"Street View. This is the new site by any American company. The post photos of your house into the net and everyone can see it, everyone! "-" That is so outrageous. Something like one stop in Germany. My house has no one to care. Least of all the amino's. The only think back on it's own profit and not to the citizens. "

Either way this could be a dialog between the supermarket checkout waiting customers, while the one at the front and finally pulls out next to the cash and a Payback card. Points indicated. Kriegste indeed what the money back.

Anyone who has read the short story as above: it is about Street View. The devil service from Google. 20 cities have so far been put online. It will then remain. end with Street View in Germany . The Internet giant has decided to no longer offer this service in Germany. I can well imagine why. Many people wanted to leave her house Pixelize. They were probably so many that it is simply not worth it anymore for Google to do with your work. The care of the material is probably so big that you get the money no longer purely with displays in the pictures can. Too bad, I would have Street View in Germany like to see completely.

But this shows again an image of Germany. A picture of a country that is no new innovation opportunity to thrive. A country in which the bureaucratic hurdles are simply too high. Is it any wonder, then, that in Germany there is virtually no great websites out there? Facebook, Google, LinkedIn. All Ami's. Oh no wait, there's so XING, the studies were not. The latter are also as good as history .

It could also be that Google runs a slightly different strategy with Street View in Germany. It stops the service here and hoping that the people now but for "reason" is. Especially with Microsoft Streetside now wants to photograph the streets. Were so big protest like Street View yet. Possible white because it has not been published so publicly, as in Street View? Or maybe Germany has come a bit to calm down?

Protest to the street view, I could never understand. Roads are also photographed for many years. Although not by corporate giants, but of other small companies. For example, at RUHR.2010 when you could walk on the highway. No one knew about it until you've seen the car itself. If you look closely, you could probably read when entering the highway on a sign the fine print. But anyone reading this? Honestly?

The question is: Is that the better method? "What you know makes a non-hot". Is it better to leave people in ignorance, rather than inform them. When nothing was pixelated RUHR.2010 way. Got it. Each was seen.

But one thing is certain: Germany is not an innovation state. At least not when it comes to the issue of new media. Everything should remain as the best, just do not change. This is reflected by the way is also reflected in German politics. Exudation. If at some point be over.

("The [Payback] card is especially consumer associations privacy politically controversial, the card enables the Crystal Customers;.. Were then removed from the collected data to draw conclusions about the lifestyle of the customer draw and measure the success of advertising in 2000 was the Payback . system with the negative price Big Brother Award "48% of German households have a Payback card on the way. Source: Wikipedia )

Facebook has made it popular with its users, not just through a water-resistant data protection principle. In many cases, has already changed the Datenschutzbedinungen Facebook and is also often led to criticism come. Increasingly tried Facebook, a rethink in terms of creating their own data. Not everyone is satisfied.

Only today is a new "proposal" was submitted to the community. In short, it is important that sites that interact with Facebook Connect, get information about the user. These include the profile photo, the date of birth or the name. The sticking point here is that this happens without the prior consent of the user. If you do not want this, you have to contradict manually.

My opinion you should, in principle, fall at his feet. I find this proposal very questionable, is doing, because Facebook this without asking the user. I also wonder whether the German law at all is legal. If anyone has information regarding this, they may like to immortalize in the comments. And what happens if the lawful in Germany would not? Facebook may not give the data of German users then?

Privacy Tips for Facebook

Who the first part of this article has read in the upper part, is certainly not happy that Facebook handles so irresponsible with the (sometimes) very personal data of users. Certainly there are some methods that are appropriate in the use of social networks. Part of this is that you need not publish every little detail of his life. Some data, such as the exact place of residence or as the political orientation, can be difficult to find jobs. But there are also a few more tips on how you're safe with Facebook.

Will not be indexed by Google

For many employers, it has long been a common practice: the boss (or personnel manager) "googling" the candidate on the Internet. This is a very clever way to find out more about the candidates. This is Google and Facebook will not find it, should you put two check marks in the settings. First of all you have to log you on Facebook. Then you shimmy on Account -> Privacy Settings -> search for this page further.

Once there, you have the possibilities for your viewfinder visibility results in Facebook to "Friends Only" to ask, and do not display in public search results permit. For this you simply removing the check mark in "Public search results".

Photo Tagging not allow

Often end up photos on Facebook, not everyone should see. These include pics of the last party. To go out of their way to these markings, you should also remove a check mark again. That you're doing on this page (Account -> Privacy Settings -> Profile Information).

Here you can specify that markings are visible only to you. Alternatively, one still has the option marks only a specific list of friends to give freely, you naturally create previously have. So it is possible to give friends the award marks the business partners do not.
Incidentally, it is also possible to make photo albums to the public as such only for certain groups of people. Can this be done in the same way.

In addition, it is of course still possible to make all the other information is not public. I basically have all the information to "Friends Only". Better as that

Electric Reporter - Digital identity: the ego on the Net

In the 90 years people have dreamed of a second life in cyberspace, a new digital universe in which they invent themselves every day and where to change his appearance, name and even gender at any time could. In chat rooms and forums, the participants came to the rapidly changing pseudonyms and nicknames, and experimented with their identity, without actually revealing something of himself.
Today, the use of the ego has changed in the network: the modern web-residents will be identified and found, he wants to leave visible traces - and he begins to actively manage his profile: He invites his films up on YouTube, photos on his Flickr ties, business contacts on XING, manage their bookmarks on Mister Wong remains with fellow students via Facebook to connect singles and permanent status messages to Twitter from - all mostly under his real name. If our appearance on the web an integral part of the self, and what consequences this has for our lives? These questions investigated the electrical reporter in a new episode.

Source: Electric Reporter

Today, Microsoft has introduced its new mobile OS Windows Phone 7. The appearance of this very similar to the surface of Microsoft's own Zune HD Media Player. The first devices using the new smartphone operating system will probably be Christmas roll in with us.

It has also provided the functionality of the Zune HD to be integrated into Windows Phone 7. Thus, the operating system is virtually the counterpart to the Apple iPhone. Only that the OS can run on any smartphone, and not only on a device, as is the case with the iPhone.
In addition, you will also have Microsoft's Live services, such as integrated as Xbox LIVE. Bing will also be available in an adapted form.

In addition, it will be possible to edit Office documents, or even retrieve e-mails with a specially adapted Outlook for Windows Phone 7. Even social services like Twitter, Facebook or RSS feeds will be accessed via so-called "hubs" or Home screens.

On the Internet you can have an internal browser (a customized version of IE) to access. Flash content will be here but unfortunately, similar to other smartphones that can play. This should however change with time.

Pingdom was so nice and has almost an information overflow on the Internet published in 2009. Here are some selected facts, the rest is in her article on Pingdom:

• 90 trillion emails were from the 1.4 billion email users worldwide sent, ie approximately 247 billion emails a day
• In December 2009 came to 47 million sites to the network -> 234 million Web sites exist in December 2009
• Worldwide there are approximately 1.73 billion Internet users, most squatting in Asia (738 million)
• There are 126 million blogs worldwide. Scatterd is one of them.
• 27.3 million tweets are tweeted every day
• 84% of social networks have more female than male users

Lots of other facts about the Internet in 2009 you can Pingdom to read.