to 4.8 minutes in December.
While Google, Facebook + ratios moving up again. Compared with December, time for Facebook users in January increased to 30 minutes.
In early February, Google announced that it has over 100 million members, but Google + Facebook far behind the pace. Mark Zuckerberg's social network now has 845 million active users and 480 million of whom use the service daily from Facebook.

Facebook to improve services to protect individual rights

Facebook will improve some of its services in Europe in the next six months towards transparency and protection of customer data outside of North America better.

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg at the Facebook developer conference in San Francisco. Photo: Reuters.

The decision was made after Facebook committee Protection of personal data Ireland (IDPC) completed three months of research activities of the international branch of this group in Ireland and concluded: privacy policies Facebook's complexity and lack of transparency.
Do branch is located in Dublin (Ireland) Facebook should be subject to privacy laws, according to European standards, which is stricter than the regulations of the U.S., especially in a matter of time data storage. Facebook in Ireland branch in charge of the operation of all Facebook users outside North America, the majority of the total 800 million customers of the company.
Results of tests show that IDPC risk is not your information is disclosed publicly. For example they may not know that everyone, whether familiar or not, will see the images posted on the wall until revised privacy. The improvement measures that Facebook launched as provide users more information about how Facebook and a third-party application process their personal information; how to remove the random information more timely; scene customer explicitly when using the automatic face recognition if you want to tag your photos. Explanation of privacy policy will also be simplified Facebook.
The examination of Facebook activity had been planned before IDPC officials Ireland received 22 complaints from a group of law students in Austria. They own campaign "Europe against Facebook" to protest Facebook to store information that users have deleted. There are also three complaints from consumers council of Norway. IPDC not only subject to sanction recommendations. If Facebook does not comply, the agency will conduct the proceedings that Facebook could be fined up to 3,000 euro. And if the conclusions serious breach of data policies, a court sentenced the group to at least 100,000 euros.
"Our function is not a decision someone has violated the law. We help organizations fully comply with the provisions of law in the best way, "Billy Hawkers, committee members said. "Facebook has agreed to provide the best measures to improve the situation within six months." An assessment of the Facebook action commitments will be announced in July the following year.
"This is a practical way for Facebook to test a relatively new service and this stand," the charge of data protection in Linklater LLP law firm, Mr. Tanguy Van Overstraeten said. "They are facing their own success. They have to solve many different views as radial geography. " Operation of Facebook in Europe have criticized repeatedly. Many claim to denounce corporations sell personal data for advertising companies, or store information that the user has been deleted. Investigators have studied Ireland accused Facebook selling personal information and conclusions are unfounded information.
Earlier, in the U.S., Facebook was forced to settle the claims of the U.S. Trade Commission (FTC) after the FTC accused the corporation does not protect personal information of users or disclose their data. After the incident, Facebook pay attention more closely to the privacy of customers in the next 20 years, namely the need to explicitly consent before sharing data was published, many criteria apply stricter privacy. These activities of Facebook will be an independent third party monitoring.

Mark Zuckerberg "road" picture as the fault of Facebook privacy

A serious bug in the programming code of Facebook has made the user can access and view private photos on Facebook of other users, even if access to it. Even Mark Zuckerberg is the "victim" of this error.
Serious error on the bodybuilding forum members first detected on day 3 last. It is known that errors related to a new feature on Facebook, allowing users to make informed many images violate Facebook simultaneously.
Accordingly, if a user who launched the report contain nude pictures or pornography, then add the option marked "optional additional images for alarm", users will see all the images are recent addition of Facebook accounts being reported, even the images have been installed to private.

Mark Zuckerberg take pictures with his girlfriend, one of the private photos leaked

As soon as the error was discovered, Facebook was immediately removed this feature.
"This is the result of one of our recent code for Facebook equipped and operated in a short time" - Facebook said in a press section and then - "After detecting an error , we immediately stop this feature and it provides only after confirming that the error has been corrected. "
Although the error was quickly removed, Facebook users can not freely access private photos of others, however, survive long enough to bug the private photos leaked out. Even the "boss" of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg is the "victim" of this error when a series of photos of Zuckerberg posted on his Facebook privacy mode was accessed and stolen.

Add personal photos of Mark Zuckerberg and friends

This can be seen as an "accident" is not worth having with Facebook on this sensitive time, when Facebook is preparing plans IPO (issuing shares to the public first) with a value predicted up to 100 billion USD. This is not the first occurrence of the privacy of users on Facebook. Privacy and Security on Facebook is always a matter of criticism and the most controversial of the largest social networking world.

Facebook will launch smartphone next year?

After long continuous emergence of information on hand in the array Facebook mobile phones, according to latest reports, the first product of this social network called Buffy, using the Android operating system and produced by HTC.
According to insiders, Facebook and HTC are still negotiating details of hardware products. The time for this handset launch is estimated to be about more than 1 years.
Facebook's representative refused all questions and he did not even answer the phone by journalists. Instead, it repeated the statement of this social networking strategy involved in the mobile market. The company said that a mobile device will become much more utility if it is deeply socialized.
The HTC also keep this information secret. Many have speculated HTC will make a major partner of Facebook in this strategy after the introduction of the HTC phones Status. However, the handset integrates a Facebook shortcut on the keyboard to bring convenience to users only. There is absolutely no cooperation between phone manufacturers and Taiwan's largest social networking world.

HTC integrated Facebook Status on your keyboard.

