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 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.
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.
Having already forced Facebook to install a panic button, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) is now targeting Twitter.
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.
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.
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 [...]
It turns out that the majority of users are misusing Facebook’s photograph reporting tool, and they’re flagging up pictures as being offensive for a rather different reason than Facebook intended – because they just don’t like the way they look.
If your new year’s resolution is to make sure you don’t start 2013 as a divorcee, then you might want to consider a quick cull of your Facebook friends list. And you might want to start by ditching any ex-partners…
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