Facebook’s change in policy requiring users to use their real name has backfired forcing the social network to issue an apology to this effect calling the whole exercise a ‘misunderstanding’. The reversal…
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Google threatened with $100 million lawsuit over stolen celebrity nude pics
Google could soon be slapped with a lawsuit coming from over a dozen of female celebrities, who were victims of the recent nude photo hacking scandal, for allegedly failing to discard off…
Twitter shells out $10M for a new MIT ‘Laboratory of Social Machines’ lab
MIT: The Laboratory for Social Machines is dedicated to developing technologies that analyze social systems, map the public sphere of beliefs, opinions, and events to create information feedback loops.
Google announces unlimited storage for students with ‘Drive for Education’
Google: We want educators and students who use Google Apps for Education to be able to focus on the learning experience—not the technology that supports it. With Drive for Education, users can put an end to worries about storage limits and more easily maintain a safe, effective and compliant learning environment.
Facebook relaunches Atlas to take on Google
Facebook: We’ve rebuilt Atlas from the ground up to tackle today’s marketing challenges, like reaching people across devices and bridging the gap between online impressions and offline purchases.
Tim Berners-Lee calls for ‘Magna Carta’ to ensure users’ privacy and internet freedom
Tim Berners-Lee: I want a web where I’m not spied on, where there’s no censorship.
The Pirate Bay is serving malicious ads
Malwarebytes, through a new report, reveals how hackers have again managed to distribute exploit kit through The Pirate Bay.
Google to News Corp: We have ‘done more than almost any other company to help tackle online piracy’
Google: Robert Thomson, News Corp’s CEO, said at the time: “The only way to reach the world’s greatest content and the most prestigious and lucrative audiences is directly through our digital properties. Third parties are no longer invited to the party”. Google works with publishers to protect their content and maximize their advertising revenues.
Russia: Google, Twitter & Facebook must register as ‘organizers of information distribution’
Maxim Ksenzov, deputy chief of the Roskomnadzor: If Google, Facebook or Twitter “do not obey with the demands of the Russian law, they will be subjected to administrative sanctions.”
Yahoo to soon shut down Yahoo Education, Qwiki, and Directory
Tech giant Yahoo on Friday announced three of its old school products – Yahoo Education, Qwiki, and Yahoo Directory – are soon going to die. Yahoo Directory, one of the company’s oldest…
Ordnance Survey maps out Great Britain in GB Minecraft v.2
Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency for Great Britain, and one of the world’s largest producers of maps, has come out with a new map of Great Britain in Minecraft, which is…
Valve’s Steam Music Player will let gamers listen to music while playing games
Valve’s own Steam Music Player has been finally launched for Steam client users enabling them to listen to their music collection while playing games on the digital platform. This means Steam gamers…
Paypal & Bitcoin processors BitPay, Coinbase & GoCoin ink partnership deal
PayPal: To be clear, today’s news does not mean that PayPal has added Bitcoin as a currency in our digital wallet or that Bitcoin payments will be processed on our secure payments platform.
Facebook to announce new advertising platform
The new ad platform will likely be a revamped version of Atlas Advertiser Suite.
Google eliminates need for mandatory Google+ signup
Users signing up for any of Google’s services will now no longer be forced to sign-up for a Google+ account, new report claim. According to a Marketing land report, users, while signing…