Facebook recently announced some forthcoming changes to its terms of service that mean it might be worth another look at your privacy settings.The new privacy policy means that Facebook can share your details with “Pre-approved third-party websites and applications”. Now, you might be totally fine with this but many people still think of Facebook as a ‘walled garden’ and aren’t aware that Facebook set much of their information as available to ‘Everyone’ a few months back with a slightly confusing privacy wizard that users were asked to complete.With this in mind, it’s well worth another look at your privacy settings. There are a lot of options to check through, so here are some less obvious ones you might miss… How to get to your privacy settingsIn the current Facebook design, privacy settings are clearly marked in the ‘Account’ menu that drops down in the top right-hand corner. In this post, we’ve linked to the relevant screens where possible so as long as you’re logged in to Facebook you should just be able to click right through.1. Photo AlbumsEach and every one of your photo albums has its own privacy setting and the default is for it to be available to everyone – that means the whole internet, potentially, so it’s worth going through and making sure they’re set exactly as you like. Change them here.2. ApplicationsIf you’ve been using Facebook for a few years, chances are that you’ve approved a lot of applications to be able to use your data in all sorts of ways. To see what applications have access to what, use this options screen. It’s a list of all the Facebook apps that you have allowed access to your data. Take a look through; that “How Drunk Are You?” quiz you took two years ago doesn’t really need access to all your information.3. Who can search for you, and where?This unassuming screen is an important one. As well as marking who can find you in searches on Facebook itself, it’s also the place to let Facebook know if you want your profile to be found on search engines like Google. If you don’t want to be found, you know what to do…4. Who can see who your friends are?You might not want people to see who you’re friends with on Facebook. For some reason, this setting isn’t grouped with the rest of the privacy settings. Instead it’s on your profile and it’s a really useful one.Click the pencil icon above your friends list and you have three options. Firstly, you can set how many friends are shown on your profile (you can only select 6, 9 or 12 – not 0). You can also choose a list of friends to always show on your profile (rather than just random ones). Most importantly you can choose whether or not Facebook users who aren’t your friends can see your friends list or not.5. What can your friends share about you?This screen relates to what your friends can share about you through websites and applications. What does this mean?Facebook explains: “When your friend visits a Facebook-enhanced application or website, they may want to share certain information to make the experience more social. For example, a greeting card application may use your birthday information to prompt your friend to send a card“.You may not want your details used in a way you have no control over, so this is an important section to concentrate on. Facebook gives you checkboxes to approve or disallow use of your personal information, your photo, your online presence, birthday and much more.Have your sayAfter suffering user revolts over past terms of service changes, Facebook now operates an ‘Open Governance’ policy. If you want to have your say on the latest proposed changes, first read them in full and then give your feedback on the Facebook Site Governance page by midnight at the start of 3 April 2010.Original title and link for this post: 5 Facebook Privacy Settings You Should Check Right Now
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Young girl sells her toys to buy police dog’s bulletproof vests
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This is a young girl with more heart than some people I have known. Kayleigh Crimmins of Newport News might be young but she sure seems to have a plan to try and make sure that police dogs have the same protection that their police handlers do. To do this she has been selling her toys on Craigslist and using the money to buy canine bulletproof vest which she then donates to police departments who need them. Her most recent purchase will be going to a Newport News sheriff’s department police dog named Vader. There was round of applause at Tuesday night’s Newport News city council meeting for a local girl taking action and getting results. Kayleigh Crimmins has been raising money to buy bullet resistant vests for police dogs. This one will go to a Newport News sheriff’s department K-9 called Vader. This is the fifth one she has bought with money from selling her toys on Craigslist. “I think she is amazing I think she is determined I think she loves dogs, and there’s no end to this she’s made that very clear,” says Kayleigh’s mother Lee. Source: WTKR.com News Kayleigh has also started a new project called Cans for K-9’s to help raise more money.
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Lower prices and wider availability are likely responsible, but whatever the reason, Apple probably isn’t super pleased with the news today that Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Curve has surpassed the iPhone as the No. 1 most popular smartphone in the U.S. Apple’s handset slips to No. 2, followed, a bit surprisingly considering the reviews I’ve read, by the touchscreen BlackBerry Storm. All of this is according to the NPD group’s smartphone sales numbers for the first quarter of 2009. BlackBerry dominated the list overall, with the Pearl following the Storm as the fourth most popular handset. All of which makes it sound like RIM is winning the race handily, and they are, but when you consider the fact that the iPhone is only available from AT&T, while BlackBerry’s handhelds are generally available from all major carriers, the numbers start to appear less in their favor. Consider also that June will almost certainly see the release of brand-new hardware from Apple, while BlackBerry’s devices have already seen some major updates since the iPhone 3G’s release last year. All of which tells me that the Curve shouldn’t get too comfortable at the top. Sitting in fifth place is T-Mobile’s G1, the first (and still only) smartphone running Google’s Android operating system, which has yet to really realize the early potential that it seemed to hold. The G1 is also HTC’s only appearance in the Top 5, which doesn’t bode well for the South Korean manufacturer, especially considering the Palm Pre’s imminent introduction to the field. While Apple will probably recapture the top spot come June, they can’t take other spots with their current single-offering business model. Rumors are surfacing that a new, cheaper version of the iPhone could be in the works, and if true, this would almost certainly nab them another. If, as some suggest, their exclusivity deal with AT&T comes to an end, expect them to grab even more ground from RIM.
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