Searching through Twitter’s archive of tweets can be frustrating – they are sorted on the site by Twitter’s own algorithms, and older tweets tend to get buried. Google Forget it. Topsy, an analytics company, wants to do ...
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Six privacy groups have asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to strike down proposed changes to Facebook’s policies, as they violate a 2011 settlement with the agency over user privacy. “The changes will allow Facebook to ...
Google has responded to complaints about its surreptitious snooping of users of Apple devices by claiming that it is not subject to UK privacy laws. The claim was made in a bid to get a lawsuit against the company, launched in the UK, ...
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"The Bachelor" host Chris Harrison, together with the show's creator Mike Fleiss and Perceptual Networks, today announced the launch of At First Sight, a new dating app that uses video profiles to help members make genuine connections. Now ...
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Facebook is teaming up with the nation's attorneys general to launch a public awareness campaign aimed at keeping young people safer on the site. The effort, which includes public service announcements and other informational resources, ...
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The first wristband in 2011, while innovative, was a disaster. Bracelets bricked and there were reported incidents of batteries failing to recharge. It led to recalls and Jawbone returned to the drawing board. Now Jawbone has ...
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Facebook quickly fixed a privacy leak in its new timeline after being alerted to the problem, according to a watchdog that follows the social networking site closely. Europe v. Facebook, an Austrian student organization that has filed ...
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ThoseE Facebook 'likes' can reveal a lot more than you think. Research shows patterns from these Facebook preferences can provide surprisingly accurate estimates of the user's race, age, IQ, sexuality and other personal information. The ...
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Trend Micro is adding the often confusing world of Facebook privacy settings to a new version of its flagship security software. Version 3 of the company's Trend Micro Mobile Security, available for Android users this week, will check a ...
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Flickr users are livid over a recent bug causing their private photos to be made public. A software bug that was identified during routine site maintenance was responsible for the error, Flickr Vice President Brett Wayn said in an online ...
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Looking to have a romantic Valentine's Day with your sweetheart? Maybe you should use Facebook a little less. Facebook just may be the third wheel in your relationship, according to a study from Abine Inc., an online privacy company based ...
A group of UK consumers is pursuing damages against Google in line with last year's accusations that the company was storing cookies in Apple's Safari web browser, regardless of users' privacy settings. Though Google was last year ...
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The updated Bing search engine adds more information from Facebook friends when searching. The revamped search option is expanding beyond Facebook likes, photos and profile information that relate to searches. Bing search will now show ...
UPDATE 12/19/12: Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom responded to user concerns yesterday in a blog post that said, among other things, "The language we proposed also raised question about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement. ...
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Facebook has reported fixing a flaw that made it possible to snoop on private New Year's Eve messages sent using a "Midnight Delivery" service. Facebook took "Midnight Delivery" offline temporarily to patch a vulnerability pointed out by ...
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