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Facebook’s “Who can look up your timeline by name” privacy tool bites the dust

The old search setting wasn’t a cure-all for users who wanted to hide from search, but it’s always sad to see a privacy tool completely trashed instead of being made stronger. Nonetheless, in coming weeks, the few who still had the “Who can look up your timeline by name” feature will lose it for good.
Naked Security – Sophos

Facebook’s Mobile Chief: Within 1-2 Years, We’re Going To Be A Mobile Company (Greg Kumparak/TechCrunch)

Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch:
Facebook’s Mobile Chief: Within 1-2 Years, We’re Going To Be A Mobile Company  —  Facebook has their sights locked on mobile.  We know that.  This afternoon at GigaOm’s Mobilize conference, Facebook Mobile Chief Erick Tseng touched on just how crucial mobile is to them — and more importantly, how crucial it will be.

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Facebook’s Open Compute Project (Marco Arment/Marco.org)

Marco Arment / Marco.org:
Facebook’s Open Compute Project  —  Facebook just released Open Compute Project, their now-public datacenter and server design, optimized for situations in which hundreds or thousands of servers are needed such as the biggest websites and web-hosting companies.

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Facebook’s über-communications platform (Dan Gillmor/Salon)

Dan Gillmor / Salon:
Facebook’s über-communications platform  —  The social networking giant wants all of your conversations to happen on its site.  You should think twice  —  Facebook wants you to live, online, in Facebook.com, and it wants to be the main repository for your online identity.

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