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Obama joins Google+
AFP, Published on 24/11/2011
» Google+, the Internet search giant's rival to Facebook, has a high-profile new member: US President Barack Obama.
Six degrees of separation? More like 4.74
AFP, Published on 22/11/2011
» Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon may be the name of the game but it takes less than that to connect any two users on Facebook.
Online review site Yelp files for $100 mn IPO
AFP, Published on 18/11/2011
» Yelp, a website which posts user reviews of businesses and services, filed for an initial public offering Thursday seeking to raise up to $100 million.
Large-scale data theft fazes Finnish police
AFP, Published on 15/11/2011
» Finnish police on Monday called on users of online services to change their passwords after nearly 15,000 user names and passwords were stolen and published on the Internet.
Austrian student takes on Facebook
AFP, Published on 13/11/2011
» Austrian law student Max Schrems may be just one of about 800 million Facebook users, but that hasn't stopped him tackling the US giant behind the social networking website over its privacy policy.
Facebook near privacy settlement with FTC: report
AFP, Published on 11/11/2011
» Facebook will agree to independent privacy audits for 20 years under a proposed settlement with US regulators over changes to its privacy settings, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Online review site Yelp planning IPO: WSJ
AFP, Published on 09/11/2011
» Yelp is moving ahead with an initial public offering that would value the website which posts user reviews of businesses and services at $2 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Internet role in human rights gets spotlight
AFP, Published on 26/10/2011
» Technology titans and political activists gathered here on Tuesday to find ways to ensure that the Internet is used as a tool for human rights instead of as a weapon of oppression.
Obama campaign takes to Tumblr
AFP, Published on 25/10/2011
» US President Barack Obama added popular microblogging platform Tumblr on Monday to the Internet arsenal for his 2012 re-election campaign.
Joysticks transform US warfare in Afghanistan
AFP, Published on 10/10/2011
» In battle they take out Taliban fighters with joystick-controlled weapons, while back at base American soldiers hook up their Xboxes and kill their way through video games.