Creepy Girl-Stalking App Girls Around Me Has Been Yanked From The App Store
Notorious girl stalking app Girls Around Me has been pulled from the App Store. — Girls Around Me — the creepy geo-location app that allowed you to stalk and find personal information about girls …
TweetDeck back online, unauthorized access was ‘random’ and likely never ‘used maliciously’
TweetDeck, taken down earlier today, is now back online for everybody. The original issue appeared when a user in Australia discovered he was able to access hundreds of Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Debunking Senator Al Franken On Google, The Internet & Privacy
I liked Al Franken as a comedian. I liked the idea of him becoming a US Senator. I definitely like the idea that he wants to defend Americans from potential privacy problems. But I don't like that ...
Google's first April Fool this year is brilliant: ‘Maps 8-bit’ for the NES
Google offers its Maps product on a huge variety of different systems, but the one that it has so far neglected is the hugely popular Nintendo Entertainment System. Finally, the search giant has answ...
With Advance Warning, Bracing for Attack on Internet by Anonymous
SAN FRANCISCO — On a quiet Sunday in mid-February, something curious attracted the attention of the behind-the-scenes engineers who scour the Internet for signs of trouble. There, among the ubiquitou...
SecondMarket Lays Off 10 Percent in Light of Facebook IPO
SecondMarket, the marketplace for private company shares that built much of its business on pre-IPO interest in Facebook equity, laid off 10 percent of its staff today. Prior to the layoffs, the New ...
E-books settlement talks advancing: sources
(Reuters) - The Justice Department could reach a settlement in the next few weeks with Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and some of the major publishers suspected of colluding to push up electronic book prices, acc...
RIM Weighs Bleak Options
Research In Motion Ltd.'s new chief executive faces two bleak options: Attempt a bold turnaround of the embattled BlackBerry maker, or find a willing buyer. Neither will be an easy task. — RIM said...
All Facebook Pages get Timeline
Summary: All Facebook Pages get the new Timeline design starting today at 11:00 AM PST. Facebook does not have a date and time for when the update process will be complete for all Pages. — All Face...
How Serious Is Facebook About Search?
An article in BusinessWeek suggests that Facebook is planning a deeper push into search. Will that be limited to improving search for the site — or will it be something more comprehensive? — It's c...
Why Google's Tablet Store Isn't the Nexus One All Over Again
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Google is starting a store to sell Android tablets online. This is an attempt to jumpstart the sales of tablets running Google-approved versions of And...
Smartbooks redux: Qualcomm promises ultrathin quad-core laptops
Windows 8 may bring a failed computer category back from the dead: in late 2009, Qualcomm promised that an ARM-based laptop computer called a “Smartbook” would change the industry, and today, PCWorld ...
China's latest crackdown on microblogs sees comment feature ban after coup speculation
The Chinese government has once again cracked down on Chinese microblog services Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo, after it temporarily banned the comment features on both services following …
French ‘Three Strikes’ Law Slashes Piracy, But Fails to Boost Sales
It's a cheerful day for the copyright industry. In France the controversial “graduated response” law (Hadopi) has evaporated unauthorized file-sharing. — A new report from the Hadopi office, conven...
Obama to sign pro-crowdfunding JOBS Act into law Thursday
A piece of legislation designed to make crowdfunding a legal option for startups will be passed into law as President Barack Obama plans to sign the JOBS Act Thursday, VentureBeat has confirmed. — T...