05 September 2010 ~ 12 Comments

Facebook for iPhone – "Places" hangs on "Locating you…"

TweetI decided to see how “Places” stacked up with Foursquare. I reactivated my Facebook account and reinstalled the iPhone app. Went to “Places” and clicked “Check In,” and… nothing. It mentioned something about turning on Location Services. I know I already have that enabled because other apps are using it without problem. Turns out you [...]

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28 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

A less insidious way to use Facebook?

TweetI deactivated my Facebook account a couple of months ago. I just kind of got tired of seeing silly updates from friends and “friends” – people I’d friended but wasn’t really friends with. I was also frustrated by the privacy implications of using such a service: you tell it about yourself, you tell it about [...]

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05 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Vonage iPhone App Calls Facebook Friends Free, So What?

TweetLots of outlets seem to have picked up the story about the new Vonage iPhone app that lets you call your Facebook friends free. I don’t understand why this is even newsworthy. There are a bunch of free VOIP apps for iPhone already, with Skype being the one that comes to mind first. But a [...]

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