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John Duprey is a husband, father, and geek. He makes his living from the latter as a software architect for Thomson Reuters Research and Development. However, he lives for the former two - his wife Abby and their daughter Emma. -- Public Profile

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Google+ Debut - Facebook Contender or 90 Second Knock Out?

Google+ is Googe's version of Facebook and I'm in.  I really like the clean interface, the lack of obnoxious advertisements, and its "circle" privacy management.  A social service only works though if all the people you care about uses it.  It is the *only* reason I bothered with Facebook - even my elderly and technophobic in-laws were using it.  So what will lure people from Facebook to Google+?  

First, time wasters.  I think they'll have to add those stupid games that people play on Facebook.  

Second, integration with other services - including Facebook.  At least for the short term, the ability to cross post status to facebook will be important.  Services like Posterous and Ping will need to add a Google+ option too.

Like Google Wave before it, I'm rooting for Google+.  While less ambitious than Wave in terms of innovation and totally changing how we communicate, Google+ is trying to take on  THE social network site, Facebook, with its 750 million active users.  If nothing else, maybe this competition will force Facebook to fix some of its problems with privacy.  

One thing is for sure, this new entry in the social space is going to confuse my in-laws when they get their invitation from me.  :)

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"Tell a friend" resulted in suspended Facebook account

Tell a friend" resulted in suspended Facebook account
via satisfaction.mint.com

Mint.com has been a financial life saver for me. I can finally track where all my money goes and set a budget that I can follow! However, since its been acquired by Intuit, quality of service has been a little erratic. For example, a week went by before they resolved a problem with sync'ing with my bank. Its hard to fault a free service like this, but there are some things even a free service should not fail on - security. For Facebook issue, it just looks like Mint's third party promotional partner did not follow protocol with Facebook. I spent last evening changing all my account passwords for fear of a real phishing attack had occured. Regardless, Mint *should* be all over this doing damage control. BTW, Mint, get your act together and charge me for a "Pro account." I'll pay!