Facebook Groups, Profile Downloads and Application Dashboards
Aside from new Groups, Facebook is feeding new features to a few areas of the social network, all aimed at giving users more control over the data they share, with whom they share it,…
Apple Plans CDMA iPhone to be Carried by Verizon
By Kyt Dotson
It looks like Verizon subscribers may soon be able to use iPhones with their service and those who only use AT&T for their iPhone coverage may be able to jump ship. Apple has announced…
Facebook Launches New Groups, Supports Chat and E-mail
Realigning the social graph. At Facebook’s event today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new Groups feature for better organizing the content you share within the social network. It’s an extension of what Facebook already…
Cisco Dives Head First into Home Telepresence, Launches umi
Cisco’s confirmed its goals around telepresence and home entertainment and communications tools, with the introduction of a new product, Cisco umi telepresence. It works by connecting an existing HD television and internet to power…
Freedom of Speech is Spreading throughout the WWW, but Seriously Libya.
A recent warning by blogger Ben Metcalfe sent out shortly after the seize of one of his domains (a .ly one, AKA Libya), also reported here, alerts that .ly domain holders may be looking…
TRUSTe: The Complexity Of Privacy Protection On The Web
By Tom Foremski
I recently met with Chris Babel, the CEO of TRUSTe, which certifies web sites for creating and maintaining adequate privacy policies. It’s a tougher job than you might imagine because on today’s web there…
Google Instant Previews Mark Ongoing Changes in Search
Google’s continuing to rapidly evolve its Instant search results tool, with testing of full-page previews. They offer detailed insight to search results as you’re searching, letting you see a website before clicking on it.…
HP Carving its own Mobile Niche; Introducing webOS Smartphones Next Year
Hewlett and Packard Co. will be releasing smartphone early next utilizing the webOS software that comes along the acquisition of Palm which amounted to $1.2 billion.Palm is one of the pioneers in handheld devices.
Motorola to Spinoff Handset Manufacturing by 1st Quarter 2010
Motorola is spinning off its handset manufacturing, and this move might come in earlier than expected. This news was revealed by a top executive in an interview. W e can expect the spin-off in…
NBC Turns to Wonderwall Site Extension, where Politicians are Celebrities
Politicians have attracted enough media attention for Msnbc Digital Network and BermanBraun to stretch WOnderwall to cover politics