Posts Tagged ‘Internet’

Web privacy tools to warn of internet tracking cookies

Written on February 18th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Internet users will receive a warning if sites do not respect their privacy thanks to new tools being developed by the web’s standards setting body. The World Wide Web Consortium ...
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Google cookies ‘bypassed Safari privacy protection’

Written on February 18th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Google has been accused of bypassing the privacy settings of users of the Safari web-browser. The Wall Street Journal said Google and other companies had worked around privacy settings designed ...
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Google+ Making Strides Online

Written on February 13th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
The popularity of Google+ has showed dramatic growth recently, according to February 2012 analysis from Compete, which tracked the the landing page for the main feature of the social network, ...
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Google reveals action over Mosley

Written on January 27th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Google has removed hundreds of web pages relating to former Formula 1 boss Max Mosley’s sex life from its search results index, Britain’s Leveson Inquiry on press standards has heard. ...
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Twitter to censor itself in some nations

Written on January 27th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis. The additional flexibility is likely to raise fears that the short-messaging company’s commitment to free speech ...
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McDonald’s Twitter promotion backfires

Written on January 25th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
A McDonald’s Twitter promotion backfired after customers hijacked the hash-tag #McDStories, using it to share horror stories instead. The fast food giant launched the 24-hour promotional campaign last week to ...
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‘Downturn Shoppers’ Look to Digital for Savings

Written on January 25th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Price-conscious consumers do more online research, download coupons and compare prices in-store via smartphones Despite some bright spots on the economic horizon, shopping remains more of a battle than a ...
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US lawmakers abandoning online piracy bill

Written on January 20th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
Five days before a critical vote, US senators are abandoning an anti-piracy bill after an outpouring of online opposition to tinkering with internet freedoms. Senate Democratic leaders still plan to ...
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SOPA blackout: Bills lose three co-sponsors amid protests

Written on January 19th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
In case you missed all the news on the proposed bill to Stop On Line Piracy, or SOPA as it has become known, is a bill that was introduced into ...
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China web users hits 513 million

Written on January 17th, 2012 by Mike Andrewno shouts
The number of internet users in China has surged past 500 million as millions of new web surfers go online using mobile phones and tablet computers, an industry group reports. ...
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