After what must seem like years of slating, Facebook has finally announced a change in privacy changes that includes seemingly dramatic changes to user’s profiles, status updates, locations and tags.  To summarise their recent changes, friends are no longer able to tag you in horrid ridden photos, cringe-worthy status updates, and utterly awkward locations, without your consent. Henceforth you will finally be able to approve of what you’re tagged in, before being publically humiliated, and have embarrassing photos broadcasted to every single one of your Facebook friends.

Along with this, and what is probably the best change Facebook is to unveil, is that no longer will you have to mindlessly search through Facebook’s labyrinthine privacy settings to find out exactly what information you are currently sharing with your friends, family, and colleagues. Rather, you will now be able to change these privacy settings right from your profile page. These settings appear on the right-hand side of nearly every section of the user profile when you’re editing your settings.

In addition, there is even a way to see what your profile looks like to the different groups of people you wish to share bits of information with.

 

These changes will begin to roll out in the next few days. But don’t worry if you’re now confused, because in true Facebook-style, they are issuing tutorials about the updated privacy settings, to all their 750 million users. How exciting.

I’m not sure what you are thinking about these new changes, but I’m thinking this sounds very Google Plus-esque, Hmmm…

 

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Foursquare have extended their ‘Specials’ feature to include ‘Deals’. This means that Foursquare enthusiasts can now buy deep discounts ahead of time wherever they may be through the app. One significant coup for Foursquare is that Living Social have signed up as one of the partners of this new scheme. Where was Groupon?

They will now run all Specials through a personalized Explore tab. As a result, you only see Specials that are right for you, and you also see why they’re right for you (for instance, if some of your friends have already been there).

Furthermore, if you’re walking the streets of London for example and see a Special you particularly like, you can now buy it there and then, without leaving the Foursquare app. You can also buy the Special on foursquare.com.

This is a big step forward for Foursquare and we’ll look forward to seeing the reaction from users.

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