Is Facebook Beacon Gone?

Posted on September 30th, 2008 by William McGeveran

[Important UPDATES below] I just looked at Facebook’s privacy settings to remind myself how to opt out of the Beacon feature for the article I am writing about social marketing. Amidst the redesign and snappy new home page, it appears the tab I described earlier this month is now gone. Has Facebook quietly pulled the [...]

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This Might Convince Me to Buy an iPhone

Posted on September 30th, 2008 by Derek Bambauer

Lifehacker and CNET point out that IBM is releasing an “Ultralite” version of iNotes — a way of accessing your Lotus Domino (= Notes server) e-mail, contacts, and calendar from an Apple iPhone. This is cool, and a nice addition (competitor) to the current POP / IMAP options for iPhone. I’ve held off on buying [...]

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Filed under: Intermediaries, Internet & Society, ISP, Law School, Notes, Security, Software