Many companies have come before Facebook and many will come after. The best way to guess the future is to look at the past. Erik Qualman has stated “For Facebook, it’s not a question of if they’re going to go away; it’s when they’re going to go away.” Trust is a huge factor and many are concerned with Facebook lack of privacy. So where does that leave Facebook in the  [ Read More ]

According to the All Facebook blog, about 200,000 Facebook members die each year, putting the death rate on the social network at about half of the world average; and about 550 Facebook deaths happen daily. It seems a lot, but compared to the 700,000 daily activations Facebook receives, the ratio is a paltry one.

The European Commission said that the measures it applied to internet technology are needed throughout the economy and society to protect Europeans’ privacy and personal data. The European Commission warned that data protection rules must be updated to keep abreast of technological change to ensure the right to privacy, legal certainty for industry, and the take-up of new technologies. EU rules say that a person’s information can only be used  [ Read More ]