Oh no. I hope it isn’t true.
“You hope what isn’t true?”
Someone’s saying that Google might try to kill the URL bar. I really hope not.
“Google might kill the what?”
You know, the URL bar. Or the Address Bar.
“The what?”
The thing at the top of your browser window that displays the URL, the address, of the website …
Yesterday, Bill Keller of the New York Times struck a nerve with his post on the Twitter trap he laid a few days prior; particularly the way it eats into its users’ “normal” social interactions and its potential to “make you stupid.” Responses from Twitter’s loyalists across the web were swift, thorough, and at times brash – …
Wouldn’t it be grand if every time you opened a beer, Facebook automatically created an event and invited all your friends over? I know that every time I sit down to enjoy a series of smooth draws from a delicious craft IPA after a long day of work, I’m thinking, “Hey, I wish everyone I knew on Facebook could be here to watch me drink …
Baidu, China’s Google replacement, is getting sued for censorship. And it’s all happening in the U.S., and not in its home country. Whaa?
Eight New York residents sued the company, saying the search engine is guilty of censorship, and that it’s in cahoots with the Chinese government. And although that may obviously the case, I’m …
In today’s polarized political climate, it sometimes seems the focus is more on parties and candidates rather than the issues.
But YouTube’s come up with a solution for this. And it’s a new way to debate politics that doesn’t involve knowing someone’s party affiliation (shocking!).
Rather, a YouTube “Town Hall” has …
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) is looking to breathe new life into a piece of dated legislation, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (1986), with a proposal that would require the government to obtain a warrant to access private e-mail and other user data from internet service providers (ISPs).
The current version of the ECPA …
Last year, it’s estimated that Russians spent about $8.5 billion shopping online. Not bad, until you compare it to the $32 billion Americans spent on the web in 2010 — and that’s just from November to December alone. Part of the e-commerce discrepancy appears to be a fundamental difference in how the culture thinks; the short story is …
In efforts to streamline its promotional guidelines, Facebook is relaxing on a few of its longstanding policies that have prohibited a number of goods from being communicated in contests and sweepstakes, including alarm-y things like “alcohol, dairy, gambling, & gasoline.”
The reason for the change? There are two, actually. First, …
I refuse to use the term “Winklevii” (except that I just used it), so let’s proceed. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are those twins that are suing Mark Zuckerberg amidst claims that Zuckerberg stole their idea for Facebook.
The two brothers have already gotten a sizable multi-million-dollar settlement from the whole Facebook ordeal, but …
When you first opened your Facebook account, you may or may not have noticed that much of your private information was set to be shared by default. Your name, status, photos, posts, bio and relationships are automatically made public when you first start a Facebook account, and it’s up to you to go into your personal settings and scale …
Eli Pariser is no enemy of the Internet. The 30-year-old online organizer is the former executive director and now board president of the online liberal political group MoveOn.org. But while Pariser understands the influence of the Internet, he also knows the power of online search engines and social networks to control exactly how we …
We’ve all been the victim of fake Facebook status updates from our friends. It’s not a bad thing — sometimes we forget to uncheck the “Keep me logged on” box when we’re in a rush. It’s OK. We’re human.
But Facebook’s latest round of opt-in login controls might cut down on the number of updates too unfit to publish here that you’ll …
