Locking down Apple's new Find my iPhone / iPad
Kudos to Apple for making this service free, it's well worth enabling.
However to make sure you're properly protected there are a few changes
you should make in Settings. Enable Passcode Lock and, optional but recommended, Auto-Lock. Next enable restrictions and disable deletion of apps and accounts.
This will prevent thieves from nuking your MobileMe account or your
Find my iPhone / iPad app.
However to make sure you're properly protected there are a few changes
you should make in Settings. Enable Passcode Lock and, optional but recommended, Auto-Lock. Next enable restrictions and disable deletion of apps and accounts.
This will prevent thieves from nuking your MobileMe account or your
Find my iPhone / iPad app.
Yes! Facebook finally implements Hugs!
Well, no, they didn't. Or rather, they haven't... yet.
Most friends' status updates on Facebook are full of good news, fun stuff, and happy events.
Sadly, not this week:
- One dear relative is in pain
- A former colleague & his wife just lost their baby at 23 weeks
- A friend of my wife's family, and father of two young kids, was tragically killed in a car crash
These aren't friends with statuses you can "Like". These are friends in need of a hug. But Facebook doesn't have a "Hug" button :-(
An obvious alternative is to leave a note for friends, expressing sympathy. However when many people have already replied I often find myself reluctant to do so to avoid triggering an email to a dozen people I may not know.
And sometimes it's not easy to find the right words. Often, in these situations actions do speak louder than words, even virtual ones.
So Facebook, please add a Hug button to status updates. A hug is pretty much a universal act of friendship, solidarity, and sympathy. It would be easy to implement and understand. In the few countries where a hug might be culturally inappropriate, it could be replaced with its equivalent.
Personally, I'd love a simple way to say "I feel for you".
(Any resemblance to the real Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg is entirely fortuitous :-)
