The best super power as per Mark Zuckerberg

When it comes to all things social media and online, everyone hangs on Mark Zuckerberg’s every last word.  Zuckerberg, on a recent Facebook motivational marketing trip to “connect” with India, surprised his audience of young IT students at the Indian Institute of Technology by admitting that, “More than 130 million people use Facebook in India.  We cannot connect everyone in the world without connecting everyone in India”.

The event was an interactive Q&A session at the Townhall and questions were fired at him from a packed house.  When asked what is the one super power he would want to help people, Zuckerberg answered that;  “One of the great things about technology is that you can create superpowers for the ordinary man around the world”.  He quickly added that people could “teleport” using the virtual technology of Oculus.

Super Candy Crusher?  No, it’s just Mark Zuckerberg

No one can really disagree there.  Oculus is designed to connect people.  Users can make use of a headset to engage in activities with other’s anywhere in the world.  He used Ping-Pong as an example, with a player in America playing against an opponent in India.  Think about it…virtual teleportation, a modern technological super power in deed.

Of course students took advantage of the opportunity to bear down on Zuckerberg regarding Facebook’s unwanted invitations from candy crush.  Zuckerberg made it clear that Facebook is working on a plan to stop that.  Perhaps that would be Zuckerberg’s greatest super power after all!  Millions of users are annoyed by the Candy Crush invitations and some Facebook users have even created online petitions against them.

After fending off the begrudging Candy Crush questions and those about net neutrality, Zuckerberg focused his attention on letting his audience know just how passionate he is about new start-ups.  He alluded to the fact that students should focus their attention on solving issues instead of just “starting a business”.

Zuckerberg also revealed that Facebook would fully implement AMBER in the USA and Canada.  This is a new Facebook feature designed to help find missing persons.  Details of missing people / children will be placed in the newsfeed for others to see and provide information.  Apparently AMBER is already in use in some areas (for at least a year now) and has been most helpful in finding missing children.

Online hero

While Zuckerberg’s mission for Facebook is to give people the power to share and connect more readily and easily on the internet, one has to think of the safety and security risks involved.  Posting and sharing information on the internet is one thing, but ensuring that you, your business and your family are safe from opportunistic cyber criminals should be a top priority for you.  Criminals can gain access to your personal information in many ways, Facebook included.  Read our blog post on how to avoid low-tech hacks to brush up on your online security.

Naturally we think that the safety and convenience of online back-up is a technological super hero in its own right, but we’d like to know what you think!  What technological advancements or programs do you think qualify as “super powers” and which do you think will merely add to online security risks?  Let us know!