All articles by Tineka Smith

Tineka Smith

Oracle buys social media platform Involver

Oracle acquires Involver in an effort to extend its social platform

EU citizens afraid to do business transactions over the web

A survey commissioned by the European Commission reveals that nearly 75% of Europeans believe the threat of cybercrime is increasing.

UK IT directors wary of cloud computing: study

Nearly a quarter of UK IT directors say that have no plans to implement IT systems to the cloud with many citing security concerns.

Facebook App Centre begins global roll out

The social network has started rolling out its App Centre to several countries.

Twitter upgrades search functionality, adds spellcheck

Twitter gets adds autocomplete and spelling correction to its search experience.

Facebook closes Face.com APIs, shutsdown KLIK app

Facebook is shutting down Face.com’s open API to developers as well as Face.com’s KLIK mobile facial recognition app.

Facebook and Yahoo settle patent dispute by forming alliance

Facebook and Yahoo announced they have settled all patent disputes between the two companies along with entering into an advertising partnership.

Wi-Fi now available at 40 London Underground stations

Virgin extends services following initial success

Home Secretary remains silent as O’Dwyer petition receives 220,000 signatures

Wikipedia founder’s petition against Richard O’Dwyer’s extradition to the U.S. for creating the website TVShack.net, has gained 220,000 signatures but government officials remain silent.

Pinterest breaks into Japanese market

Japanese e-commerce giant, Rakuten, makes move to bring the popular social site to Japan.