march 1
Privacy group demands FTC force Google to roll back privacy policy changes
arstechnica.com
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Federal Trade Commission over Google's upcoming privacy policy changes, according to a posting on the EPIC site. EPIC says that the new privacy policy is in clear violation of a consent order the company signed with the...
From Google to Facebook, online privacy concerns aren’t going away (infographic)
venturebeat.com
Ever since Google announced a new, controversial privacy policy two weeks ago, interest in online privacy has spiked as more people question how Google and other companies are managing your data. Google announced last week that it would change its privacy policy by combining 60 policies into one, with the...
Apple’s Safari browser vulnerable to address bar spoofing exploit in iOS 5.1
thenextweb.com
Given their popularity, Apple’s iOS devices are constantly being probed for vulnerabilities, whether it be within the filesystem, kernel or their applications. Today, a new vulnerability has been brought to our attention that focuses on how the Safari browser on iOS 5.1 renders website addresses, which can be used to...
Google privacy policy changes March 1: How to clear your search history, account information
www.washingtonpost.com
Google’s new privacy policy is set to go into effect tomorrow, March 1 — making it as good a time as any to do some maintenance on your account. As we’ve mentioned in the past, Google account holders have a few ways to control what they share with the company....
Vimeo iOS app updated with iPad support: Full-screen playback, video editor
9to5mac.com
This slideshow requires JavaScript. Vimeo launched its long-awaited iOS app nearly a year ago. Though the program offered a comprehensive set of editing features, it only supported iPhone and iPod touch. Today, the company introduced a new version at Mobile World Congress (MWC), an annual mobile industry trade show that runs...
Google’s new Privacy Policy
googleblog.blogspot.com
Our updated Privacy Policy takes effect today, March 1. As you use our products one thing will be clear: it’s the same Google experience that you’re used to, with the same controls. And because we’re making these changes, over time we’ll be able to improve our products in ways that...
Daily Crunch: Cheap 3D
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Here are some recent Gadgets posts: Is The $300 3D Printer Finally Here? Makible Thinks So TC@MWC: The Huawei Ascend D Quad Is One Of The Nicest Phones You’ll Never Buy LTE-Packing Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Hits VZW Shelves On March 1 HBO GO Finally Lands On Xbox 360 On...
Google agrees deal with Korean watchdog to help users better understand its new privacy policy
thenextweb.com
After weeks of negotiations over its new privacy policy, Google has agreed a plan with the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) to better inform domestic Internet users on how it will use their data and provide links to its existing services to allow them to control the information they share. The...
Gadgets Week In Review: Window Walking
techcrunch.com
Here are some stories from the past week on TechCrunch Gadgets: Windows 8: The Road Ahead LTE-Packing Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Hits VZW Shelves On March 1 Texas Instruments Announces New Partnerships For OMAP 5, But Wait…There’s More Wonder What Games Might Look Like On The New iPad? Check This...
5 Ways to Keep Your Google Browsing Private
www.readwriteweb.com
Google's one unified privacy policy went into effect on March 1. The new privacy policy makes it easier for Google to bring user data across its services, but the actual privacy preferences remained unchanged. Google has integrated search, email, YouTube, social and work. The few exceptions to the unified privacy...
Apple amends iPhone 4S to fix signal issues for unofficial partner, China Mobile
thenextweb.com
Just over a month since the company confirmed issues between its iPhone 4S smartphone and China Mobile SIM cards, Apple has adapted the device to eliminate signal issues, the Chinese operator has announced. On March 1, China Mobile said that Apple has modified how the iPhone 4S interacts with the...
E-mail backup service DropMyEmail.com grabs over 500K users in just 2 months
venturebeat.com
Brand-new e-mail backup service DropMyEmail.com has signed up more than 520,000 users only 50 days since its public launch, a feat that makes it one of the fastest growing startups by users ever. DropMyEmail.com attracted attention at DEMO Asia when it launched on March 1 due to the simple,...
Microsoft and others reportedly complain to EU regulators over Google+
thenextweb.com
Microsoft and “several other firms” have reportedly lodged a formal complaint to EU antitrust regulators about Google+, the Internet giant’s social networking tool. Reuters cites “two people familiar with the matter” as its source, in a move that could see European regulatory bodies extend its investigations into the company. Whilst...
This Billionaire Venture Capitalist Gave A TED Talk Saying Rich People Don't Create Jobs — And TED Is Refusing To Post It
www.businessinsider.com
As the war over income inequality wages on, billionaire Seattle entrepreneur Nick Hanauer has been raising the hackles of his fellow 1-percenters, espousing the contrarian argument that rich people don't actually create jobs. The position is controversial — so much so that TED is refusing to post a talk that Hanauer...
This Billionaire Venture Capitalist Gave A TED Talk Saying Rich People Don't Create Jobs — And TED Is Refusing To Post It
Platform update: ads, passwords, access tokens, more
www.insidefacebook.com
As Facebook continues to review and approve new Open Graph actions, the social network announced a number of changes affecting developers working on the platform. Action specs – The Ads API now allows developers to create Featured Stories (previously called “Sponsored Stories”) using action specs rather than by ad creative...
