Facebook startet Videos automatisch, selbst wenn man nicht im WLAN ist, selbst im Ausland … das geht dann nicht nur aufs Datenvolumen sogar richtig ins Geld.
Links
The Last Thing D Needs
Scott Meyers’ hilarious talk about C++ idiosyncrasies. 😀
Kundige Rolle
Die über 700 Jahre alte und seit dem 2. Weltkrieg verschollene Kundige Rolle ist wieder aufgetaucht. 😀
Shaven
So basically you write something LISP-ish in JavaScript to get HTML?
Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours
Benjamin Mako Hill has followed up on an interesting thought: in a world where many people use Gmail, just how many of your daily emails also land on Google’s servers even if you aren’t using their services? … For him it turns out more than 50%. o.O
Moving Away From Privacy Commitments
Even if a company says it won’t share data with third parties, who says it’ll stay that way? Case in point: Moves changed their privacy policy within ten days of their Facebook acquisition.
Facebook Intorduces Auto-play Video Ads
Yes, finally, more “valuable” “content” on Facebook as it introduces auto-play video ads … at least the ads don’t have audio.
Street Fighter II: An Oral History
Street Fighter II: An Oral History tells the story of how Street Fighter II came to be, though interviews and anecdotes of those involved creating it. It’s a lot of fun to read. 😀
Political Discussions Ruining Facebook and Friendships
A study shows “users who try to talk about politics on Facebook are often surprised by the political opinions of their acquaintances“.
Because Facebook not only has a low threshold for “friending” another person but also can bridge together many social groups with a single person’s post, it can be a breeding ground for alienation and resentment.
Yay, it’s working. 😀
Emails Without an Email Address
If you have Google+ account you can place mails in other people’s Gmail inboxes without knowing their email address.
As with any privacy threatening measure Google’s newest feat is opt-out. Yay!