A veritable Who's Who of the tech industry has sent a letter to the director of the US National Security Agency, President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, and Congressional national security watchdogs, urging that there be more transparency relating to the government's requests for user data. The signers include Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, Yahoo!, LinkedIn, and ...
Original Schindlers list up for auction on eBay for $3 million-plus
Oskar Schindler kept a list, and now you can have it for $3 million-plus. One of four original copies of Schindler's famous list, which the eponymous Steven Spielberg-directed 1993 movie was based on, has been placed up ...
Twitter creator finally learns Facebook suggests monthly fee
secret new projects , and apparently the return to the creative process has inspired a must-share idea he thinks can solve one-time competitor Facebook's revenue-generating woes. Stone said that after finally learning to love Facebook -- he needs to use it to communicate with his new co-workers -- he believes the social network should offer people a choice to pay $10 a month to avoid ads. ...
Schoep the Dog Death Announced on Facebook Photo Thousands Pay Tribute
Schoep the dog has died aged 20. The dog became famous after photos of his owner playing with him in Lake Superior last year went viral on the ...
Key player in George Zimmerman murder trial Social media
"Social media exposed Sanford's secrets through this case," said Lawanna Gelzer, president of the National Action Network Central Florida chapter. "What Sanford wanted to sweep under the rug is now being exposed every day." NAN - the Rev. Al Sharpton's civil-rights organization - ...
Google Paid Clicks Jump CPCs Fall in Q2 2013 75 Switched to Enhanced Campaigns
More than six million campaigns, or 75 percent, have been upgraded to AdWords Enhanced Campaigns so far and Google expects to have the remainder of its advertising partners, and their respective campaigns, switched over by the end of this month. CEO Larry Page calls it "the biggest ever change to AdWords," as the company reported $3.23 billion in net income on $14.1 billion in revenue ...
New Google Panda Update Rolling Out Now What Changes Are Webmasters Seeing
Despite Google stating they would no longer confirm any of the rolling Panda updates, they seem to have gone back on that and confirmed that yes a new Panda began going live on July 18. However, unlike many of the previous Panda updates, many webmasters have noticed that it does not have as wide of an impact as previous updates. Matt Cutts has ...
Googles Motorola to hold Moto X phone event on August 1
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's Motorola division appears set to unveil its much anticipated Moto X phone on August 1 at an event in New York ...
Facebook Event For NSA Nature Walk Leads To Police Visit For German Man
the degree of NSA access to information held by American technology companies given that foreigners are not granted the same privacy protections as U.S. citizens. Daniel Bangert, a 28-year-old German man, has been following news articles about the Edward Snowden leaks closely. Last month, after discovering that the NSA ...
Exclusive Microsoft in talks with ValueAct over board seat - sources
People visit the Microsoft booth at the 2013 Computex exhibition at the TWTC Nangang exhibition hall in Taipei in this file photo from June 4, ...
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U.S. FCC moves to reform E-Rate subsidy for Internet at schools
Reuters ? U.S. President Barack Obama uses a magnifying glass to play a game with children in a pre-kindergarten classroom at College Heights early childhood learning center in Decatur February 14, 2013. REUTERS/Jason ...
UN experts slam Facebook for Somalia sanctions silence
NEW YORK CITY (AFP) - UN sanctions experts have complained to the UN Security Council that Facebook refuses to answer questions about ship hijackings suspected to be organized on social media sites.In a new report released Friday, the experts -- who monitor a UN arms embargo against Somalia as well as sanctions against accused pirates and Shebab Islamists -- say Facebook has failed to respond to ...
Korea?s FTC Acquits Google of Antitrust Charges
The Korean Fair Trade Commission acquitted Google of claims it was demonstrating an unfair advantage by preloading its search engine on Android phones. The antitrust charges were ...
Woman threatens herself on Facebook
UNIVERSITY of Wyoming investigators traced a sexually, potentially threatening online Facebook comment to the personal computer of a former student who was the supposed victim object of the attack, according to court ...
Popes Twitter followers get to Heaven faster OMG
[I]t's not enough simply to follow the pope on Twitter. It's not even enough to check his Twitter feed frequently. You need to be (a) contrite, (b) trying to follow the events at World Youth Day live and (c) performing these acts with "due devotion." In other words, the Vatican is clearly referring to prayerful participation in these events by men and women who could not ...
Bing Autosuggest Expands to Take on Instant Search Knowledge Graph In One Fell Swoop
Bing Snapshot Search ? an element that resembles Google's Knowledge Graph ? the new and improved Bing Autosuggest shows near instant information in an area attached to the search box. In the image above, Bing introduces the Snapshot data right into the autocomplete box. These results work for specific items that Bing knows about via Snapshots. Building off ...
Twitter Explodes With Racism Directed At Larry Elder Following Piers Morgan Interview
Update: Some of the Twitter accounts of those who directed the racist remarks now appear to have been suspended. The embeds below may appear as text only for this ...
Apple Google Facebook Yahoo Join Push for Government Disclosure on Data-gathering
Facebook and Yahoo (YHOO) joined other tech companies and civil liberties groups Thursday in asking the government for more disclosure about the extent of its Internet surveillance programs, in another sign of growing public controversy over those national security efforts. More than 60 companies and nonprofit groups co-signed a letter that calls on the Obama administration to let Internet ...
Social Media Reaction to Rolling Stone Cover
Social media erupts Wednesday after venerable music magazine uses a picture of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect. For more stories covering arts and entertainment, please ...
Pakistan - Facebooks alleged secret censorship deal with Pakistan
Bytes for All (B4A), a representative of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority claimed on 4 July 2013 that "the government of Pakistan has an existing 'arrangement' with Facebook, which allows them to have 'undesirable content and Facebook pages blocked as per directions from the authority'."In an open letter to ...
5 games to watch from Comic-Con
>Editor's note: John Gaudiosi is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Gamerhub.tv video syndication network. He's covered video games for hundreds of outlets over the past 20 years and specializes in the convergence of Hollywood and games. San Diego (CNN) -- Gaming has become an important part of Comic-Con International, the annual gathering that brings 150,000 attendees to San Diego for a ...
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