Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Facebook finally allows opting out of Beacon
Facebook finally allows opting out of Beacon
They resisted doing this as long as possible. They’ll be back with something even more sneaky, you can count on it.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Vivendi Games merges all properties, including Blizzard, and adds Activision, to form Activision Blizzard
Mergers and acquisitions are no friend to people who like good video games. Poor Starcraft; poor Warcraft.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Facebook is watching you visit unrelated sites, and reporting it to your friends
Facebook is watching you visit unrelated sites, and reporting it to your friends
Incredible.
The box alerts users that information is about to be shared with Facebook unless they click on “No Thanks.” It disappears after about 20 seconds, after which consent is assumed.
(Emphasis mine.)
The idea is that if users see a friend buy or do something, they’d take that action as an endorsement for a movie, a band or a soft drink.
Feeling exploited yet?
Users are able to decline sharing on a site-by-site basis, but can’t withdraw from the program entirely.
Monday, October 29, 2007
Daring Fireball on the Leopard 'blue screens'
Daring Fireball on the Leopard ‘blue screens’
Sometimes Apple deserve the bad press they get. This is not one of those times.
cf. Logitech Mac drivers. Incidentally, with Leopard, the multimedia buttons on my Logitech keyboard, and the horizontal scrolling on my Logitech mouse, all work with nothing extra (read: nothing from Logitech) installed.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
How-to: Proper Gmail IMAP for iPhone & Apple Mail
How-to: Proper Gmail IMAP for iPhone & Apple Mail
Gmail just enabled IMAP, which myself and many others have long wished for. These few extra steps make it perfect.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Remember, it’s not that Apple hates independent developers. They just don’t, you know, really like us all that much.
Remember, it’s not that Apple hates independent developers. They just don’t, you know, really like us all that much.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Why We Curse
A very insightful essay, whether you generally enjoy or disdain swearing; you may realise something about yourself. (Edit: fixed link.)
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Full list of Leopard features
October 26th, if you hadn’t heard. But not until 6 PM local time. Night-time product launches = lame.