All Public Tweets Now Searchable Through Topsy
Searching through Twitter’s archive of tweets can be a harrowing experience– they are sorted on the site by Twitter’s own algorithms, and older tweets tend to get buried. Topsy, an analytics company,...
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 ArticleFacebook Relaxes Its Rules On Teen Privacy
Facebook announced on Wednesday that it will relax privacy rules for its teen users. The announcement comes amid headlines about teenage bullying and cyber predators, and industry analysts expect the...
View ArticleWill Facebook Start Monitoring Your Mouse?
At present, Rudin is analysing whether it makes business sense to know your every cursor move, but speaking about it so publicly suggests that it is pretty likely.
View ArticleYahoo Still Fixing Email Woes
Nearly a week after Yahoo’s email service crashed, the tech giant is still working to correct the problems. At 10:45 p.m. ET on Sunday, a report posted on Yahoo’s Mail Status page reported that company...
View ArticleCTIA Debuts Website That Shows Apps Data Usage
A new website unveiled by mobile trade group CTIA shows smartphone and tablet users how much data is used by popular apps. KnowMyApp.org, launched by CTIA late last week, allows mobile device owners to...
View ArticleSprint Announces New ‘Framily’ Plan
Sprint will allow friends, neighbors or any other group sign up for savings on monthly bills under the Sprint Framily Plan, announced earlier this week. Family plans can save money in traditional...
View ArticleNetflix Surging, Adds 2.3M New Subscribers
Netflix Inc gained more than 2.3 million U.S. subscribers in the fourth quarter, sending its shares up 17 percent in after-hours trading, and said it was testing different pricing plans for its monthly...
View ArticleLinkedIn Introduces ‘Member Blocking’
LinkedIn users who have no interest in receiving job inquiries or other messages, or allow access to their profiles from certain other members, can now block them. “Member blocking,” was recently...
View ArticleLinkedIn Launches New Chinese Language Site
Professional social networking website LinkedIn Corp rolled out a Chinese language version of its website on Monday, a move that could further spur its expansion into the world’s largest Internet...
View ArticleMeetup.com Continues Battle Against Hackers, $300M Ransom Demand
Social networking website Meetup.com is in a fierce battle against cyber-criminals who are demanding $300 to end an attack that has kept the site offline for the last several days. The site, which...
View ArticlePandora Raises Monthly Fee For Ad Free Music
Pandora Media Inc will raise fees for its ad-free service by $1 a month to almost $5 a month in May, a move to cover the increasing cost of licensing tunes that may annoy some longtime fans of the...
View ArticleReddit Going After More Users, Advertisers With New Feature
Reddit, a website with a retro-’90s look and space-alien mascot that tracks everything from online news to celebrity Q&As, is trying to attract even more followers, and advertising, by allowing...
View ArticleLawsuit Over LinkedIn’s Repeated Invitation Emails Moving Forward
The lawsuit against LinkedIn that alleges it damaged the image of users by repeatedly sending emails to their contacts inviting them to join the social network will proceed. The lawsuit was filed in...
View ArticleHumana Integrates Health App With Apple’s HealthKit
Humana Inc, which manages private Medicare and individual Obamacare insurance plans, has announced that it has integrated its consumer health application with Apple Inc’s HealthKit. The move, the first...
View ArticleAmazon Prime Gained Millions Of New Subscribers Over Christmas Holiday
Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it added more than 10 million new members to its Prime shipping and digital content service over the holidays and intends to offer one-hour shipping to more cities in...
View ArticleKodak Smartphone To Debut At CES Show
Many people use their smartphone as their primary camera because it is always with them and sharing those photos is easy from your phone. Kodak announced they will be offering an Android-powered...
View ArticleThe Electronic Frontier Foundation Aims To Thwart Online Harassment
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the non-profit digital rights advocacy group known for its strong public stances on topics like Net Neutrality, piracy and privacy, widened its scope by...
View ArticleVerizon Announces Vehicle Diagnostic Service
Verizon unveiled a new aftermarket vehicle diagnostics and roadside assistance service that works by plugging a dongle into any car’s OBD computer port. Once connected, Verizon Vehicle service notifies...
View ArticleFacebook Going After Hoaxes, Fake News Stories
Facebook Inc said it has put measures in place to clamp down on “hoaxes” and fake news stories that can spread rather rapidly on its 1.35-billion member online social network. The company said it had...
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