Are we ready for change?

Let's face it, technology and the media is going to be changing around us. But do we really understand how much the media is changing?

Take for example Google.com. Just recently they have changed their privacy agreement. How many of us actually took the time to see what that was all about? According to Jasmin Melvin of huffingtonpost.com, Google is changing it's policy in order to make using Google more user friendly. However, this changes how data is distributed and shared with the world. It will also be collecting information on us through our Google accounts to make it better for us.

Consider also the new layout on Facebook called the Timeline. In this new layout, according to mashable.com, your whole life is put on display for the whole world to see, from birth until you last logged on. So all those posts that you thought were lost in the Facebook vortex are now going to be available for viewing once again. Are you ready to see that again?

Personally, I can see why people will see these changes as a problem. It's scary to think that websites like Google can now take what you like to search for and make it easier for you to find them without your consent. But I'll be honest when I say that I absolutely hate the new Facebook Timeline. It's not a fun layout, plus I just got used to the last one since the last update. So I'm going to hold off on the timeline for as long as I can. If you have nothing to hide, these changes aren't a problem. If not, start cleaning up your profile.

Facebook is also in the news recently for their IPO. According to Matt Silverman of mashable.com, the money that Facebook is putting into their IPO will be able to make Facebook worth $100 billion. Facebook is becoming one of the richest websites on the internet, and now it's going to profit off of the daily users of Facebook. With all this money that's coming in, where is it all going to go? Not to the users, that would just be ridiculous. I feel like we, the users of Facebook, should get some kind of benefit from all of this. Is that going to happen? Probably not, unless it's in some really small way, shape or form. 

Sources:
Google Privacy
Facebook IPO
Facebook Timeline