How to change your Facebook privacy settings

Privacy organisations have spoken out against Google's recent move to add public data on the social network Google Plus to its search engine results page. The search giant announced this move earlier this week, giving it the...

Smartphones based on Google’s Android platform have become the most popular with Americans purchasing new devices. According to a survey by market research firm Nielsen, from June to August 2011, 56 percent of Americans who...

Social networking giant Facebook is introducing another fresh round of enhanced privacy features in order to appease fans and all concerned who have been raising concerns about the alleged lack of interest shown by Mark...

Search engine giant Google has decided to remove private Google Profiles by the end of July, it has been reported.According to an article on The Inquirer, the company announced that it will be altering the manner in which...

Online video streaming service Hulu has removed the Facebook Connect feature from its website after a minor user data leak.Facebook Connect allows users to log-in to a particular website using their Facebook credentials.Hulu ...

A Californian bill devised to regulate social networks with tighter privacy regulations failed to pass under pressure from high-profile tech companies.Organisations like Facebook, Google and various technology industry...

The European Union is set to launch an overhaul of its privacy laws, adding new regulations which will give users more control over their information shared on the internet.The new regulations proposed will require online...

Facebook has launched a fresh batch of updates and features, hours after the release of Facebook Places on the platform.The new Facebook features include Facebook Questions, which will allow users to pose questions to the...

Facebook has released simplified privacy control options for users who access the platform from their mobile browser. The updated privacy settings bring the full desktop controls to all mobile browser versions of the site. The...

The profile details of over 100 million Facebook users have been made available on an internet file-sharing site, tech new site Thinq has reported.Security researcher for Skull Security Ron Bowles used a piece of code to scan and...

Firefox creative team leader Aza Raskin has warned users of the new Firefox browser about a new kind of phishing attack that replaces one web page with a fake log-in page of another.Facebook is set to bow to pressure from users...

After the huge success of the Pac-Man Google Doodle on Friday, Google has decided to permanently make the game available to users wishing to kill a dull ten minutes.Google may have opened the doors to a new form of advertising...

App developer Untangle has released a tool that allows users to turn all their Facebook profile settings back to private. The application, SaveFace, allows users to reverse changes made by the company when it announced its Open...

Facebook has announced it is considering simplifying its security settings, following widespread controversy over the social network's handling of user data.Facebook's vice-president of public privacy, Eliot Schrage, revealed to...

Search engine giant Google has announced that, come April 5th, the company's Buzz social networking tool will get a new privacy reset function, which will ask the users to confirm or change their current Buzz privacy...