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Report: Facebook Defeats Users’ Privacy Efforts

A Carnegie Mellon report has found that while users are making increasing efforts to keep their information private, Facebook's privacy…

12 years ago

European Commission Fights ‘Scaremongering’ Data Privacy Lobbyists

Viviane Reding says she is standing firm in the face of strong pressure from heavyweight lobbyists

12 years ago

IBM Drives Toward Big Data, Mobile, Social Technologies

At its PartnerWorld Leadership Conference IBM said it is developing opportunities in big data, social business, mobile and analytics for…

12 years ago

IT Life: Making Business Information Social

Consumer-style tech can make business information more productive, says Jonathan Howell of Huddle

12 years ago

Not MWC 2013: Do You Believe In BlackBerry?

Who will own BlackBerry in a year's time? Or will it be fiercely independent? Tell us in our poll!

12 years ago

Microsoft Latest To Suffer Java Hack Attack

Microsoft has admitted it was hacked using the same techniques that affected Apple and Facebook

12 years ago

Lord McAlpine Ends Legal Action Against Some Twitter Users

Users with fewer than 500 followers who reteweeted allegations won't be sued, Sally Bercow is less lucky

12 years ago

Microsoft Releases Strong Yammer Sales Figures

Microsoft has reported that Yammer, its recently acquired enterprise social networking platform, is continuing to show strong growth

12 years ago

Social Networks Influence Yahoo Homepage Redesign

New Yahoo homepage is rolled out in the US, promising a personalised, mobile-optimised experience

12 years ago

Apple Admits Hack On Its Own Mac Machines

Facebook hackers reportedly responsible, as Java flaw exploited to attack major tech firms

12 years ago

Yahoo Turnaround To Focus On Email And Apps

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has said a turnaround of the company depends on improved email and app simplification

12 years ago

Facebook Fatigue Hits Significant Number Of Users

Two-thirds of users have taken a break from using Facebook at one time or another, according to new research

12 years ago

Pinterest Seeks Investment, Valued At $2.5bn – Report

Pinterest is looking for funds to expand its business and generate revenue

12 years ago

NASDAQ Could Be Fined $5 Million Over Facebook IPO

Investors lost as much as $500 million when Facebook went public, but the stock exchange says it’s not to blame

12 years ago

Facebook Risks Fresh Privacy Row With Tracking App

Facebook is reportedly developing a mobile app that tracks your location, even when the handset is not being used

12 years ago

Facebook Grows Despite Sharp Profit Fall

Facebook has recorded impressive revenue growth thanks in part to its growing focus on mobile devices

12 years ago

The Botnet That Stole 16,000 Facebook Logins

Attackers show off potential for mass theft of Facebook passwords

12 years ago

Apple Blamed After Google Maps Loses App Crown

Google Maps is no longer the most popular mobile app in the US, having been overtaken by Facebook

12 years ago

Can Facebook’s Open Compute Explode The Server Market?

Facebook's Open Compute could make traditional servers obsolete, says Peter Judge

12 years ago

Yahoo! Swallows Social News Startup Snip.It

The revamp of Yahoo! continues as it acquires social news clipping service Snip.it...and then shuts it down

12 years ago

TweetDeck Closure Letter Is A Sign Of Closer Ties With Twitter

TweetDeck will close as a company but client will continue as Twitter builds up its walled garden

12 years ago

Social Internet ‘Could Split Britain Further Apart’

Government advised to think about the negative impact of technology on social integration

12 years ago

Bing Boosts Facebook Results In Social Sidebar

Microsoft has revamped its Bing social sidebar to add more results from Facebook timelines

12 years ago

Instagram Readies Revised ‘Terms of Service’

Instragram will at the weekend implement its new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that has previously drawn controversy

12 years ago

Facebook Messenger Voice Call Trial Expands To US

Facebook extends voice call trial to the US after successful testing in Canada

12 years ago

EMC And ARM Dive Into Facebook’s Open Compute Club

EMC joins despite earlier saying Open Compute-defined systems are not ready for critical data centres

12 years ago