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How Twitter is improving performance site-wide

How Twitter is improving performance site-wide
  • Posted May 30, 2012, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • Twitter has announced multiple changes to their site designed with speed and performance in mind. Engineering manager for the web core team Dan Webb published a post on the official Twitter engineering blog outlining the changes.

Diablo III launch marred by server issues, #error37 trends on Twitter

Diablo III launch marred by server issues, #error37 trends on Twitter
  • Posted May 15, 2012, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • It’s been 12 years in the making but fans of the popular Diablo series are finally getting their wish. Diablo III servers were activated at midnight PDT / 3am EDT but unsurprisingly, the launch has been marred by a high…

Bing goes social with Facebook, Twitter integration

Bing goes social with Facebook, Twitter integration
  • Posted May 10, 2012, 7:24 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft, The Web With Video
  • In what it claims to be the largest update ever, Microsoft will introduce social results to its search engine -- not unlike the "Search, Plus Your World" initiative Google shared in January. However, instead of showing only Google+ data, Bing will incorporate info from relevant contacts...

Congress aims to outlaw employers from requiring Facebook passwords

Congress aims to outlaw employers from requiring Facebook passwords
  • Posted May 10, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • In response to a recent (and dubious) phenomenon where employers require employees to fork over the proverbial keys to their online accounts, U.S. House Democrats are working to pass legislation which will prohibit this practice all together.

Gmail gets better Google+ notifications on desktop, mobile

Gmail gets better Google+ notifications on desktop, mobile
  • Posted May 9, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, The Web
  • On the Official Gmail Blog, software engineer Zohair Hyder has announced that Google is introducing improved Google+ notifications in Gmail. Users will now be able to reply to Google+ notifications directly from their Gmail accounts and +1 posts, further intertwining the…

Twitter plays down hacker breach, 55,000 accounts posted online

Twitter plays down hacker breach, 55,000 accounts posted online
  • Posted May 9, 2012, 11:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in IT Security
  • Twitter has launched an investigation after the popular micro-blogging service was breached and details of 55,000 accounts were published on the Internet by hackers. Despite this, it appears that the spoils were spammer accounts with the published usernames and passwords being of…

Twitter calls on industry not to abuse patent system, announces Innovator's Patent Agreement

Twitter calls on industry not to abuse patent system, announces Innovator
  • Posted April 18, 2012, 11:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
  • Twitter has taken a stand against the industry's escalating patent abuse by outlining new policies for their patents and promising to only use them for defensive purposes -- asserting infringement claims only if it is sued first. On their official blog,…

Twitter escalates anti-spam efforts, files lawsuit against spammers

Twitter escalates anti-spam efforts, files lawsuit against spammers
  • Posted April 6, 2012, 11:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • Twitter has taken a stand against those spamming their popular micro-blogging service by filing a lawsuit in a federal court in San Francisco against five of the most prolific spam tool providers, and the people that use them to flood…

Twitter celebrates its sixth birthday today

Twitter celebrates its sixth birthday today
  • Posted March 21, 2012, 10:56 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • Twitter is celebrating its sixth birthday today. Exactly six years ago on March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey, co-founder of the popular micro-blogging service posted the first ever tweet: "just setting up my twttr." At the time the service was still…

Employers ask job seekers for Facebook login information

Employers ask job seekers for Facebook login information
  • Posted March 21, 2012, 9:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • Those hunting for jobs are increasingly finding themselves being judged by their social media profiles on sites such as Facebook and Twitter as employers delve deeper into the publicly accessible information...

Users spent 136x more time on Facebook than Google+ in January

Users spent 136x more time on Facebook than Google+ in January
  • Posted February 29, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • According to the latest data from comScore, Google+ users spent an average of 3.3 minutes per month on the social networking site in January. To put that into perspective, Facebook users spent an average of 7.5 hours last month which…

Twitter begins censoring tweets by country, when required by law

Twitter begins censoring tweets by country, when required by law
  • Posted January 27, 2012, 9:00 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • Twitter has confirmed that it will begin to censor tweets, if required by law, on a country by country basis. Until now the micro-blogging service has remained a free and open platform for millions of people worldwide, empowering its users…

Rupert Murdoch: Google streams pirated movies, MySpace a screw up

Rupert Murdoch: Google streams pirated movies, MySpace a screw up
  • Posted January 16, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • News Corp. CEO and founder, Rupert Murdoch, let the tweets fly this weekend humbly claiming he screwed up "in every way possible" with MySpace. Additionally, he accused Google of streaming illegally obtained movies and chastised President Obama for recently stating…

Google adds Google+ data to search results, Twitter cries foul

Google adds Google+ data to search results, Twitter cries foul
  • Posted January 11, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web With Video
  • Google has kicked off a new initiative dubbed "Search, Plus Your World" that aims to bring you more personalized search results. In the next few days, you should see two small icons on the top right of your search page that lets you toggle the type of results you see...

