Facebook Crowd Sources “Facebook Places” – Asks Users To Edit or Update Information
Facebook Places was launched last year (2010) in August and since then it has become the default check-in utility for many although many users still...
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Google + 1 Being Sold At $20 For 50
Many websites have started offering Google +1 in exchange for money. A website plussem.com is offering +1s at the rate of $20 for 50, $70 for 250 and $350 for 2000. Apparently, all of these +1 will not come from bots.
Boot to Gecko – Mozilla’s Project To Build A Web Based Operating System For Smartphones
Mozilla has launched a new project called “Boot to Gecko”. The aim of this project is to develop a complete operating system for the open web. Unlike Google’s version of a web-based OS – the Chrome OS – Mozilla’s version is not aimed at netbooks. With Boot to Gecko, Mozilla is aiming for smartphones – and Android forms a part of their plan.
GNOME And KDE Fight Over The Name “System Settings”
KDE SC has been using the name “System Settings” to refer to its application used to configure the system – such as time, font, theme etc. Now, a conflict has arisen because GNOME, too. has started using the same name – System Settings – for its application which was earlier known as the GNOME Control Center.
Google+ Has A Huge Privacy Problem With Its Photo Tagging System
Tagging a person in one of your photos in Picasa Web Albums or Google+ will share the album with the person tagged - even if the album was private. The person who was tagged can also share your private album to others.
Oracle Removes Former Sun CEO’s Blog Post Congratulating Google On Announcing Android
It looks like Oracle has decided to remove all the blog posts written by former Sun CEO, Jonathan Schwartz. When Google announced Android back in 2007, Jonathan Schwartz, the CEO of Sun Microsystems at the time, wrote a blog post congratulating Google.