Jun
01
2011
01
2011
Google’s Eric Schmidt says he "screwed up" on social networking
Google chairman Eric Schmidt took responsibility for the search titan’s failure to counter Facebook’s explosive growth, saying he saw the threat coming but failed ...
Mar
29
2011
29
2011
Rumor: voice-controlled, cloud streaming LTE iPhone this fall
Several rumors popped up this week suggesting that Apple might push the release of both the next iPhone hardware and the next major iOS ...
Mar
14
2011
14
2011
Etsy users irked after buyers, purchases exposed to the world
What would you do if you registered on a site to buy something, only to find months later that your user account was searchable ...
Mar
11
2011
11
2011
Twitter settles with FTC over security breaches
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has accepted the proposed settlement with Twitter over its 2009 security breaches. The settlement was first proposed in mid-2010 ...
Mar
07
2011
07
2011
Congressman to revive 2005 online privacy bill with new feedback
Internet users should be able to see what kind of information companies are collecting about them and how it's being used. That's according to ...
Mar
01
2011
01
2011
Congressmen, Facebook go back and forth over personal data sharing
Facebook reiterated its plan to make users' addresses and phone numbers available to third-party developers in a letter (PDF) to US Representatives Ed Markey ...
Feb
16
2011
16
2011
MobileMe revamp may include status/check-in/streaming mashup
Rumors of a revamped MobileMe service have been coming in a steady stream recently, mostly associated with an alleged "iPhone nano." The previous rumors ...
Jan
27
2011
27
2011
Facebook turns on HTTPS to block WiFi hijacking
Facebook announced Wednesday it would begin supporting a feature to protect users from having their accounts hijacked over WiFi connections or snooped on by ...
Jan
06
2011
06
2011
Hands on: Twitter for Mac brings big UI, functionality updates
Despite rumors late last year that Tweetie for Mac was dead, it has lived to see another day in the form of Twitter's official ...
Dec
16
2010
16
2010
Old fogies catching up on social networking, online video
"Kids" these days may still lead the pack when it comes to new online activities, but older users are catching up quickly. A new ...
Nov
15
2010
15
2010
Facebook’s new messaging system mashes up SMS, e-mail, IM
"This is not an e-mail killer. This is a messaging system that has e-mail as part of it."
That's how Facebook ...
Nov
11
2010
11
2010
Apple’s Ping gains Twitter integration (but still no Facebook)
Facebook integration still hasn't returned to iTunes' Ping, but Apple's social music service has gained at least one ally. Twitter ...
Nov
08
2010
08
2010
Hands on: RockMelt, a Chromium-based browser for social Web addicts
The last thing the world needs is another spinoff browser with niche features, right? That's exactly what I thought when I learned about RockMelt, ...
Nov
01
2010
01
2010
Facebook punishes app developers found selling user data
Facebook has confirmed that some application developers sold identifying user information to a data broker. The offending developers—not named directly by the company—have been ...
Oct
21
2010
21
2010
More privacy headaches for Facebook: gay users outed to advertisers
Facebook's privacy problems continue this week after researchers discovered that Facebook may inadvertently be outing gay users to its advertisers. Saikat Guha from Microsoft ...
Oct
19
2010
19
2010
Facebook app breach gets the attention of Congress
Facebook's latest privacy breaches have gotten the attention of Congress. US Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton (R-TX) have written a joint letter ...
Oct
18
2010
18
2010
Popular Facebook apps found to be collecting, selling user info
If you use Facebook but don't want your personal information leaked all over the Web, you had better make sure you don't use any ...
Oct
11
2010
11
2010
"Deleted" Facebook photos still not deleted: a followup
Facebook may be making strides in some areas of privacy, but the company is still struggling when it comes to deleting user photos—or not ...
Oct
06
2010
06
2010
Data portability finally comes to Facebook, plus friend groups
Facebook revealed a number of features on Wednesday that give users more flexibility with their information, more control over how third parties access their ...
Sep
15
2010
15
2010
Google planning to ape Facebook for "Google Me" social network
Google plans to incorporate more social networking features across its services this fall according to comments made by CEO Eric Schmidt during the Google ...
Sep
04
2010
04
2010
Google coughs up $8.5 million to settle Buzz privacy suit
The fallout from Google's Buzz social networking aggregator continues: the company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit over concerns that the service's ...
Sep
01
2010
01
2010
iTunes 10 adds "Ping" social network, TV rentals, AirPlay
During Apple's annual music event Wednesday, CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the 10th major version of its iTunes media management software. ...
Aug
26
2010
26
2010
Google’s realtime search: fun times for neurotic searchers
When some event is happening—such as an earthquake, a major court ruling, an iProduct launch, or a celebrity death—there's a certain group of users ...
Aug
26
2010
26
2010
iTunes may be more social starting next week
Cloud-based iTunes streaming may take some time for Apple to get up and running, but a new report suggests that Web-based improvements may yet ...
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