It might be the shortest month but February managed to fit a lot of news into its 28 days. Following on from January’s fantastic 5, here is what we have been reading about at KMP Digitata.
Google once again features heavily in the news this month. Firstly Google announced that it will phase out older browsers, such as Internet Explorer 6. From the 1st of March Google products and services like Docs and Mail will no longer be support old browsers with their new features. It is time to upgrade your browsers!
Google will no longer support IE6
Google also launched it’s new feature, Google Buzz. The new service integrates into your G account and can also be used on the iPhone and Nexus One and allows you to have text conversations with fellow Google account owners. The service has received a lot of criticism due to its privacy issues because comments and conversations are linked directly into your email. Google have failed in their previous attempts with social media, both Jaiku (Google Twitter) and Orkut (Google Facebook) never took off, so will Buzz have greater success?
Google launch Buzz to not much excitement
Sorry, yet another Google article. Three Google Executives were found guilty for Privacy Violation in Italy due to a video being published on YouTube showing an autistic teenager being bullied. The decision might still be over turned but this case has caused unrest between content providers around the world and could cause some major issues with what people upload to their sites.
Google bosses convicted in Italy
Now a break from Google. Last month I mentioned the issues Manchester United and Manchester City had with their players using Twitter and saying things they shouldn’t. This month it was Vodafone that came foul of the service after an obscene message was posted. What originally appeared to be someone hacking into the Vodafone account turned out to be an internal staff member, who has since been reprimanded.
Vodafone tweets obscene message
Fans of the Geolocation based app FourSquare were subjected to quite a shock when the site PleaseRobMe.com which can show homes that are empty when people share to much information online. People tweet their location through their FourSquare account and if they have set a location called “My House” and then check-in elsewhere it shows their house as empty. The site isn’t intended to encourage crime, instead help make people aware of what they are sharing online.
PleaseRobMe shows that you share too much
Roll on March…
