Wikipedia is changing

Anyone with kids of a school age will know that although Wikipedia is an amazing source of information, it does have its flaws. There are loads of stories about how information has been erroneously updated creating many laughs but also many confused teachers marking history essays.

So, Wikipedia is trying to address this by making some changes to how content is edited on the site. Listen to an audio interview with founder Jimmy Wales at the BBC website here.

Facebook in data row

Just read a v. interesting article on the BBC website about Facebook and how they have changed their terms and conditions which means that you don't own your own data on the social networking website anymore. I can imagine bouycots will follow.

I find it odd when phenomenal sites such as Facebook make basic mitakes that annoy their avid fans who make them what they are. Facebook has one of the best advertising portals available - making them very rich indeed, but if everyone leaves the site as they are scared about data issues then their value will nose dive.

Read more at the BBC website.