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After a week in which I was burned in effigy by some “autowriters” who didn’t much care for my editorial about their complete and total lack of ethics (don’t worry, fellas — I still won’t send you a bunch of web traffic, er, I mean, name names), I found myself in a situation that Alanis Morissette would call “ironic.” I was going to spend the weekend in Philadelphia at the glorious Hotel Monaco, right in the Old City across the street from Independence Hall. Thanks to a last-minute deal, I got a magnificent rate of $100/night, but there was still the specter of the $43/night parking rate looming over my head, not to mention the difficulties of finding parking elsewhere in the city once I actually retrieved my vehicle from the valet. As a result, I decided to go without a rental car for the four-day weekend, instead depending entirely on Uber and the city’s taxi services to squire Mrs. Bark and me around the City of … [Read more...] about A Weekend Without A Car – Bark’s Bites

Ryan Nakashima Associated Press Published 11:08 p.m. UTC Aug 13, 2018 San Francisco – Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you’ve used privacy settings that say they will prevent it from doing so. Computer-science researchers at Princeton confirmed these findings at the AP’s request. For the most part, Google is upfront about asking permission to use your location information. An app like Google Maps will remind you to allow access to location if you use it for navigating. If you agree to let it record your location over time, Google Maps will display that history for you in a “timeline” that maps out your daily movements. Storing your minute-by-minute travels carries privacy risks and has been used by police to determine the location of … [Read more...] about Google tracks your movements, like it or not

A new survey found that 30% of businesses surveyed did not have a social media policy in place.This can potentially leave them exposed to reputational damage, disclosure of confidential information and inappropriate or harmful content or behavior, according to legal firm Howes Percival, which carried out the survey. The survey of 220 business leaders, representing a broad range of sectors and size of organisation, examined the way in which businesses engage with social media.   LinkedIn and Twitter are the most used platforms for businesses and organisations, with the majority (86%) having a presence on LinkedIn and just over three quarters using Twitter.  Creating a brand identity, positive brand associations, and raising brand awareness were the predominant reasons for businesses’ social media presence.   In addition to building and raising brand awareness (49%), other core reasons businesses gave for maintaining a social media presence included … [Read more...] about Legal firm warns of social media risks for business