Google has had its hands busy tweaking its new darling, Google+, which is rumored to be opening to the public on July 31st. In preparation for the launch, the company has been culling user feedback (like with the sleek new “send feedback” tab in the lower-right hand corner), as well as assembling step-by-step user guides in the form of …
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Report: Google+ Soaring with Upwards of 20 Million Visitors
From zero to 20 million unique visitors in 21 days or just three weeks time, that’s what web-tracker ComScore says Google’s new Google+ social networking service can lay claim to. Of those 20 million clicks, ComScore says five million or 25% came from the U.S.
Before anyone gets too excited, note I typed “visitors,” not “members.” …
Tulalip Tribes Object to ‘Tulalip’ Social Network from Microsoft
It’s safe to say we were all surprised when Microsoft accidentally leaked a prototype to a social media site, Tulalip, last week. Was this their answer to Google+, or was it another social network site to compete with Facebook? Or was it simply, as Microsoft contends, "an internal design project from a team in Microsoft Research which
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Anonymous: Hey, We Just Hacked NATO!
Anonymous, the hacker hive behind attacks on Sony, the Church of Scientology and various international governments has apparently trained its crosshairs on NATO, the military-minded North Atlantic Treaty Organization composed of the United States and multiple European countries. The group claims it managed to hack into NATO computers and …
GOP Presidential Hopefuls Face Off in First Ever Twitter Debate
On Wednesday, TheTeaParty.net held the first ever presidential debate on Twitter, posing questions to candidates in 140-character bursts as hopefuls answered in kind. On the sidelines, 22,400 viewers watched and commented.
The project is the brainchild of Andrew Hemingway, the creator of Digital-Acumen.com, which teaches politicians how …
Signpost: Like Groupon, Without the Stuff People Don’t Like About Groupon
I’ve only ever bought one Groupon in my life: $25 for $50 worth of groceries from Fresh Direct. I never used it, and the deal eventually expired.
But although my initial $25 investment was seamlessly returned to my checking account, I think it speaks to one of the fundamental flaws service-oriented deal sites like Groupon and Living
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Google Can Detect if Your Computer Is Infected and Help You Fix It
Malware! Huah! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing—unless you’re trying to profit by infecting people’s computers with malware, in which case you’re acting jerk-ily. Good news/bad news, though: Google can now detect certain types on malware on your computer and help you fix it.
It’s good news for people who want to know when …
Google Purchases ‘g.co’ Short Links (and What That Means for the Web)
In a blog post this week, Google announced that they’d purchased the rights to g.co, the company’s official URL shortcut. The internet giant already owns its own public link shortener, goo.gl, which works just like bit.ly, but g.co will redirect to official Google products.
“The shorter a URL, the easier it is to share and remember,” …
Reddit Co-Founder Aaron Swartz Indicted for Data Theft, Could Face 35 Years in Prison
Aaron Swartz, a 24-year old programmer who helped popularize nerd-news depository Reddit.com, was indicted on data theft charges (PDF) for illegally downloading over 4 million documents from JSTOR, a research database typically used in academia.
The New York Times‘ Bits blog has the scoop, reporting that if found guilty, Swartz could …
LulzSec: We’re Sitting on Trove of ‘The Sun’ Email
As if LulzSec’s hack of The Sun‘s website wasn’t embarrassment enough, the notorious hacktivist group behind claimed U.S. Congress and CIA takedowns says it plans to drop a bundle of hacked News International emails at some point soon, possibly even later today.
LulzSec timed its debilitating hack of The Sun last night—wherein it …
Survey: Bing Closes On Google, Wikipedia Beats Facebook, Fox News Reigns
The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI) is a national survey conducted by the University of Michigan that evaluates customer satisfaction with a number of businesses annually.
In the internet sector, they’ve looked at and ranked three different types of services—social media, search engines and news sites—to determine …
Why Google+ Has Already Disappeared in China
It’s not even out of its infancy, but Google+ has already been blocked in China. It seems just like only yesterday the product was announced; and my Circles aren’t even full yet.
While it’s been rumored that Google won’t officially make the upstart social network open to the public until the beginning of August, users in China …