Some Google users are not entirely happy that Google is planning to use their faces to endorse products and services in online advertisements. In fact some of them have even gone so far as to make a formal protest by replacing their Google photo with one of Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt. This is in response to Google’s recent announcement to use their user’s profile pictures, names, photos and product reviews harvested from...

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Social media policies have become of paramount importance as more and more people connect on-line via various social media platforms. Many organisations are now recognising the new opportunities to engage with customers, prospects and targeted communities to help raise awareness of their products and services and grow revenue. Many organisations are also realising the potential business risks that unguided or irresponsible social media usage...

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The problem with photo image meta data Today’s smart phones and digital cameras store information about the photograph, hidden inside the digital images. In addition to the images technical properties such as dimensions and bit depth, cameras can write more personally identifiable information such camera serial numbers, the date and time the photos were taken and so on. In fact some images even store information such as the photographers...

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1. Creating the right image on Twitter I don’t know about you, but if truth be told, I find it really annoying when I discover a follower that hasn’t made any effort to upload their photograph to their Twitter profile. To be honest, I’m not really interested in building any kind of business relationship on Twitter with someone who can’t be bothered to upload their photo, in fact I find myself wondering “Why are you...

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