If Buffy was launched products, Facebook will officially dance battle with the giants on the array of mobile devices. Conflict with Apple will be pushed up as the product of growing apples Waning Facebook boycott but rather to integrate Twitter.
Moreover, social networks can also have problems with Microsoft, the company owns many patents related to Android and charges are copyright of Facebook if Buffy phone running Android official on the shelf.
Besides, the biggest rival of the social network as "giant" Google is holding back a certain number of agreements on the Microsoft Windows Phone and Skype. There are too many problems and barriers awaiting the first mobile product of the largest social network in the world.
But no matter what way, there is also a positive move and a healthy competition from Facebook. Our users is the benefit of all. Time goes on, and we will wait for final results.

Facebook virus to investigate pornography

Facebook says it is to find out information about pornography and violence that have been posted to this social network.
These images are thought to occur through automatic directory updates (newsfeeds) of the user.
According to tech site ZDNet, the image is spread through a virus "link spam" ("linkspam"), enticing users to click on the link seems to talk about something harmless.

Some users say they have closed an account on Facebook after seeing scary images on your personal page

A Facebook spokeswoman said: "[We] recognize the content of these reports and we are investigating the incident."
Thousands of Facebook members have posted comments about the incident on Twitter.
"Having discovered a porn site, called Facebook," one user wrote.
"Facebook needs to take action on the pornographic images had been edited in Photoshop," another wrote.
Others complained they had seen the pictures with the animals, and some people said that so they decided to lock up your account.
Some people connect this attack with the hacker group Anonymous after a piece of tape was released to YouTube, threatening to "kill" Facebook.
However, experts are questioning the authenticity of the video.

The reaction

The company specializes in Internet security, Sophos said the pictures were "flooded" on Facebook in about 24 hours.
Senior professional technology consulting firm, said Graham Cluely unclear contents are distributed under the bad kind, but added that Facebook may be confronted with long-term consequences.
"Issues like this are likely to cause users to avoid this social network," he wrote on a company blog.
"Facebook needs to handle problems quickly and prevent a similar situation occurs on such a scale again."
Social networks require members to register at least 13 years old.
Experts say that companies may need to warn about the risk of the youngest users can see the bad image it.
"The leadership is responsible for Facebook to encourage your audience to see the pictures nienneu that they should discuss with their families or with academic advisors," Sally Leivesley, executive managing director of NewRisk same time as consultants for the control of crisis management said.

Skype for Mac has integrated Facebook

The good news for Skype users on Mac and Facebook addicts, the latest version of Skype has integrated Facebook added a feature that allows users to chat with their friends on Facebook without access to social networking sites .

Skype for Mac has integrated Facebook

With this update, users can monitor all activities as well as the latest status from their friends on Facebook, comment, click the "like" or status updates to Facebook from within Skype.
Even Skype is listed both on the Facebook friend list of users, allowing users to see who is online and chat directly with them as an other skype users.
There is a pity that this new version still does not have any interface change any progress. You can download the Beta version of Skype 5.4 for Mac

Five types of images should not bring up bad social network

Social networking is increasingly creeping into people's real life, so decide carefully, accurately reflect what you want everyone - both relatives and strangers and even your boss - through pictures of you.

Use caution when posting photos on Facebook. Photo: Internet.

Here are 5 pictures worst if you "like" them on account of their social networks like Facebook or Twitter.

1. Do not post photographs of personal information is

Even your Twitter account to private mode and you follow very closely those who see your Facebook profile, then the personal data on the photo is still not safe. Strangers, and hacker threats not only who you know can also steal your information. According to the 2010 Identity Fraud Survey research by Javelin Strategy and Research group, those aged 18-24 tend to be the victim of information theft, perhaps by their enthusiastic participation in the social networking website Assembly. However, research in 2011 showed that high-risk age group have moved to 25-34.
Do not post any pictures that have personal information such as driver's license number, marriage certificates, passports, various types of contracts .... In fact, if you search you can find many newly married couples who travel or post pictures this document with high resolution.
Do not assume that your photos completely private. On Facebook, your friends can view the photos you "tag", if all image settings to "can" (enabled). Set the picture on Facebook is quite complex, so best be careful.

2. Invalid memory location services

Cameras increasingly sophisticated - even with the camera built into the phone. When you take a picture, many cameras record information including camera model, settings such as shutter speed, aperture, time snapshots. Although this information is useful, but you also need to know if they show up on your photos. Also, the problem is greater when the image data is embedded such as GPS, memory card or camera phone pointed out exactly where you shoot. Some social networking services to erase it, but some still left - that is very likely that you have uploaded photos are full home address for anyone to see them.
If your device is the default data, you need to reinstall. If you use the camera view-and-shoot (point-and-shoot) or DSLR, you can find out where to install related terms such as "geotagging," "location" or "geodata" and disable of them.
To disable geotagging on Android device, open the camera application and consider the box "geo-tag photos" in the menu settings. But on the iPhone, open the install icon, click on "location services", find "Camera" and switch the status from On to Off.

3. The boss can "inspire" your social network

When social networking boom, the HR managers increasingly rely on web to search for potential candidates. Many businesses find information on the web about the current employees or their future. So, be careful. Do not rush to publish the "picture party" on social networks, it can reflect who you are dissipated, alcoholic despite the fact that sometimes different. Just select the photos to look professional in a little profile picture.

4. Avoid the lava sliced ​​image Google Google

Although there is no security risk, but there's no reason to choose a photograph posted on Facebook that the arm or shoulder in the picture garbled bluff. Because if you are looking to meet someone online through a dating site or social network, so try to choose photos that show the whole man, do not take pictures cut out from a picture file Double or captured. That can make viewers question - you took pictures with? Where? When? Is that your old man?

5. Avoid pictures from webcam

There are many types of cameras are cheap, easy, capturing beautiful, and as such they will be much better if you use a webcam built-in computer to take pictures. Do not post pictures on the webcam image file. Even the 5 megapixel camera phone can also be easily overcome webcam image quality, even on a new PC webcam. Because many major webcam for video chats, the picture quality is not good.