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FTC Closes Street View Investigation against Google
Google has faced 7 class-action lawsuits as well as a high-rank FTC interrogation in the U.S over its suspiciously accidental snooping into open Wi-Fi networks. Today however, alongside several improvements Google has began to implement internally and a promise to remove all illicit data announced, the agency stopped its interrogation, as reported David Vladeck – ...
Social Network Privacy Issues Raise Concerns All the Way to D.C
After numerous waves of social-networks privacy issues, decision makers in Washington also began to raise an eyebrow or two concerning the hundreds of millions of individuals-numbering internet giants. Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee Sen. Jay Rockefeller sent an inquiring letter to Mark Zuckerberg and MySpace president Michael Jones. “The senator said he aimed to ...
Facebook’s Retail Takeover: Credits at Walmart, Best Buy
Facebook is rolling out an extended distribution of the now 9 months old Facebook credits online exchange, making prepaid Facebook credits gift cards available in Walmart and Best Buy branches within the U.S. Available in $ 5, 10, 25 and 50 worth gift cards, the now real-life Facebook credits are making their way throughout retail ...
Facebook Exec Mike Murphy Leaving Social Networking Giant
Mike Murphy, VP of global sales at Facebook has made a departure from the social-networking giant public, with words truly worthy of a rock star (and online ad sales veteran) declaring that countless nights on the road are no longer for him. They don’t leave enough time for his personal life. AllThingsD gets the scoop: ...
Firesheep and Security-as-a-Service Take on the Spotlights
Not so long ago Seattle-based developer Eric Butler had set himself an aim to expose the security flaws in Facebook and Twitter’s data handling, and launched Firefox program Firesheep for free download. This extremely easy to use social-network password stealer may have been coded in good faith, but after thousands of downloads, a wave of ...
Google Boost for Places Ads, Hyperlocal Targets
Currently available in only San Fran, Houston and Chicago, the new G-Boost beta ad tool has been recently launched, much to the fortune of countless local businesses in the three selected areas. Boost ads, appearing in the purple “Sponsored Links” section of a given SERP, add a whole new set of features to the once ...
Rising Relevance of Digital Media: More Publishers See Opportunities
The online market is breaking boundaries, and like every good publisher knows, that’s not something you let pass by your ear and iPad. Public broadcasting giant PBS and publishing tycoon Conde Nast are also aware of that fact, which is exactly what stands behind these two revolutionary moves that push digital media further into the ...
Sean Parker Talks Limitations; Users Scream Extortion
Spotify investor and Napster co-founder Sean Parker attended a discussion regarding his plan for the ever-popular U.S music streaming service. Apparently though, a Spotify dedication towards a more healthy customer-business relationship had slipped out of his mind for the sake of a nobler goal. That goal is to imaginatively exchange blows with hacking on users’ ...
How the Retail Store near You Will Look in 2015: Holograms, Smartphones and Fluffy
Everybody likes predictions, and with the recent U.S economic crisis in mind, it can be helpful in more ways than one to lean back a bit and read about the future of retail in 2015 – the time when pet stores will boom, and e-Commerce will score big time in terms of mass-revenue. “…American consumers ...
Google Cutting Groups to ‘Creatively Promote’ other Products
In a recent e-mail sent to Google Groups group owners, the Corp. politely announced that it will cut the leash on several of the app’s most favored features as of January next year, as these are evidently standing in the way of its other apps including G-Docs, G-Sites and more. “Starting in January 2011, Groups ...