Judge rules Twitter "cyberstalker" not stalker after all

Judge rules Twitter "cyberstalker" not stalker after all
  • Posted December 16, 2011, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • A federal judge ruled today that William Cassidy, a man who has tweeted nearly 8,000 times about female Buddhist leader Alyce Zeoli, is protected under constitutional free speech.

Twitter year in review: top topics of 2011

Twitter year in review: top topics of 2011
  • Posted December 6, 2011, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • As part of Twitter’s multi-part 2011 Year in Review report, the company has revealed a list of hot topics covering a variety of categories. The top hashtags, comprised of current events and Internet memes, include #egypt, #tigerblood, and #threewordstoliveby. These…

Judge OKs private domain seizures, orders search engine filtering

Judge OKs private domain seizures, orders search engine filtering
  • Posted November 30, 2011, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Chanel, a luxury goods company, has gone after roughly 700 websites thought to be selling counterfeit, Chanel-branded goods. As a result, a federal judge in Nevada has given the company authority to seize domains and has ordered search engines and…

Google giving away 10 Galaxy Nexus smartphones on Twitter

Google giving away 10 Galaxy Nexus smartphones on Twitter
  • Posted November 14, 2011, 12:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Google has launched a contest on Twitter to give away 10 Galaxy Nexus smartphones in 10 days to promote the phone’s pending release. The promotion started on Saturday and will run until Monday, November 21.

Kindle Fire early adopters to have access to thousands of apps

Kindle Fire early adopters to have access to thousands of apps
  • Posted November 9, 2011, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, Software
  • Amazon has announced that their upcoming Kindle Fire tablet will launch with several thousand apps available for download in addition to Amazon’s own feature programs. All apps are Amazon-tested on Kindle Fire and will be available exclusively though the Amazon…

CIA's 'vengeful librarians' monitor 5 million tweets daily

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  • Posted November 4, 2011, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • A team of CIA employees known as the 'vengeful librarians' are keeping a close eye on all things social in an effort to monitor developing trends around the world. The program was recommended by the 9/11 Commission as a way…

Wikileaks supporters targeted in secret US court order

Wikileaks supporters targeted in secret US court order
  • Posted October 11, 2011, 12:30 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in The Web
  • The US government has obtained a secret court order to force Google and a small ISP called Sonic, to hand over the information contained in the email accounts of a Wikileaks volunteer. The request included the emails and addresses of…

Subscribe button brings Google+ and Twitter model to Facebook

Subscribe button brings Google+ and Twitter model to Facebook
  • Posted September 15, 2011, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • Facebook has announced a new Subscribe button that will make it easier to keep up with people you’re interested in but might not know personally. The feature is scheduled to roll out over the next few days, according to a…

Libel cases double in the UK, social networking to blame

Libel cases double in the UK, social networking to blame
  • Posted August 29, 2011, 4:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • Research from a British law firm suggests that libel cases have doubled in the past year and that social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are largely to blame. Legal firm Sweet and Maxwell said that 16 libel cases were…

Google+ account verification begins, may eventually be required for all

Google+ account verification begins, may eventually be required for all
  • Posted August 22, 2011, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web With Video
  • Google+ is starting to roll out verification badges on select profiles so you can be sure the person you’re adding to your circle is who they claim to be. Badges are only available to celebrities, public figures and people who…

Twitter allows users to filter NSFW tweets

Twitter allows users to filter NSFW tweets
  • Posted July 29, 2011, 2:25 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • Social networking site Twitter has added the ability to filter NSFW tweets to its API. As it stands, users will be able to tag their own tweets as “possibly sensitive” as well as filter out any incoming tweets with the same tag. 

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