If you haven’t gotten a spiffy vanity-URL for Facebook, like firstname.lastname, you may want to do it soon. Facebook is rumored to finally roll-out a comprehensive email feature – Project Titan – enthusiastically referred to as a “Gmail killer”.
Posts Tagged: identity
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May 09
Daily Links for May 21st
- Dispelling myths on credit card legislation – The Red Tape Chronicles – MSNBC.com – The credit card reform bill just passed by Congress includes tough new provisions that will legally ban some of the most egregious behavior by banks. But as in all such laws, the devil is in the details. There's already some confusion about what the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act does and doesn't require. Here's a true-and-false primer.
- Business Card Design: Better Than A Plain Ol’ Business Card | Inspiration | Smashing Magazine – Give something more than paper…
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Nov 05
Your Privacy…
Two Interesting little stories…
First, a consortium of wealthy individuals and groups, spearheaded by Reporters without Borders, will be monitoring tech firms for their committments towards freedom of speech and human rights (think Yahoo and Google participating in government sponsored censorship in China). Via Information Week:
Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. have been accused of helping the government there censor news sites and blogs. And in a recent case, Reporters Without Borders criticized Yahoo Inc. for allegedly helping the Chinese government trace the private e-mail account of a Chinese journalist who was later imprisoned for providing state secrets to foreigners. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo has defended its move, saying it is obliged to comply with Chinese regulations.
