Yahoo gives Carnegie Mellon researchers $10 million so they can develop a better version of Apple's Siri
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Social Media Reputation Repair Can Be Costly, Microsoft Warns
The financial cost of embarrassing or malicious Facebook posts can be very significant, a new study revels
Viber Is Being Sold To Rakuten For $900 Million
Days after it categorically denied acquisition rumours, messaging firm Viber is being bought by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten
Viber Denies Acquisition Rumours
The Cyprus-based messaging start-up is set to remain independent - denying all knowledge of the takeover story
Twitter Starts Taking Applications For ‘Data Grants’
A few lucky research organisations will get free access to the platform's public and historical data
Vivaldi: A Privacy-Friendly Social Network Opens For Business
Co-founder of Opera Software Jon von Tetzchner unveils his latest project in Iceland
Facebook Beats Expectations With Record Earnings
Facebook has beaten analyst expectations after it revealed its best-ever quarterly results
US Companies Allowed To Publish NSA Data Request Numbers
Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo and LinkedIn win a battle against the NSA, but the war is far from over
Pope Francis Celebrates Internet As ‘A Gift From God’
The pontiff says we should continue using social media, despite the 'violent aggression' of advertising
Facebook To Share User Data With Russia’s Yandex
The social network looks to get some traction in Russia
Self-Taught Mathematician Wins Young Scientist Of The Year Award
The Irish school competition attracts a record number of attendees
LinkedIn Sues Crew Who Scraped Member Profiles Using Amazon Servers
LinkedIn wants compensation and a jury trial, saying it could determine who the attackers were by asking Amazon
Spiceworks 7.1 Adds Threat Alerts By AlienVault
The new version of Spiceworks automatically monitors the health of your network
Twitter Co-Founder Launches ‘Jelly’ – An App To Ask Questions
Biz Stone wants everyone to help everyone, for free
Criado-Perez Twitter Abusers Plead Guilty
Criado-Perez says it is "not a joyful day" despite two of her many abusers pleading guilty
UK Company Successfully Claims Ownership Of The ‘Pinterest’ Trademark
Premium Interest registered the name long before Pinterest launched in Europe
Facebook Sued Over Message Scanning Allegations
Facebook has been slapped with a lawsuit over allegations it scans the private messages of users
Eric Schmidt Takes Responsibility For Google’s Social Networking Failures
We should have seen Facebook was coming, says Google’s chairman
Millions Of Snapchat Usernames And Phone Numbers ‘Leaked’
Hackers claim they wanted to show up Snapchat security weakness
Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Skype Social Pages And Blog
Hackers leave anti-NSA spying messages across Microsoft-run accounts
DataSift Offers Access To Sina Weibo Data
The new service lets European businesses get an insight into the mind of a Chinese consumer
BBM To Be Pre-Installed On Some LG Smartphones
LG and BlackBerry hope to capitalise on popularity of BBM in emerging markets
Cisco Targets Mobile With Collaborate.com Purchase
Cisco acquires Collaborate.com in an effort to beef up its mobile collaboration capabilities
Facebook Is About To Launch Video Advertising
On Thursday, social network users will be treated to an exclusive trailer for ‘Divergent’
Instagram Direct Arrives For User Messaging And Sharing
Instagram Direct adds a direct messaging option to allow users to better share their photos with others
Huddle Launches Its Own Document Creation And Management Software
Huddle Note enables users to create, edit, and share documents in the cloud
Social Media Users Warned Over Court Case Comments
British social networking users warned by Attorney General Dominic Grieve over commenting on court cases
Bitcointalk.org Says DNS Was Hijacked, Passwords Compromised
On the same day, the website was also hit by DDoS attack
Video Conferencing Revenues Hit By Software Competition, Economy
Video conferencing continues to be affected by economic uncertainty and a trend toward software-based systems
Cyber Monday: The Day Of The Marketing Tentacles
Cyber Monday sucks, and it's all a sign of the faltering creativity of marketers, who are getting ever more invasive, says Tom Brewster