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Article | 18/06/2013 Facebook set to beef up Instagram with video?
Speculation abounds that Facebook Thursday will unveil tools to enable its popular Instagram app to take and share short videos.
Article | 14/06/2013 Facebook to announce mysterious new product
Facebook appears to have a new product up its sleeve that it will unveil on Thursday at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Article | 14/06/2013 Does encryption really shield you from government's prying eyes?
If you're thinking about encrypting email in light of revelations about U.S. government spying, you may be wasting your time.
Article | 14/06/2013 French appeals court confirms Twitter must identify authors of racist tweets
A French court of appeal has rejected a move by Twitter seeking to shield the identities of those responsible for posts last year contravening French ...
Article | 12/06/2013 What a #copycat: Facebook apes Twitter with hashtags
Hashtags, the popular tool used on Twitter and in an array of other social sites to surface content around specific topics #likeso, are coming to Face...
Article | 10/06/2013 Waze could drive better social tools at Google, experts say
Waze's crowdsourced traffic and navigation app is attractive to Google, which is said to be a serious suitor for the app, because of the wealth of map...
Article | 7/06/2013 Larry Page: US government has no access to information on Google servers
Google has denied involvement in a U.S. government surveillance program called Prism since news broke Thursday that the National Security Agency has b...
Article | 6/06/2013 Facebook aims to simplify advertising for marketers
Facebook is gearing up for a new project to simplify its advertising platform, making it easier for marketers to decide how to place ads across the si...
Article | 6/06/2013 Facebook sets Sept. 12 deadline for moving games to local currencies
Facebook is phasing out its Credits virtual payment system and will be transitioning all games integrated into the social network to a new local payme...
Article | 4/06/2013 Android finally gets Twitter's video app, Vine
A little more than four months after Twitter unveiled its video service, Vine, the company has launched a version for Android.
Article | 3/06/2013 Twitter says error in 'routine change' caused brief outage
Twitter was back in working order on Monday afternoon after experiencing multiple technical issues earlier in the day that caused some users' tweet st...
Article | 3/06/2013 Google says 'no' to sexually explicit content on Glass
Google Glass can, in theory, be used for lots of things, but sexually explicit material is one area now off limits to developers.
Article | 31/05/2013 LinkedIn aims to keep hackers out with two-factor login
Add LinkedIn to the list of Internet companies trying to make themselves safer from cyberattacks by adding two-step authentication.
Article | 30/05/2013 Ads hit Tumblr desktop feeds as Yahoo takeover looms
Tumblr is now putting ads in users' feeds on the desktop, in what could be the first move toward making sure the social blogging site is a profitable ...
Article | 29/05/2013 Nissan, other brands suspend Facebook ads over offensive content
Nissan and some other big brands have suspended advertising campaigns on Facebook after ads were apparently displayed next to offensive content on the...