Tag: FACEBOOK BEACON

It was a little over two years ago that Facebook launched Beacon - its ill-fated advertising service that cross-posted activity from other Web sites to your Facebook stream. Whilst the programme has long morphed into other aspects of the Facebook service, a ruling on Friday means the end of any remaining Beacon remnants as part of a lawsuit settlement against Facebook and some of its initial ...

Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg has performed what seems to be a turnaround; Appologizing to Facebook users and returning Beacon to an opt-in, rather than opt-out-if-you-can system. digg_url = 'http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2007/12/05/veto-beacon-with-freakin-beacon-firefox-extension/'; For the uninitiated, Facebook's Beacon has become the poster child for violation of internet privacy and for ...