Facebook Places - a boon for admen and paedos

Microsoft has warned users about a new ‘ransomware' scam in which hackers are using pop-up notifications pretending to be from law enforcement agencies in order to extort money from users. In a blog post Microsoft informed...

Microsoft is looking for a TV executive to help develop original programmes for its Xbox Live TV service. Citing people with the knowledge of the matter, Bloomberg reported that the company has hired Tom Schneider, a partner at...

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...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, in partnership with digital human rights campaign group Access, has announced a new project with which it hopes to promote the cause of privacy on the Internet.The EFF's HTTPS Now project aims...

A revolutionary new communication app has been launched for the iPhone and Android platforms, which automatically shares photos, videos and text with anyone in the vicinity who also has the application. The app, called Color, has...

Facebook has launched its location sharing feature, Facebook Places, in the UK today.Facebook Places allows users to 'check-in' to a location they visit and update their status with their location.Users will be also able to view...

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...

Facebook has simplified its privacy controls for users who access the social networking using the Apple iPhone and other mobile devices. The changes give mobile users the same privacy settings previously available to those...

Apple has refused to attend a conference on web privacy called by a group of US senators, who are now showing keen interest in what exactly the company has to hide.  Search giant Google also refused to attend the...

Google has dismissed Adroid fragmentation as a myth created by the media and industry pundits and that different people writing about it have different definitions for the term.Former US president George W Bush has set himself up...

Studies held by Morgan Stanley and Alphawise reveal the impact of Apple's iPad on the gadget market, hinting at a significant fall in sales for notebooks, netbooks, desktops, ebook readers and Apple's owniPod...