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Google Release Unified Privacy Policy

26, Jan 2012

If you’re currently signed up for a Google Account, the chances are that you’ll have received an email from Google, explaining that they’re changing their privacy policy. We’re getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a lot shorter and easier to read. Our new policy covers [...]

Pope Thinks We Should Tweet Less

25, Jan 2012

He might be the first Pontiff to embrace social media, but it looks like Pope Benedict XVI hasn’t yet decided whether using Twitter is a vice or a virtue.

Facebook and Twitter Battle Evil

24, Jan 2012

Remember when Google’s famous motto was Don’t Be Evil? Well Twitter, Facebook and Myspace do. Which is why they’ve joined forces to combat what they see as Google’s unholy evil alliance of search and social.

Google Double Google+ Userbase, Cut Other Services

23, Jan 2012

Google CEO Larry Page has claimed Google+’s userbase has doubled to just over 90 million users in just three months. But other Google products are feeling the pinch.

Anti-SOPA Blackout Begins

18, Jan 2012

We warned you that this would happen. Despite a last minute plea from the White House that the Stop Online Privacy Act would be stopped in its tracks, some of the internet’s most popular sites are taking a stand against government interference in what they publish.

Twitter Under Fire from Child Protection Organisations

13, Jan 2012

Having already forced Facebook to install a panic button, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) is now targeting Twitter.

Google Facing Social Backlash

12, Jan 2012

Yesterday, we mentioned that Google have decided to show you social results when you search Google.com. But only from their own social network. Somewhat unsurprisingly, it took the internet about an eighth of a second to decide that this was a stupid idea.

Google Dropping Google+ Data Into Searches

11, Jan 2012

In their infinite wisdom, Google’s search team have decided that when you search Google.com, you really want to search Google+. So as of today, they’re beginning to drop your social data into your search results.

Google Advertising Fake Olympic Tickets & Drugs

10, Jan 2012

The BBC are reporting that the world’s favourite search engine has a lucrative sideline in selling knock-off Olympics tickets and mail order cannabis.

Google, Wikipedia and Facebook Considering Blackouts

9, Jan 2012

A number of internet giants aren’t happy with the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) proposed by the US Senate. And they’re planning a blackout in protest. The bill could give copyright holders a number of powers that they’ll be able to use without trial if a website is thought to be in breach of copyright [...]


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