Nokia is yet again deemed to be the ‘greenest’ technology company in the latest quarterly edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics.
Palo Alto,
Calif. - In response to outcry
from users, privacy advocates and lawmakers, Facebook on Wednesday announced a
redesign of its Privacy Settings that it says will "make it simpler for people to
control how public or private they want to be through Facebook." The new
settings include a single interface where users can control who can see their
content, as well as a reduction in the amount of basic information that must be
visible to everyone, and the ability for users to turn off all applications
completely. Read the rest of this entry »
San Francisco
- In the wake of launching its first comprehensive ad platform in the form of
Promoted Tweets, Twitter has announced that will no longer allow any third
party ad networks on the service. Chief operating officer Dick Costolo wrote in
a blog post that "third party ad networks are not necessarily looking to
preserve the unique user experience Twitter has created. They may optimize for
either market share or short-term revenue at the expense of the long-term
health of the Twitter platform." Read the rest of this entry »
Twitter and Facebook look to be reining in their involvement with third parties, with both sites announcing restrictions to how third-party networks can use their services.