Did you know that without unfriending them completely, you can keep certain annoying Facebook friends from cluttering up your wall by hiding them? To hide a friend named Tom (for example), simply move your cursor to the X in the …[Continue]
Google Announces New Voting Widget
In a move designed to make Google more social, the search giant recently added a voting widget to both its search results and third-party websites. Called Google Plus One, it allows those signed into their Google accounts to vote their …[Continue]
Twitter Offers Secure Login
Now that Facebook offers a secure connection to keep your data away from prying eyes when you are on a shared connection, such as the WiFi at your local favorite coffee stop, Twitter has one too. To turn it on, …[Continue]
Facebook Offers New Layout Option
Facebook introduced a new profile page layout as a user option a few weeks ago. This new layout includes a horizontal grid of five photo thumbnails, flanked, on the left, by a profile picture. Inspired by French artist Alexandre Oudin, …[Continue]
Reduce Your Risk on Facebook
Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd explores some unusual ways to reduce risk on Facebook at her blog Apophenia. For example, some Facebook users deactivate their account whenever they log out. This doesn’t delete any friends or settings, and when you login …[Continue]
Managing Access For Your Twitter Apps
With a recent change in how Twitter authorizes login credentials, even if you change your Twitter password, all your existing apps will still have access to your account. To view the apps that you have authorized, first login into your …[Continue]
Limiting Facebook Updates to Certain Friends
Facebook status updates generally are sent to all your friends, but there are controls that can customize exactly who sees your update. After typing your update into the Facebook status update box, click on the small lock next to the …[Continue]
Facebook Privacy Guide
With its new Facebook Places service, Facebook recently pitted itself against Foursquare in the location-based social media market. Almost immediately concerns over privacy were raised by the ACLU, who says that opting out of public tagging of your location is …[Continue]