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Overstock: Playing wait-and-see with Facebook's Beacon: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg did his mea culpa blog post today, but the real tell will be how advertisers and users react to the newfangled opt-in approach. Thoughts about Zuckerburg's thoughts abound (See Techmeme and ZDNet's coverage). But there are plenty of moving parts to sort out. The...; Tags: Facebook, Overstock.com Inc., Advertiser, Beacon, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-12-05
At last, Facebook's CEO says sorry for Beacon; universal opt-out now an option: Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook, has admitted that mistakes were made when the company rolled out its social ad-system, Beacon, whereby interactions users make on participating sites are automatically published onto their Facebook mini-feed. "We've made a lot of mistakes building this feature, but we've...; Tags: Facebook, Beacon, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2007-12-05
Zuckerberg speaks: Lessons learned from Beacon: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg finally addressed the firestorm of controversy around the Beacon ad system. "I'm not proud of the way we've handled this situation and I know we can do better," he said in a note on Facebook's site. The end result is that Beacon now has a privacy...; Tags: Facebook, Zuckerberg, Beacon, Security, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-12-05
Hey Facebook's Zuckerberg, we're the blogosphere and we won't ease up until you kill Beacon: Robert Scoble's so right about Facebook and their suddenly low-visibility CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Paraphrasing Robert's thoughts, he views this low viz as being driven in large measure by the blogosphere calling Facebook out about this privacy-invading Beacon thing of theirs. You know, that...; Tags: Facebook, Blogosphere, Beacon, Blogging, Internet, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-12-04
I'll go ahead and say it: Facebook's Beacon MUST DIE. NOW: All you need to know about Facebook's Beacon is contained in the Wikipedia entry for the damn thing: Beacon is a part of Facebook's Ads system that sends data from external websites to Facebook, ostensibly for the purpose of allowing targeted advertisements, and allowing users to...; Tags: Facebook, Beacon, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Wiki, Internet, Online Communications, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-12-03

Facebook Beacon update: No activities published without users proactively consenting: Updated: On November 6, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg proudly launched the new services Techmeme that he expected to redefine the advertising business. "People influence people. Nothing influences people more than are recommendation from a trusted friend. A trusted referral influences people more than the best...; Tags: Facebook, Notification, Problem, Story, User, Referral, Beacon, Public Relations, Business Structures, Web Site Development, Web Technology, E-mail, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Finance, Internet, Online Communications, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-11-29
Facebook apologizes for spoiling Christmas, but Beacon's here to stay: A Facebook customer support representative responding to complaints posted on the Facebook "group" that MoveOn.org set-up as part of its anti-Beacon campaign, has aplogized for spoiling christmas! Paul Janzer wrote: "we're sorry if we spoiled some of your holiday gift-giving plans", after a number of users...; Tags: Facebook, Beacon, Business Structures, Finance, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2007-11-29
Is Facebook banking that you're a beacon of egomania?: Is Facebook banking that you're a beacon of egomania?can you fit...any more similes or metaphors into a column about facebook advertising? I mean they were packed in there like my sister's shoes in my suitcase when she ran out of room in both of hers on our last family vacation!...; Tags: whole-Web 2.0 thing, Facebook banking, Facebook, beacon, banking; Discussion threads 2007-11-26
Facebook launches its ad platform; Coca-Cola as friend?: Facebook on Tuesday announced its long awaited advertising system, dubbed Facebook Ads. According to the company's statement, Facebook Ads will allow "businesses to connect with users and target advertising to the exact audiences they want." Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined how the company has...; Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, Coca-Cola Co., Beacon, Ad System, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-11-06
New directions in car safety and navigation: New directions in car safety and navigationWhat about PLBs or EPIRBs built into cars?PLBs or Personal Locator Beacons have recently been approved for use within the United States. Why are we also not looking into integrating this technology into cars as well? This technology, in the form of...; Tags: PLB, GPS, beacon; Discussion threads 2006-12-14
Wireless USB poised to cut the cable: Wireless USB poised to cut the cableIt's about timeHurry it up, man!http://opendomain.blogspot.com/So, how does it deal with power?I am assuming that this technology now takes batteries - so instead of having free cables on our desks, we have to spend $5 to $10 /per year per device on Batteries -...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Engineering, Wi-Fi, radio, wireless USB, battery, wireless, USB, beacon, cable; Discussion threads 2006-10-17
WWSU (zip): WWSU is a look up/logging utility designed for longwave beacon listeners. The user of this program can look up a particular beacon by its callsign or frequency. Once found, the beacon can be entered into a listening log. WWSU offers the ability to enter logs from 15 different listening locations...; Tags: Beacon, WWSU; Software downloads 2006-10-12
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (exe): Watch a realistic 3D animation of rippling ocean waves reflecting a bright sky filled with white fluffy clouds that float past the beacon of the lighthouse at night. Seagulls fill the day sky. The sky fades to night and the lighthouse beacon comes alive. The real seagull sound effects can...; Tags: Password Protection, Beacon, Sky; Software downloads 2005-08-22

