Is there an established Web etiquette? The view of our online environment is unquestionably more Wild West than posh party of refined gentlefolk, but in the few decades of the existence of the Internet, we’ve managed to become a culture of snarling, bitter opinions digitally catapulted at message boards from the safety of our desks. …
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WikiLeaks Domain Name Killed (and Why It Won’t Kill WikiLeaks)
At around 10PM EST last night, WikiLeaks was no longer accessible at the wikileaks.org web address. That’s the end of that, right?
Wrong.
The site is still accessible through several alternate domain names (wikileaks.ch, wikileaks.dd19.de, wikileeks.org.uk, to name a few), all of which point to its machine-readable IP address: …
Gmail "Mute" Function Gets Smarter
So Gmail has a mute function—THIS IS NOT NEWS! What’s newsworthy is that there’s a new experimental Gmail Labs feature called Smart Mute that makes the mute function actually work well.
The standard mute function prevents message threads that you designate as mute-worthy from reappearing in your inbox each time some buffoon hits …
Flipboard iPad News Reader App Now Supports Magazine Layouts
If you’ve got an iPad and you use it to read news, chances are good that you’ve downloaded Flipboard by now. The free app pulls in links shared by the people you’re connected with across various social networks and displays pertinent headlines and excerpts in a nice magazine-style layout.
(More: Flipboard iPad App Makes a Magazine …
FTC’s ‘Do Not Track’ Is More ‘Please Don’t Track’
Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission backed an Internet consumer protection plan that would let browsers chose whether or not they’ll allow their Web activity to be monitored. Claiming that large Internet companies haven’t done enough to protect the privacy of their users, the FTC has asked for a “Do Not Track” option be made …
Bad Company: How Poor Service Upped One Site’s Google Rank
For website owners, a spot on the first page of Google’s search results for a given query is the holy grail. Google uses a proprietary algorithm to determine a site’s influence on the web and assigns it a “Page Rank,” named after Google co-founder Larry Page.
Though the full details of how the Page Rank system works are a …
Track Santa’s Journey Through Social Media
If you’re wondering where exactly Santa is this year – and when you should get those cookies and milk out – the people at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) are here to help. Their website NORADSanta.org will help you find where Santa is on his flight path. The actual tracking starts on December 24 and runs through …
Google Prepping "Editions" Electronic Book Store
Not content to watch Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple and others eat up all the revenue from sales of electronic books, Google is busy prepping its own digital book store called “Google Editions.”
The project is aiming to launch before the end of the year here in the U.S., Google’s Scott Dougall told the Wall Street Journal. And unlike …
Does Google Me Exist?
Google Me is back in the news yet again. Mashable says that sources tell them that the purported social media site or functionality that is rumored to take on Facebook tell them the product will be pushed back to spring 2011 because of design delays, execution and, most importantly, the point of the whole function.
Google to Buy Groupon for $6 Billion?
My what a difference a day makes. Yesterday, the word on the street was that Google was getting close to buying local deals site Groupon for an estimated $3 billion. Today, that estimate has doubled to $6 billion.
All Things D reports that unnamed sources are saying a deal could even close this week. The detailed terms of the …
Facebook Alum Starts "Jumo" Social Network for Charities
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes has taken the wraps off of Jumo, a social networking site focused on helping people find and support reputable charities. Hughes told the New York Times that he hopes the site will do for charities “what Yelp did for restaurants.”
Eligible charities must be certified as tax-exempt organizations to …
5 Online Scams To Avoid This Year
With the beginning of the holiday season comes the cyber scam blitz.
This year, the Better Business Bureau, McAfee and even the FBI have posted their lists of scams to be wary of, and if nothing else, the stories of what people will fall for will terrify you. This year, avoid cybercrooks who will prey on your curiosity, your wallet …