Jul 17
How the Air Force Stops Social Media from Spilling Military Secrets [Military]
Posted in: Today's Chili
Social media is a godsend of a tool for military families because it lets them communicate from thousands of miles away. But it can also be totally damaging to Operational Security (OPSEC), if a photo posted or a status reveals covert location data, which is the type of mistake that’s happened in the past. So the Air Force has published a 41-page guide to effective social media use in order to avoid major screw-ups, maintain OPSEC, and create a standard operating procedure. More »
So you love sharing photos of your grandkids with the rest of the world over on Facebook? Those living in Washington State might have a different use for Facebook, where you can now register to vote on the social network. In fact, Washington State has already allowed online voter registration since 2008, and with the implementation of Facebook, there is now a new way to reach potential voters.
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Google+, the social network from the Internet search giant (who has since gone on to expand the reach of their tentacles across many different businesses, most of them having something to do with the field of computing), has recently made its mark at the top of a customer-service index of social-media websites, where among the competitors include Facebook. On the other hand, Facebook actually hit a record low in the annual report. 
You find all sorts of crazy stuff on social networks these days, where a recent fatal murder of a West Rogers Park man aged 62 was recorded on video, and subsequently, posted to Facebook. Apparently, the video of the incident was recorded on a teenager’s cellphone camera, at least according to officials in charge of investigations. Malik Jones, 16, from Chicago, was charged over the weekend with first-degree murder for the death of Delfino Mora, and he was held without bail by Cook County Circuit Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr.
It looks like playing games on Facebook is going to be a simpler process in the future. According to reports online, there are a number of games now from big publishers such as Zynga that have games which don’t request for permission to access your basic profile information. These apps have a “Play Now” button and also means that users have one screen less to click when playing such games (which is supposedly a big deterrent for most people). While apps still don’t have unrestricted access to sensitive information like your email address or date of birth, let’s hope this new feature is only available to larger, more reputable developers who can be held accountable for their actions.
Being the CEO and founder of a billion-dollar company is a daunting task. Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is saying that his hardest job as of the moment is adapting to mobile devices. In an interview at the Allen & Co.’s conference in Sun Valley, Zuckerberg said that integrating Facebook’s features to mobile devices is hard because the user experience on mobile devices is much different than on desktops. Apparently the social networking giant is counting on generating revenues from advertising via its mobile service to maintain its dominance in the market.
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