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Comment on SOLUTION: Built in Mac iSight not working with Facebook Video Call by Brad [the better lookin' one :)) ] Houghton

Brad [the better lookin' one :)) ] Houghton — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:38:56 +0000

Hi Brad & Carol,
I have the same issue as Carol… but my Macbook loaded fine, the iMac was the big fail!

Both run Snow Leopard 10.6.8, both have identical software loaded – Firefox as default browser, both have identical user/security settings in every way.

The one thing that differs between the two when installing FBVC, is that the MB asked for firewall permission, yet the IM didn’t – correction, i think it did, as a window flashes up and is gone, in the blink of an eye.

For me, the IM gets to the point of notifying the install is complete, but the browser window, sort of hangs with the transparent white layer, and install instructions in the bottom left corner….

Very annoying!

Cheers, Brad

Comment on Google Drive vs Dropbox | Battle of Privacy in the Cloud? by The privacy of our data in Google « linkstream2 microblog

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Comment on Google Drive vs Dropbox | Battle of Privacy in the Cloud? by Dropbox Just Doubled My Account Size – Sweet! | Jaded Web Guy

Dropbox Just Doubled My Account Size – Sweet! | Jaded Web Guy — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:37:51 +0000

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Comment on Google Drive vs Dropbox | Battle of Privacy in the Cloud? by Hugh

Hugh — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:09:56 +0000

So, now that Google Docs is becoming google Drive, does this constitute a change in google docs?

Comment on Google Drive vs Dropbox | Battle of Privacy in the Cloud? by Privacy issues with Google (Drive)? | AJMBroadcastEducator

Privacy issues with Google (Drive)? | AJMBroadcastEducator — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:45:58 +0000

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Comment on Google Drive vs Dropbox | Battle of Privacy in the Cloud? by Jason Hanley

Jason Hanley — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:08:11 +0000

I really think all of this terms of service talk is splitting hairs.

The two agreements are basically saying the same thing, with slightly different wording.

They’re going to do what they want, and it’s up to us to keep them accountable.

Comment on Google Drive vs Dropbox | Battle of Privacy in the Cloud? by Brad

Brad — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:28:34 +0000

All great points, Sarah. Thanks for bringing a view of this from publishing!

Comment on Google Drive vs Dropbox | Battle of Privacy in the Cloud? by Sarah Ellender

Sarah Ellender — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:05:52 +0000

Maybe I am being a bit paranoid. It’s not that I believe that Google’s got an army of slush pile readers out to steal our work. I just wonder where clauses like this leave you when you come to negotiate publication rights with agents and/or publishers. Does it mean that Google have taken first rights worldwide?

And in the highly unlikely event that some of your work did get published or displayed by Google for whatever reason, and you’d agreed to these terms, would you have any legal comeback?

Comment on Google Drive vs Dropbox | Battle of Privacy in the Cloud? by Brad

Brad — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:20:38 +0000

You have a valid point, Karla, in that it would be a really bad day at Google if they decided to just randomly pulling files and docs to use for their own purposes. I tend to be a little more paranoid when it comes to privacy and security on the web so for me it is much more an issue with the principle. Literally just changing the one line to remove the right in being able to use the content to promote and they are just about even with Dropbox’s terms of service and I’d be happy to use Google Drive as a paying customer.