dan tynan on Mar 19 2010 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Facebook, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, National insecurity, Privacy, Web 2.0, censorship, politics
Privacy is all over the news these days, including social networks, where it seems the Feds like to play.
dan tynan on Feb 11 2010 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Da Web, Google, Infoworld, Privacy, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
I wake up each morning with the same mix of hope and dread. I hope Google will buy me for a princely sum and allow me to retire to some sandy beach where they serve mojitos 24/7. And I fear Google will simply invent a better version of me, forcing me to get a [...]
dan tynan on Dec 31 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Apple, Cringley, Da Web, Facebook, Future Tech, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0, amazon, youtube
It’s kind of hard to believe the first decade of the third millennium is almost over. Seems like only yesterday we were pulling out our hair worrying about Y2K; now we worry about whether enough total strangers are following the minutiae of our lives on Twitter and Facebook.
The last ten years have been dominated [...]
dan tynan on Oct 02 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Facebook, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet
More headlines today about the seething dark underbelly of the Web creeping up to slime you and your friends.
According to security company AVG, somebody pwned Facebook’s CAPTCHA anti-bot mechanism yesterday, either by cracking the code or (more likely) hiring a team of human drones for a few pennies apiece to decode the squiggly letters. They [...]
dan tynan on Aug 17 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
To hear some people tell it, social sites like Facebook and Twitter are on the wane. Cringely thinks they’re only just getting started.
dan tynan on Aug 07 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Infoworld, Web 2.0, politics
The DDOS attack on Twitter shows not only how vulnerable the microblog is, but also how dependent we’ve become on it. That’s a dangerous combination.
dan tynan on Jul 22 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, yahoo
The number 2 seach portal has a new(ish) CEO and a new look. But is that enough to keep Yahoo from being steamrolled by Google or manhandled by Microsoft?
dan tynan on Jun 12 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Facebook, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
News that Facebook will be passing out ‘vanity URLs’ this weekend has the blogosphere’s collective boxers in a bunch. Does having your ‘real’ name on your Facebook or Twitter page really matter to anyone with an actual life?
dan tynan on May 27 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Da Web, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
Yes, you heard right: Somebody in Hollywood is cooking up a TV show based on Twitter. The Apocalypse is indeed upon us.
dan tynan on May 08 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Facebook, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
Social media madness has overtaken everyone, from adult stars to our elected officials. Is it time to pt down our keyboards and start talking to each other again?
dan tynan on May 05 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Apple, Cringley, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet
Rumors can spread like tumors on the Web. Mostly they’ve been benign, but malignant ones may soon be coming.
dan tynan on May 01 2009 | Filed under: Copyrights and wrongs, Cringley, DMCA Madness, Google, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet
Got an opinion on Google profiles, Swedish pirates, our antiquated legal system or Twitter’s swine flu obsession? You’re not alone. Here’s the best of what Cringesters had to say on these and other topics.
dan tynan on Apr 27 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Infoworld
What’s worse, a global pandemic or a Twitter-induced panic about one? Cringely says problems with social media are just symptoms of a larger disease.
dan tynan on Apr 03 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Da Web, Faux News, Foolishness, Google, Infoworld, Microsoft, Twit or Tweet
New Orleans has Mardi Gras, San Francisco has Halloween, and for those of us who spend too many of our waking hours on the Net, the biggest party of the year happens on April Fools Day.
Infoworld certainly did its part to add to the foolishness. It’s always a treat to see how ticked [...]
dan tynan on Apr 02 2009 | Filed under: Faux News, Foolishness, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
Obama administration seeks to expand e911 service to mobile Web
by Dan Tynan
In a milestone that marks Twitter’s evolution from a tool for self-obsessed 20-somethings into a vital part of our nation’s telecommunications infrastructure, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced it is adding the micro blog to the national emergency response network.
Beginning next January, individuals [...]
dan tynan on Mar 31 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Computerworld, Culture Crash, Facebook, Foolishness, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
Like many people, Randy Hallet is fed up with the Facebooking of the planet. Unlike most, he’s decided to do something about it. The 30-something Webpreneur has created what he calls “the anti-social network.”
Hallet declined to speak by phone, though he did agree to an interview via Twitter. He tweeted:
“I’m fed up with Web 2.0. [...]
dan tynan on Mar 16 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Da Web, Facebook, Infoworld, Twit or Tweet
I’m thinking maybe this whole social media thing has gone too far. Maybe we don’t really need to know what everyone we’ve ever encountered is doing every single moment of their lives in 140 characters or less. It’s starting to distort our collection notion of reality.
The latest sign of the coming twapocalypse?
Last week David [...]
dan tynan on Feb 27 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Cringley, Facebook, Google, Twit or Tweet, Web 2.0
When the elite tweet, you know something big has changed. Twitter has become this year’s Web 2.0 darling. Cringely wonders how long the infatuation will last.
dan tynan on Feb 25 2009 | Filed under: (anti) social media, Facebook, Web 2.0
Social media is on the rise, and so are the privacy and security risks. Is it time to dial back on the whole Web 2.0 ‘friend’ thing?
dan tynan on Feb 09 2009 | Filed under: Cringley, Infoworld, Web 2.0, politics
Michigan Republican Peter Hoeskstra’s taking heat for revealing his ’secret’ trip to Iraq on Twitter. Yet more proof that Web 2.0 tools are changing Washington — for good and ill.
