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Don't break stories on Twitter, BBC journalists told
www.guardian.co.uk
As Sky News clamps down on staff Twitter updates, corporation tells reporters to file copy before tweeting itBBC journalists have been told not to break news stories on Twitter before they tell their newsroom colleagues.The new rules, which apply to all of the corporation's correspondents, reporters and producers, were announced...
To the BBC and others: Twitter is not your competition
gigaom.com
Just a day after Sky News told its journalists they should not post any kind of breaking news to Twitter — and also blocked them from retweeting anyone but an official Sky News account — the BBC has released a new version of its social-media policies that also requires...
Appsfire offers developers an in-app notification inbox
gigaom.com
Facebook and Foursquare have their own in-app notification inboxes that help alert users to updates, new friend requests and other news and activity. But the process is hard for many developers to build and most apps don’t offer such a feature. Now Appsfire, an app discovery platform, is launching a...
The New BGR
bgr.com
BGR first launched just about six years ago. In that time, there have been two redesigns and today marks the third. This one is a major one, and we’re finally also rebranding with new logos, colors and a new personality. First off, you’ll notice that the site’s new home page...
Prepare for Hurricane Sandy with Google's Crisis Map
www.theverge.com
If you live in an area likely to be affected by Hurricane Sandy’s high winds and flooding, Google is providing a crisis map to help you prepare for the impact. As mentioned by Engadget, the map provides separate layers for the most important information, ranging from the storm’s current...
Evernote for Mac Update: Card View, Word Count, New Save Features, and More
blog.evernote.com
Today, Evernote for Mac gets a pretty great update (v 3.1) full of new features, redesigned screens and stability improvements. We’ve added a completely new Card View, word and character counts for notes, easier attachment export, and much more. Let’s take a look: Get Evernote for Mac The New Card...
Cobook for iPhone: finally a good way to manage your contacts on the go
www.theverge.com
Cobook for iPhone isn’t bashful about the fact that it looks a whole lot like Apple’s stock Contacts app. On the surface it's just a list of contacts, unlike "smart address books" we’ve seen launch recently like Brewster and Smartr, which rethink the entire notion of an address book....
Study: Facebook Timeline Improves Fan Engagement For Brands
www.readwriteweb.com
Facebook posts by brands live longer on Timeline than they did prior to the social network’s massive overhaul, according to a study released Monday. While the analysis by London-based social media analytics firm Sotrender is limited in scope, covering just 130 brands headquartered in the U.K. and 5,000 posts, it is...
Exposed: YouPorn passwords in all their plain-text glory
arstechnica.com
As one of the top 100 websites in the world, the free porn video website, YouPorn, has a lot of subscribers. And as of late Tuesday night, at least 6,400 of those subscriber's passwords were exposed in a data dump on Pastebin that paired email addresses with plain text...
Google fires back at Microsoft on tracking: Internet Explorer is “widely non-operational”
thenextweb.com
The war of words between Microsoft and Google has just been a raised a notch after Google released a statement in which it criticises the the Redmond-based firm, saying that settings for its Internet Explorer Web browser are “widely non-operational”. The comments come after Microsoft jumped into the brouhaha surrounding...
Google responds to Microsoft over privacy issues, calls IE's cookie policy 'widely non-operational'
www.theverge.com
Earlier today, Microsoft accused Google of manipulating Internet Explorer's default privacy restrictions in order to "bypass user preferences about cookies." Google's just responded with a lengthy rebuttal, arguing that Microsoft's P3P cookie technology is "widely non-operational," and that the issue has been around since 2002. Google points to other...
[Infographic] Survey: Consumers Are Concerned About Privacy, Tracking, Advertising
www.readwriteweb.com
How much do social and mobile service providers know about you? What are they doing with your personal information? If you're worried, you're not alone. A Harris Interactive survey commmissioned by TRUSTe, which helps its clients manage customer privacy, shows that 60% of adults surveyed are more concerned about their online...
Salesforce.com Sets Up Next Big Battle With Facebook Style Identity For The Enterprise
techcrunch.com
Salesforce.com is setting up the next big battle in the market with a new service they are calling Facebook style identity for the enterprise. The new service, which Marc Benioff first discussed on stage at Disrupt San Francisco 2012, is being called a single, social, trusted identity in the cloud...
What makes or breaks a Web design is often hidden in the details
thenextweb.com
When first starting out on a project, major aspects of a site like color, form, shape and whitespace get all the attention. Of course, these traits are extremely important, but it’s imperative to see that larger elements of your site aren’t the only things that deserve your attention. Experienced designers know...
Twitter makes it easier to verify musicians, but what about the accounts that matter?
thenextweb.com
Don’t get me wrong, I love music quite a bit. In fact, I follow a few of my favorite bands and artists on Twitter. For the most part though, I don’t really get a lot of pressing or important information from those accounts. I consider it to be a novelty...
