• Instagram Changes API Rules – But Will This Solve the Problem?

    Instagram Changes API Rules – But Will This Solve the Problem?

    In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, Instagram (read Facebook) is tightening up its security measures around third-party apps.  These restrictions will place limits on how much data that the third party apps can retrieve, and now often.  You might not be aware, but there are some third-party apps that do things…

  • ACLU Campaign: Tech Companies Need to Change

    ACLU Campaign: Tech Companies Need to Change

    Facebook is continuing to find themselves in the spotlight.  The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and six other campaign groups have responded to their privacy controversy by calling on tech companies to sign a “security pledge”.  The pledge asks companies to make four promises to their customers and users.  The promises are: Limit the amount…

  • Lame? Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg Take Verbal Shots at Each Others’ Services

    Lame? Tim Cook and Mark Zuckerberg Take Verbal Shots at Each Others’ Services

    It’s Monday, which means Facebook is making the news again.  What’s interesting is that when we talk about Facebook, it’s automatically synonymous with Mark Zuckerberg.  I say this, because, when we talk about Twitter, we don’t automatically associate it with Jack Dorsey.  I wonder if this is going to cause Zuckerberg some issues if it…