INTERNET SAFETY FOR KIDS

The enormous growth in science and technology opens doors to information for students but they have to be careful as it can also reveal private information about them. Especially teenagers are getting trapped through some social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut by revealing their personal information. Though parents are aware of those serious consequences, it is possible for them to restrict only to an extent. But here after they could track all the activities without spying their kids with the help of parental control software designed to provide internet safety for kids. This type of software requires no installation or download. It is even being provided by Facebook through online protection tools to prevent threats like cyber bullying, addiction and abusive comments on Facebook.  This tool enables teens using Facebook to quickly report any violation to Facebook officials. Similar to antivirus and firewall protection, there are some companies offering internet security software with enhanced logarithms looking for risky behavior across the web which also tracks the information shared by your kids on any social networking sites. This avoids children getting restricted by parents for their internet usage and also helps parent to relax as it ensures that their kids are under their control without giving up their privacy and respect.

FACEBOOK App Developers on Suspension

Facebook has suspended some of its application developers for selling their user information to some data brokers. Some Facebook applications were transmitting user IDs to be used for name identification and in some cases their friends name too to some advertising and data firms. It seems that data broker was paying developers for these user IDs and Facebook confirmed that no private user data was sold and confirmed that transfer of these UIDs did not give access to any private data. That also assured that they will be taking action against these developers by instituting a 6-month full moratorium on their access to Facebook communication channels. Those developers are not working in the top 10 applications on Facebook Platform and will be under pressure if they are not in compliance with the Facebook policies. Still Facebook officials are not able to find out the data broker exactly and in an announcement they said, "Never sold and will never sell user information". Also they added that they have a zero tolerance for data brokers because they undermine the value that users have come to expect from Facebook.

 

FACEBOOK FOR GAME FREAKERS

            

Facebook commonly called as FB has been the fastest growing social networking website among all is also known for its entertaining activities such as games and other fun events. Though it has tough competitions from Google, it remains the largest mainly because of its entertaining events and that’s why many people shifted from Orkut to Facebook. Lot of games such as Texas Hold’em Poker, Mafia Wars, Zoo, FarmVille Cows, FarmVille Sheep, Guitar Hero, Howzatt Cricket, Modern Warfare, Plants vs Zombies, Mario Kart, Rock Band etc are rocking and most of these games should be played with the supportive help from the friends of a player. Some games require certain number of people in order to finish a particular job in the game. It’s a group fun and lot of people join face book community mainly to play these games. Some people consider these games to be their high priority application in face book and play these games in order to show others that they are the leaders in that particular game. As these games are never ending, it gives a lot of fun and excitement and also it introduce many new contests during the course of the game which adds to the excitement of the players. Google is trying hard in creating GoogleMe to compete with Facebook with lots of new applications and games. Let’s wait and watch the competition and its really going to be a great fun to the gamers.