Facebook Proposes Additional Changes To Privacy Policy
Facebook said last Friday that it plans on making further changes to its privacy policy in order to respond to an audit by the Irish government, but privacy advocates view the move as a weak attempt to...
View ArticleFacebook To Remove Users’ Right To Vote On Policy Changes
Facebook users will no longer have the ability to vote on proposed policy changes at the company because their comments weren’t good enough. The move prompted data protection regulators in Europe to...
View ArticlePinterest Rolls Out New Look
Social media Pinterest began rolling out a redesign to its users on Monday. Users should watch their email for an invitation from Pinterest to check out the changes, according to the company. The...
View ArticleWalmart Expanding iPhone ‘Scan & Go’ Service
Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it is tripling the number of U.S. stores in a pilot program that allows shoppers to scan items with their iPhones and pay at self-checkout counters. Walmart’s “Scan & Go”...
View ArticleGoogle Exec Says Google Glasses Are Still A Year Away
Google’s Eric Schmidt said the technology giant’s wearable computer, Glass, is about a year from reaching the market. “We’ve just started distributing it to the first developers,” Schmidt, Google’s...
View ArticleLenovo Debuts Cloud Storage Service With Social Networks Access
Lenovo this week offered a sneak peek of a new consumer cloud storage service called Lenovo Reach, which it said will allow users to securely access their cloud-based files and applications from any...
View ArticleEU Countries Question Google On Glasses Privacy
Privacy officials from six countries and the European Commission are pressuring Google to answer questions about privacy issues surrounding its digital eye wear called Glass. The officials, from...
View ArticleIBM Still Talking Up SyNAPSE
"Today, we're at another turning point in the history of information technology. The era that Backus and his contemporaries helped create, the programmable computing era, is being superseded by the era...
View ArticleGoogle Glass Release Date Pushed Into 2014
Google sources have walked back from earlier projections that the company’s Glass wearable computer would ship later this year. The company now acknowledges that Glass won’t make it to market until...
View ArticleTwitter To Introduce Alert System For Emergencies
Twitter, which is gearing up for its initial public offering, said on Wednesday it will help users receive special alerts from government agencies and aid agencies during emergencies. Users who sign up...
View ArticleFacebook To Display Less Ads In Newsfeeds, Tweaks Process
Facebook newsfeeds will display fewer ads for products or services that users are not interested in, Facebook Inc said last Friday, announcing changes in advertising policy. It was the Web company’s...
View ArticleInstagram To Start Displaying Ads
Ads are coming to Instagram in the next couple of months, according to the photo- and video-sharing app maker. In the beginning, users in the U.S. may see an occasional ad in their feeds, the company...
View ArticleGoogle Looking To Triple Number Of Glass Testers
Google intends on tripling the number of people testing Glass before the official debut of the wearable computers next year. The company announced in a post on Google+ Tuesday that over the next few...
View ArticleFCC App Allows Consumers To Compare Broadband Providers
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has released a smartphone app that will allow consumers to measure the speed of their mobile broadband connection, while providing aggregate data to the...
View ArticleQualcomm Wants Smartphones, Tablets To Have Silicon ‘Brains’
Qualcomm has hopes of making tablets and smartphones more perceptive by giving the devices a “silicon brain,” company CEO Paul Jacobs said earlier this week. The company wants to load mobile devices...
View ArticleGoogle Reveals Email Scanning Practices In Revised Terms Of Service
Google Inc updated its terms of service earlier this week, informing users that their incoming and outgoing emails are automatically analyzed by software to create targeted ads. The revisions more...
View ArticleSamsung’s Galaxy 5 Sales Hit 11M First Month Out
Despite less than glowing reviews from critics, Samsung’s Galaxy S5 smartphone is proving to be another hit for the company, with 11 million of the devices sold in the first month of launch. The sales...
View ArticleMicrosoft Releases Special Browser Just For Developers
Developers can test drive new features of the next version of Internet Explorer using a test edition Microsoft has released for their use. The Internet Explorer Developer Channel, which can be...
View Article2GB RAM Upgrade Coming For New Google Glass Explorers
Google will soon roll out an upgraded version of Google Glass with 2GB of RAM, angering early participants of its Glass Explorer Program stuck with the older model. Google Glass currently comes with...
View ArticleFacebook Stepping Up Plans To Get Rid Of Fake Profiles
Facebook is ramping up its efforts to improve how it detects fake profiles, particularly those created by people claiming to be someone else. Fake profiles are a real challenge for Facebook, especially...
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