Google: Microsoft Is Full Of Shit
parislemon.com
Earlier today, I posted a link to a Microsoft blog post calling out Google for bypassing IE security measures. Google saw the post and sent me the following on-the-record statement (below). It’s a bit verbose, so I’ll summarize: “Microsoft is full of shit.” Statement: Attributable to Rachel Whetstone, Senior Vice...
Groupon breaks its Groupon Promise
venturebeat.com
This is the Groupon Promise, prominently plastered all over the Groupon site: If the experience using your Groupon ever lets you down, we’ll make it right or return your purchase. Simple as that. But when I put it to the test, I found the promise isn’t really simple as that....
Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too
allthingsd.com
Last Friday, a Wall Street Journal report revealed that Google and some advertising companies had been circumventing privacy settings in order to follow users browsing through the Safari browsing on the iPhone and on the Web. Now, Microsoft has said that Google is working around the privacy settings on its...
Parallels warns Mac users to not upgrade to Windows 8
9to5mac.com
Parallels for Mac virtualization software has been getting major updates this year with the recent release of version 8, making it even easier to run Mac and Windows apps side by side. In version 7, it made it a lot easier to upgrade and buy copies of Windows directly from...
Asus launches Windows 8 lineup: Vivo Tab RT keyboard bundle from $599, Taichi from $1,299
www.theverge.com
Asus has announced its plans for this week's Windows 8 launch, with a huge variety of touch-enabled models on offer. The Taiwanese hardware maker announced a lot of products back at Computex in June, and so it's no surprise that it has perhaps the most wide-ranging lineup of devices...
"Siri, does anyone still use you?" Yes, says survey
arstechnica.com
Roughly half of iPhone 4S owners using Siri are "very satisfied" with the service, according to a newly published survey. Market research firm Parks Associates published its report about Siri users on Tuesday, noting that the most common uses for Apple's "virtual personal assistant" are still pretty standard, like...
Kickstarter launches refreshed product pages with larger videos and a cleaner design
www.theverge.com
Crowd-funding site Kickstarter has been through a number of design iterations both before and after its launch, and today it's rolling out the latest, with refreshed product pages. The new pages include a wider left column for displaying even bigger videos of projects, while other important information has been...
Digital Content: Clipboard is Digital Scrapbooking for Your Life
www.wired.com
Between Pinterest, Evernote, Dropbox, and Basecamp you might think that all our social-bookmarking, note-saving, and collaboration prayers have been answered. Clipboard, a five-month-old bookmarking tool, is making the argument that they haven’t. The company, founded by Microsoft veteran Gary Flake, is fusing some of the most useful things about...
International Buying Machines? Nah, But IBM Is Developing An Augmented Reality Shopping App
www.fastcompany.com
For 101 years, IBM has been known primarily as a giant corporate entity that makes mainframe computers and all sorts of enterprise-centric tech. Slowly and slightly, that identity is shifting. This will only speed up the rate of change: IBM is working on a product that directly touches consumer's lives,...
FCC clears 3G Nexus 7 in preparation for Google's Android event on October 29
thenextweb.com
UK retailer Carphone Warehouse may have earlier opened preorders for the new LG Nexus 4 smartphone, confirming one of of Google’s launch products for its October 29 Android event, but now a listing on the FCC website has revealed that a 3G model of Google’s Nexus 7 is on its way,...
Exposed: YouPorn passwords in all their plain-text glory
arstechnica.com
As one of the top 100 websites in the world, the free porn video website, YouPorn, has a lot of subscribers. And as of late Tuesday night, at least 6,400 of those subscriber's passwords were exposed in a data dump on Pastebin that paired email addresses with plain text...
Apple denies Samsung claims it withheld juror info
news.cnet.com
Since losing a $1 billion patent-infringement judgment to Apple Samsung has accused the jury foreman of withholding important information and suggested Apple knew about it. Apple now says the claims are bunk. [Read more]...
Newvem nets $4M to scan Amazon’s cloud
gigaom.com
Newvem, which is making a name for itself analyzing Amazon Web Services usage for customers, netted $4 million in Series A funding led by Greylock Partners with Index Ventures and Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors also participating. Amazon first For now, Newvem focuses on solely on AWS, the biggest of the...
If You Read Just One Article About The Patent Mess, Make It This One
www.techdirt.com
Steven Levy has always been a great writer covering the tech industry, but his article on "the patent problem" for Wired is a must read, even if you're familiar with these stories. He does a great job illustrating just how screwed up the patent system is, focusing on a few...
Google responds to Microsoft’s privacy accusations
www.bgr.com
Google on Monday responded to a new round of finger pointing, this time from Microsoft, which claimed Google was using falsified cookie policies to bypass certain security features in the Internet Explorer Web browser. The new accusations followed an earlier revelation that Google and other advertisers were using “a...
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