New York magazine currently has a great article on important recent developments on Facebook. Do You Own Facebook? Or Does Facebook Own You? by Vanessa Grigoriadis.

Facebook recently changed usage terms (they expanded their ability to use member contributed content – even after members left Facebook). Members protested and a user group was started to protest; it now has nearly 150,000 members. Facebook responded and reverted to the old terms, temporarily. Facebook then rewrote new terms (broader usage terms, that terminate when members leave Facebook); these new terms are now up for vote by all Facebook members. Facebook will make a public statement April 10. Facebook will put the new document to a vote by all users by April 20.

You can get involved.
If you use Facebook, I recommend you do.

See the Facebook Group – People Against the new Terms of Service (TOS)

Join the Facebook Bill of Rights & Responsibilities here.

If you’re an alumni of my seminars and/or workshops you can join my Alumni Facebook Group here.

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Firefox 3, the Web browser from Mozilla, was released Tuesday, June 17, 2008.  The company hoped for 5 million downloads in a World Record attempt. The Web browser surpassed that goal, ending up with over 8 million downloads in a 24 hour window. By Friday June 20 Firefox 3 downloads totalled over 14 million. Mozilla’s attempt to set a Guinness World Record for most software downloaded in a day is the first attempt that may be recognized by the world record gatekeepers.

Firefox offers its own useful plugins for photographers Preview, PicLens, Visual Bookmarks, AutoSlideshow, and Fotofox – Find out more about Firefox3 on Syl Arena’s blog Pixsylated.

Find out about and download Mozilla here.

Tell us which web browser are you using and why. Comment here.

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