Tag: Web 2.0

Last.fm用户，你的个人信息可能已经被泄露

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CBS一年前收购Gamespot与Last.fm的时候我就说，给一家公司掌握你过多的个人信息是非常危险的事情。今天Techcrunch再挑起Last.fm将用户个人信息转交给RIAA（那个到处控告海外互联网用户的美国唱片业协会）的消息——上次Last.fm的创始人还能站出来说是Techcrunch扯淡，这次Techcrunch找到新证人称CBS瞒着Last.fm的员工，背地里将资料交给RIAA！Last.fm的成员是在交出数据之后才知道这些数据的用途的。

然而正如这个世界运作的方式，金钱让CBS与Last.fm的理性闭嘴了。

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听说也不第一天了，今天测试了下，与本人的使用习惯很搭配。最便利的应该是上传系统，从界面设计到用户提示均清晰明了，很beta很干净。想想这年头太多文件共享站还没把上传与文件管理系统做好，转投精力在绑定用户上（国内的尤其喜欢把用户绑定在专属P2P网络中），基本用户体验一日比一日差，再多花俏功能，用户粘性也上不来。假如大米盘能坚固好基础服务，他们在这片灰色区域中崛起将不是天方夜谭。

Pixiv启动用户博客系统

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Pixiv与Livedoor合作的结晶出来了，如先前的报道，是非常“传统”的博客系统。该系统由Livedoor Blog团队负责开发，是Livedoor公司向ASP模式发展的第一步。至于博客功能，我们测试后感觉与Livedoor Blog没什么区别，配套服务（例如nico视频引用）还没有跟上，也缺乏与Pixiv自身图片发布的整合。目前申请Pixiv Blog的优势是拥有pixiv.cc/username的路径（对应Pixiv用户名），以及会赠送500pp（发5篇文章再送50pp，不过Pixiv自己也没规划好pp货币该如何使用，500在这里没有实际含义）。

Pixiv希望扩展他们的SNS服务项目与Google能见度，Livedoor希望通过ASP减少运营赤字，就产生了这个增值服务；接下来看有多少画师愿意放弃自己的免费老站。对旅客来说，有Feed自然不是坏事。

Pixiv via ITmedia

A true show-stopper of Tencent’s international expansion

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Depends on how the word “showstopper” is being perceived here, you might find the following quotes, lifted directly from Tencent QQ’s software license agreement, a tad too funny or scary, even for the least paranoid western users.

Important Notice:

…the User should read carefully every article of this Agreement, including articles exempting or limiting the liability of Tencent and those restricting the rights of the User…

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5 Other articles

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5.2 Laws and regulations of People’s Republic of China are the governing law for the interpretation of, validity of and settlement of disputes arising from this Agreement. When any dispute or controversy arises between Tencent and the User, the two parties shall resolve the same through friendly negotiation; if the negotiation fails, the User hereby agrees that the dispute or controversy shall be resolved in the court located in the jurisdiction where Tencent resides.

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5.4 The English version of this Agreement is for reference only. In the event of any discrepancies or inconsistencies between the English and Chinese versions, the Chinese version shall prevail.

But think about all the video-chatting with random chinese models, made possible only by Tencent! (since they pretty much eliminate all third-party clients)