Tagged: network

Places

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Facebook has been around a few years now, and has grown to be the undisputed king of social networks. However, with that they draw a lot of fire – particularly around their decidedly odd decisions around privacy, and their reactions to anyone who questions these decisions. Any new features they release are “opt-out” features, rather [...]

The end of twitter’s innocence

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Twitter has been a huge success. In 2009, anyway. 2008 wasn’t nearly as good, and I predicted several times over (not necessarily on my own blog, mind) that 2010 will be the year twitter goes into decline. The proliferation of spam, useless hashtags for competitions promoting websites, and a top-tier userlist that reads like a [...]

iPhone tethering, in Ireland

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One of the big touted features in the arsenal of the 3.0 update to iPhones was the ability to tether it to your computer. A hacked feature allowed for it through cydia previously, but now Apple were offering it. No need for 3G dongles, strange price plans or anything “extra”. Just use your iPhone plan [...]