As Developers Struggle, Apple Pushes Back Sandbox Deadline Again
www.readwriteweb.com
Apple has pushed back its deadline for developers to "sandbox" their applications. The original deadline, was pushed back to March 1, 2012 last November. Now Apple is giving developers through June 1st "to take advantage of new sandboxing entitlements available in OS X 10.7.3 and new APIs in Xcode 4.3."...
Apple Extends Deadline for Sandboxing of Mac App Store Apps to June 1
www.macrumors.com
Apple today announced that it has extended the deadline for Mac App Store apps to implement sandboxing until June 1. The requirement had been set to go into effect on March 1 after already having been delayed from last November, but continued uncertainty about implementation and its effects on app...
LTE-Packing Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Hits VZW Shelves On March 1
techcrunch.com
For those of you who feel that the Galaxy Tab 8.9 is too big and the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is too small, the LTE-packing Galaxy Tab 7.7 should feel just right. And according to Verizon, the little 7-incher should be available March 1 on the big red network, just...
Federal court expedites case on Google privacy policies
www.washingtonpost.com
A federal court said Thursday that it would accelerate a lawsuit that aims to punish Google for alleged privacy violations. The U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia agreed to a request by plaintiffs The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) to speed the review of a lawsuit the privacy...
Apple deadline for sandboxing in Mac App store arrives March 1
www.appleinsider.com
Apple is approaching its deadline for requiring that all apps sold in the Mac App Store be sandboxed for security, a policy that is drawing complaints from certain developers....
Search Engine Land’s SMX West Conference in Two Weeks!
searchengineland.com
Only two weeks until Search Marketing Expo – SMX West returns to San Jose, February 28 – March 1. Here is what’s in store: Exceptional Content: Sixty sessions for marketers of every skill level. The multi-track agenda covers paid search advertising (PPC), search engine optimization (SEO),... Please visit Search Engine...
Android Market has 450,000 apps, Google activating 850,000 Android devices a day
9to5google.com
Google has a dominant presence at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) show currently underway in Barcelona, Spain from February 27 through March 1. The company’s senior vice president of mobile and digital content Andy Rubin shared a few updates related to the Android ecosystem, revealing in a blog post...
Post service rupture, Azure works to stabilize its reputation
thenextweb.com
The cloud’s viability is not largely determined by its capability, that’s already been proven, but by its reliability, something that still has some businesses, especially in the enterprise, jittery. Microsoft’s cloud computing product Azure, a service that I would almost call rising, had a service blip almost two weeks ago, and Microsoft...
Why Google isn’t the privacy villain it’s made out to be (this time)
gigaom.com
Google has been on the receiving end of some particularly egregious complaints lately, most of them stemming from its revised privacy policy that went into place on March 1. However, most of these efforts to call Google to the carpet seem like little more than attempts to make a quick...
SOPA masala: 387 Indian ISPs must block 104 piratical websites
arstechnica.com
The recent Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), considered and eventually abandoned by the US Congress after rancorous debate earlier this year, proposed giving judges the power to cut off American access to particular websites. Under the initial version of the bill, judges would have been able order Internet service...
TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 minutes [Audio]
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The iPad 3 is on its way in March. 1 billion smartphone users will be roaming the world by 2016. Twitter’s forcing employees to hold most of their stock, to avoid an IPO. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The Next Web. Make...
AVG follows FTC’s privacy lead, adds “Do Not Track” tool for its 108M users
venturebeat.com
Security software company AVG will add a “Do Not Track” feature to its popular web security applications tomorrow, a move that mimics the FTC’s report today advising companies to offer a similar feature to help protect consumers. Online privacy concerns have been building over the past few years with...
These Body-Conscious Teens Grew Up To Have 8 Pack Abs And An Exploding Fitness Startup
www.businessinsider.com
Brian Wang was awkwardly thin. Richard (Dick) Talens was overweight. The once body-conscious teenagers now have eight-pack abs and a fitness startup that's exploding, Fitocracy. Fitocracy is a social network for fitness that was founded at the end of 2010. The site pairs Talens and Wang's love of video games...
Confirmed: Samsung won’t have press briefings at MWC
9to5google.com
Going the way of Microsoft and Apple, South Korean conglomerate Samsung confirmed in an email to PCMag it won’t hold a news conference at Mobile World Congress (MWC). The world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry, MWC traditionally serves as a launchpad for the very latest and greatest products the industry has...
Google's new 'tailored' privacy policy: how to circumvent the rules
www.guardian.co.uk
You've already heard about the slightly-ominous new policies, so here are some antitodes for when they take effect (tomorrow!)How much do you want Google to know about you? On March 1, the company will institute new "privacy policies" that will add substantial detail to the picture Google keeps of each...
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