Bits: Twitter Adopts Do Not Track Privacy Option
Twitter said it would allow users to opt out of cookies that collect personal information used for advertising.
Bits Blog: In TV Race, Microsoft Has Lead, Forrester Says
When it comes to the underlying technology providers that matter for mobile app developers, there’s Google and Apple, with Microsoft as an also-ran. But as television begins to resemble the mobile business, Microsoft is in the lead with the Xbox, accor…
Can a Fresher Flickr Be Yahoo’s Ray of Sunshine?
Flickr announced a redesign recently, introducing larger onscreen displays for high-res images. The photo sharing site launched what it calls its “liquid layout,” stating that “Large sizes + Low compression = Beautiful photos.” Since Flickr uses less compression than many other image sharing sites, it claimed, the detail and color of Flickr photos is richer.
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Disruptions: Disruptions: Facebook’s Real-Life ‘Spidey Sense’
Facebook is more tapped into the pulse of people online than any company on the planet; as a result, it has the inside track to what is becoming popular in a way that its competitors do not.
Disruptions: Disruptions: Facebook’s Real-Life ‘Spidey Sense’
Facebook is more tapped into the pulse of people online than any company on the planet; as a result, it has the inside track to what is becoming popular in a way that its competitors do not.
Bits Blog: Oracle’s Fight for the Future
In the continuing trial over whether or not Google violated copyright and patents belonging to Oracle, the biggest question is not in the lawsuit. Why is Oracle suing, and what does it really want? The answer has much to do with a once-disruptive compa…
Bits Blog: Taking E-Mail Vacations Can Reduce Stress
A study found that people who do not look at e-mail on a regular basis at work are less stressed about their daily tasks and are more productive.
Disruptions: Indiscreet Photos, Glimpsed Then Gone
A free and increasingly popular iPhone app called Snapchat allows a person to take and send a picture and control how long it is visible by the person who receives it, up to 10 seconds. After that, the picture disappears and can’t be seen again.
Burying Conventional Wisdom at The Next Web Conference
The Next Web, a network of online technology outlets, continued its annual conference Friday in Amsterdam. Heeding to Amsterdam’s night life, The Next Web waited until 10 a.m. to get things started, which was probably just about as early as the sleep-deprived attendees could have hacked it.
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Speakers Tussle Over Internet’s Future at The Next Web Conference
The Next Web, a network of online technology outlets, kicked off its annual conference Thursday morning in Amsterdam. One of the morning’s headline speakers was Alexis Ohanian, cofounder of the social news site Reddit, whose 25-minute talk discussed the ongoing — and increasingly litigious — battle over Internet rights.
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Bits: Under Scrutiny, Google Spends Record Amount on Lobbying
Google spent $5.03 million on lobbying between January and March of this year, a record for the company, and a 240 percent increase from the same quarter a year ago, according to disclosures filed Friday.
Bits: A New Variant of Malware Takes Aim at Mac Users
On Monday, researchers discovered that a type of malware continued to attack Apple computers through a security hole in Java software.
