Jim Startzman

Everyday I receive an email from somebody about how their account was hacked, how a friend tagged them in the photo and they want a way to avoid it, as well as a number of other complications related to their privacy on Facebook. Over the weekend one individual contacted me to let me know that he would be removing me as a friend from Facebook because he was "going to make a shift with my Facebook use - going to just mostly family stuff."

Perhaps he was tired of receiving my status updates or perhaps he didn't want me to view photos from his personal life. Whatever the reason for ending our Facebook friendship, I figured that many people would benefit from a thorough overview on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. Below is a step by step process for protecting your privacy. (MORE)

(Cross-posted from the Google Voice Blog)
Google Voice is about giving you more control over your communications, through dozens of features - ranging from call screening to voicemail transcription to the ability to send and receive SMS by email.

While we've heard from users that they love our growing list of features, we're conscious of the fact that Google Voice can seem overwhelming to people trying it for the first time.

So we've created a short video that gives an overview of what Google Voice can do. (MORE)

"I'm too old for this social media stuff."

"I prefer talking to actual people, not websites and computers. At my age, I'm more of a 'people person.'"

"My customers are all baby boomers, like me. They aren't using Twitter or Facebook."

If you don't mind, I'd like to take a moment to demolish some of these persistent myths about social media right now.

The first, most widespread, and most pernicious among them is the concept that social media is a young person's game, and that kids these days are simply wired differently than older generations to be more capable of understanding and using social technologies.

Hogwash.

People who practice using specific tools get really good at using those tools. Period. Think about it -- you grew up playing catch in the backyard with your friends, and now you can catch a ball without a second thought. (MORE)