- February
- 28
CEO and founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, appeared on the TODAY show with Meredith Vieira yesterday. The goal of the interview was to clear up controversy surrounding a change of their terms of service last week. The change claimed ownership of members’ personal data and postings, even after they cancel their Facebook memberships.
“Frankly, we made [...]
Posted by Larry Vollmer on February 28th, 2009 | Post a Comment »
- February
- 25
It seems like every time I log into my facebook account, I see some advertisements claiming that I can apply for a government grant and receive ridiculous sums of money that “I never have to pay back”.
In fact, all I had to do was search “stimulus” in the Facebook search tool and these two ads [...]
Posted by Larry Vollmer on February 25th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
- February
- 18
Due to a ton of complaints, Facebook has backed off on its proposal to permanently house all data on a user, even after said user deletes their Facebook account.
Mark Zuckerberg released the following statement today on the Facebook blog:
“A couple of weeks ago, we revised our terms of use hoping to clarify some [...]
Posted by Larry Vollmer on February 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
- February
- 18
If you have logged into Facebook in the past day or so, you may have seen this message on the top of your screen.
A few days ago, Facebook modified its terms of use. The new terms grant Facebook permanent rights to users’ photos, wall posts and other information even after a user closes their account.
That [...]
Posted by Larry Vollmer on February 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
- January
- 23
He’s the co-host of two radio shows, a producer for the Opie and Anthony show, and the current wrestling trivia champion of XM 202/Sirius 197.
If before your 26th birthday you’d accomplished all that (in front of a potential, international, satellite audience of millions, no less), they’d probably call you “Prime Time” too.
If you saw “Prime [...]
Posted by Larry Vollmer on January 23rd, 2009 | 3 Comments »
- January
- 15
In your face, slackers.
Facebook has not issued an official reason, but the social network site has disabled the Whopper Sacrifice application. 233,906 friends were sacrificed before facebook pulled the plug on the application.
Burger King must issue at least 23,390 free Whopper coupons.
Posted by Larry Vollmer on January 15th, 2009 | Post a Comment »
- January
- 13
Well, I did it. I sacrificed ten of my facebook friends for a free whopper and it was rather painless.
Earlier in the week my co-worker, and eligible bachelor, Chris Serico posted a facebook status that turned me on to WhopperSacrifice.com. If you install the Whopper sacrifice application to your facebook account and delete ten friends, [...]
Posted by Larry Vollmer on January 13th, 2009 | 5 Comments »
- January
- 12
Let’s face it. Times are tough and Whoppers are pretty delicious. Burger King will give you a free whopper if you install the “Whopper Sacrifice” application for facebook. All you have to do is give the axe to ten of your facebook friends and you will get a coupon for a free Whopper.
I know I [...]
Posted by Larry Vollmer on January 12th, 2009 | 5 Comments »
- December
- 17
According to this article on Yahoo!, New York State Governor David Patterson wants to put a tax on pretty much anything with the slightest bit of entertainment value, including a four percent tax on music downloaded from i tunes.
Patterson wants to put a tax on or propose a tax or increase on the following:
ipod [...]
Posted by Larry Vollmer on December 17th, 2008 | 6 Comments »
- December
- 9
The more I see the government bailing out some high profile organizations, the more I think that I am entitled to a little cash myself.
In 2008 alone, the United States government is providing 1.3 trillion dollars to companies who have burned through cash hand over foot.
So far , the following companies are being provided [...]
Posted by Larry Vollmer on December 9th, 2008 | Post a Comment »