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Alabama's Broadband Tide: BROADBAND INITIATIVE – If you really want anywhere access to the Internet, you understand the value and you'll pay for it. A DirecWay dish on an RV at Gulf State Park, on the so-called "Redneck Riviera," at Orange Beach, Alabama. ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – No more...; Tags: Initiative, Broadband, Alabama, DirecWay, RV, Johnson, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, TVs, Telecommunications, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-06-18
Art with Flight Patterns: On a recent visit to the Gray Area Beacon, an art gallery in San Francisco, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi caught up with visual artist Aaron Koblin. His "Flight Patterns" has become a worldwide phenomenon online.; Tags: News, kara tsuboi, aaron koblin, flight patterns, gray area beacon, digital art, new york, world, youtube, but no tags matched; Videos 2008-06-11
Ten things missing in the iPhone 3G: Ten things missing in the iPhone 3GYou are really reaching...Cut and paste for read-only documents? Maybe when we can edit office documents...More colors when every mac is either white or black? This isn't an ipod after all.Better camera? Ok maybe 3,4, or 5 megapixels would be better but who seriously...; Tags: Modems, Telecom & Utilities, Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, phone, Apple iPhone, camera, iPhone 3G, 3G, iphone, modem; Discussion threads 2008-06-09
News to know: Google Apps; Vista UAC; Microsoft Echoes; Comcast; Dell: Notable headlines: Garett Rogers: Google App Engine pricing a disappointment Ed Bott: Dear Microsoft: Please get UAC right this time Sunbelt Blog: Microsoft: What we got here is a failure to communicate Larry Dignan: Dell delivers: Is a...; Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Facebook, Dell Computer Corp., Comcast Corp., Vista UAC, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Netbook, Microsoft Windows, Enterprise Service Bus, Telecom & Utilities, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-30
After Google calls Facebook's bluff, Zuckerberg says "let's see if there's a way to make it work" [data portability]: After Google calls Facebook's bluff, Zuckerberg says "let's see if there's a way to make it work" [data portability]sharingMaybe Google is doing this because of Gmail and it's ad sidebar when you read you e-mails. I don't mind that at all and it has helped narrow searches more than once.So,...; Tags: Google Inc., data portability, Zuckerberg, Facebook; Discussion threads 2008-05-19
Facebook bans Google's Friend Connect: A few days ago, Google launched a new service called Friend Connect to help website owners make their stuff social without needing to do much work. This basically involves being able to host certain gadgets that use OpenSocial on a webpage by simply copy and pasting some code from...; Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-05-16
Facebook: Google Friend Connect violates our privacy standards: Facebook: Google Friend Connect violates our privacy standards"violates our privacy standards" ?Isn't this the same site that tried to shove Beacon down everyone's throats without them knowing about it?What a bunch of hypocrites.Still...anyone who uses these lame "social engineering" sites to post their personal information for all the planet to...; Tags: privacy standard, Google Friend Connect, Facebook, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-16

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