Online Behavior Could Influence Insurance Rates
Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 November 2010 06:36 Written by External Post Tuesday, 23 November 2010 06:36
storagedude writes “There seems to be no end to the ways your personal data and online behavior can be used against you. According to the Wall Street Journal, insurance companies are considering using online behavioral and social networking data to try
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Facebook plans encryption to protect user data
Last Updated on Monday, 25 October 2010 01:00 Written by External Post Monday, 25 October 2010 01:00
Facebook has proposed using encryption after reports that popular applications expose user identification numbers. A report by the Wall Street Journal revealed that the privacy breaches by the 10 most popular apps affected millions of users. The report
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ABC, CBS, and NBC Block Google TV
Last Updated on Saturday, 23 October 2010 08:20 Written by External Post Saturday, 23 October 2010 08:20
markjhood2003 writes “The Wall Street Journal reports that ‘ABC, CBS and NBC are blocking TV programming on their websites from being viewable on Google Inc.’s new Web-TV service. … Spokespeople for the three networks confirmed that they are blocking
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Zuckerberg faces questions over Facebook breach
Last Updated on Thursday, 21 October 2010 03:21 Written by External Post Thursday, 21 October 2010 03:21
Two prominent members of the US House of Representatives have demanded answers about Facebook’s latest privacy breach from the company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that third-party applications on the
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Top Facebook Apps Violate Privacy Terms
Last Updated on Monday, 18 October 2010 04:01 Written by External Post Monday, 18 October 2010 04:01
cgriffin21 writes “No stranger to privacy concerns, Facebook is one again in in the privacy spotlight following a Wall Street Journal report that some popular Facebook applications leak personal information to advertisers. “Many of the popular
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Facebook apps share data, says report
Last Updated on Monday, 18 October 2010 12:22 Written by External Post Monday, 18 October 2010 12:22
Many of Facebook’s most popular apps are sharing personally identifiable information of their users with dozens of advertising and internet tracking companies, in violation of the social-networking giant’s own rules, according to a Wall Street Journal
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AOL talks to investment firms in rumoured bid to buy Yahoo
Last Updated on Thursday, 14 October 2010 03:40 Written by External Post Thursday, 14 October 2010 03:40
AOL and several investment firms are rumoured to be in talks to buy Yahoo. According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)’s unnamed sources, investment firms Silver Lake Partners and Blackstone Group have “expressed interest” in buying Yahoo with AOL. Yahoo
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Amazon rivals Google with Android app store
Last Updated on Friday, 8 October 2010 05:00 Written by External Post Friday, 8 October 2010 05:00
Amazon.com will rival Google’s app store, Android Market, by opening its own app store for smartphones running the Android mobile operating system, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported. Amazon plans to take a 30% slice of app sales from developers.
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Google, Apple and Others Accused of ‘No Poaching’ Deal
Last Updated on Saturday, 18 September 2010 07:40 Written by External Post Saturday, 18 September 2010 07:40
lightbox32 writes “According to the Wall Street Journal, several of the US’s largest technology companies, which include Google, Apple, Intel, Adobe, Intuit and Pixar Animation, are in the final stages of negotiations with the Justice Department to avoid
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Report: Former AOL chief wants to buy Yahoo
Last Updated on Thursday, 16 September 2010 11:20 Written by External Post Thursday, 16 September 2010 11:20
Yahoo’s fate is becoming more convoluted every day. Just two days after the Times of London reported that talks between Microsoft and Yahoo were back on, the the Wall Street Journal says former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller is trying to raise money
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