Facebook privacy: Uncovering 5 important settings
When I returned from my honeymoon at the end of August, I read that Facebook had finally taken a long-overdue step toward regaining the trust of its users by simplifying its privacy settings.
Stories by Kristin Burnham
Google+ privacy: 5 settings you need to know
While Google's new social network, Google+, is barely a week old, it's already received a lot of attention from tech pundits and the social media community. And as with any new online service, understanding how to control your information is essential.
Men vs. women: Who dominates online professional networking
Which gender reigns supreme in the world of online professional networking? According to new data from LinkedIn, it's the men-both in the United States and across the globe.
Facebook privacy: How to block facial recognition
You know those really unflattering photos on Facebook that you untagged at lightning speed? Now might be a good time to delete them ... or at least check up on one new privacy setting.
Facebook combats spam, clickjacking with four new features
One day after Symantec uncovered an alleged privacy breach, Facebook released four new features to its security suite, unrelated to the discovery.
Facebook tip: Enable encryption to avoid privacy glitch
Yet another reason to take extra precautions while browsing Facebook arose today as reports surfaced that traffic destined for Facebook from AT&T's servers took a misguided loop through China and South Korea this week.
Facebook Privacy: 4 Valuable Yet Hard to Find Settings
According to a USA Today/Gallup Poll released this week, 70 percent of Facebook members are "somewhat" or "very concerned" about their privacy. Take into account the site's <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/508121/Facebook_Bible_Everything_You_Need_to_Know_About_Facebook?page=3">past privacy flubs</a> and it's easy to see why: a <a href="http://advice.cio.com/kristin_burnham/13740/how_to_handle_newest_facebook_privacy_breach_relax">privacy breach</a>, prevalent <a href="http://www.cio.com/article/507502">"scammy" apps</a> and <a href="http://advice.cio.com/kristin_burnham/10398/facebook_privacy_flap_it_takes_two_to_make_this_right">constant change</a> keep Facebook users on their toes.
How to use Twitter to network at conferences: Five tips
It's tough to find a better networking opportunity than conferences and events-you have a room full of people who share similar interests, top thinkers and presenters in the industry within an arm's reach and the opportunity to catch up with contacts you've made in the past.
Facebook messages: Three reasons to say no
Facebook's widely anticipated announcement might have come as a surprise to some. It didn't, after all, announce a new email service as many people had speculated. Not really, anyway.
Facebook unveiled a " social inbox"-a space that will serve as a hub for all communications people use online or via mobile phones, ranging from text messages and chat messages to, yes, email messages, too.
5 LinkedIn privacy settings you need to know
Many regard LinkedIn as the "safe" social network -- there are no games that jeopardise your privacy, you aren't posting incriminating photos of last weekend's Halloween party and you're not TKTKTKTK. But that's no reason to ignore the privacy and account settings that LinkedIn has in place.
Facebook faces up to security issues, makes changes
Yes, Facebook has made some privacy mistakes. But to its credit, the social networking giant has been busing rolling out update after update in an effort to win back its users' trust.
Facebook Quick Tip: Control Apps Access To Your Data
Facebook knows you want more control over your information. That's why it announced this week a new dashboard under your privacy settings that gives you visibility into how applications-think games, productivity apps and business tools-use your data.
10 of the world's strangest social networks
If you crave advice on sculpting the perfect mustache, revel in the dark and mysterious world of vampires or seek a divorce from your partner, yes, there's a social network for that. Here are 10 weird and truly niche social networking sites that strive to bring together some unusual birds of a feather.
LinkedIn Opens APIs, Clearing Way for New Apps
LinkedIn announced today the release of its APIs and the launch of its "LinkedIn Platform," which will enable developers to integrate LinkedIn into their business applications and websites.