Thursday, October 28, 2010

No White Christmas for IPhone 4 Fans

Who would have thought after all this time that Apple would still not have a white IPhone 4 available.  The black IPhone 4 came out in June of this year and has had it's share of glitches.  However, for the avid IPhone user I believe they think it is all worthwhile.  In my family we have two IPhones already.  My mother, however, is still a non Internet phone user.  She is actually ready to upgrade at Christmas this year, but it looks like she will be one of many that don't get a White Christmas.  You would think with all the problems they have been able to fix with the IPhone that they could manage to come out with a white color.  How difficult could this be?  Maybe they are just waiting so everyone who wants a white IPhone 4 can just order the IPhone 5 in white.  I think they are missing a lot of available market out there.  I wonder if we can get my Mother to settle for black?

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Facebook Files Lawsuits Against Alleged Spammers

With all of the recent problems Facebook has had with privacy issues, this was an interesting article to me.  I am glad to see Facebook is trying to stop some of the spamming on it's website.  They have become such a popular place for users.  My mother and grandmother are avid Facebook users and love to play Farmville.  I think there should be more avenues of being able to stop these people from fraudulently offering free credits and free gasoline to get people to give them their private information.  There are so many people who use Facebook who have no understanding of how much personal information they put on Facebook and how it could be used against them.  I'm sure my grandmother and grandfather (who spend hours playing Farmville) have no clue that someone is trying to steal their personal information. 

The unfortunate thing is that even with these large settlements being handed out against these fraudulent people, it may not be enough.  These individuals generally not have the money to pay these settlements, but there should be a way to enforce some punishments.  It is wrong to use people and direct them to the wrong sites, and there needs to be guidelines in place to stop this madness.  Good for Facebook  for at least trying to stop these people from abusing their customers.