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Tag Archives: Facebook
Two areas where Facebook falls short on new gender identity options
Facebook should receive some kudos today for adding an option for its users to select from a range of gender identities beyond solely male or female. The Associated Press, via the Sacramento Bee, spells out the changes. However, the changes … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Gadgets and technology, World at large
Tagged Facebook, gender, sexuality
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My phone thinks I live at a bar and other digital foibles
Following my last post, I’ve made the switch from Sprint to Ting and got a refurbished Samsung Galaxy SII (Epic 4G Touch). It led to a little bit of drama when the first one I received was a dud, but … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Gadgets and technology, La vida Chico, World at large
Tagged cellphone, Facebook, goofs, Google, peeves, tech
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#nbcfail: Complaints about NBC’s Olympics coverage reach new heights
During the Calgary Winter Games in 1988, I remember the announcer for ABC (I want to say Jim McKay) explaining to the audience watching at home how, even though the event was live, there could be brief seconds of delay … Continue reading
Posted in Sports and rec
Tagged Facebook, failure, NBC, NBC Olympics, Olympics, social networking, TV, Twitter
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Facebook offers games, extras, but I’m not playing
I have huge queue of requests in my Facebook account. I’ve been meaning to go through and clear them out — by denying nearly all of them. I thought it would be useful to explain why. Games – A ton … Continue reading
Posted in Gadgets and technology
Tagged Facebook, friends, games, Mafia Wars, social networking, Yoville
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For want of spite, Twitter was lost
Less than a day after the microblogging Web site Twitter was briefly knocked offline and social Web site Facebook was hampered, a picture of what happened began to develop and who was targeted. Instead of some sort of corporate or … Continue reading
Posted in World at large
Tagged cyberterrorism, denial of service, Facebook, Internet, outages, Twitter
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