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Technology View - March 2008

FaceBook adds IM and privacy features

Due Credit: Wired
FaceBook recently announced rolling out of its new privacy features that would give its users more options in enabling group access to information on their profiles. This is in addition to the limited profile access feature already present.

In addition, the site will also be adding a new chat feature that will be more reason for its users to continue to stay on the site.

An excerpt from Wired

Facebook now allows users to turn off Beacon. The new privacy features announced Tuesday don't extend to Beacon, however, so users who opt into that program still can't specify which friends receive Beacon alerts.


Facebook also demonstrated a new instant messaging function Tuesday that lets Facebook friends chat with one another and is scheduled to launch in coming weeks.

More web applications would make the site more appealing. Do you think that the future of the web is services around a social network, with no necessity to leave your profile for any information on the web?

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iPhone SDK is out

Due Credit: News.com
After much ado about it, Apple has come out with the beta of the iPhone SDK in a move that is being seen as Apple's bid to make inroads into the Enterprise.

Having been a totally consumer oriented company, the move is corporate appeasement is closely being watched and there are several announcements that are as such not much clear.

What is known as of now is that the SDK will be available to developers to download for free but if they want to market their software through App Store ( which is the only way to legally sell iPhone applications by the way), a one time fee of $99 has to be paid. And ofcourse a percentage of the sales goes to Apple as well.


Apple will be the sole distributing authority for iPhone applications and developers indulging in unfair applications deployment will have their accounts erased.

The question is whether the new model will gain Apple some share in the corporate world, perhaps providing a relief from the BlackBerry offerings.
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