All articles by Tineka Smith
Tineka Smith
Google reports dramatic rise in government censorship requests
Numbers released in a report by Google show that censorship requests around the world are on the rise and in countries we may least expect.
Facebook ends sponsored stories lawsuit, pays out $10m to charity
Facebook has agreed to hand over $10m to settle the class action lawsuit in which the site used the faces of several users in sponsored story ads without their consent.
50% of UK companies ignore security breach warnings
Research reveals that UK companies are not addressing known security problems.
Yelp joins forces with Bing search engine
Yelp announces it will be featuring content on Bing local search pages.
Yammer sells to Microsoft for $1.2bn
After much speculation this past week Yammer has reportedly agreed to sell to Microsoft for $1.2bn.
Twitter expands tweets to include more media content
Twitter has extended tweets so users can play videos, view images, and see content without clicking on links within a tweet.
Salesforce.com links up to Twitter Firehose
Salesforce announces a global strategic alliance with Twitter.
Microsoft planning to buy Yammer?
Microsoft is in talks to acquire a leading social network for enterprises for more than $1bn.
ICANN reveals list of 1,930 applications for new domain names
ICANN unveils its list of over 1,930 applications for generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) as it expands the Domain Name System (DNS) of the internet.
Websites may be forced to identify trolls under new law
New government proposals want to force Internet Service providers to identify people who have posted offensive or threatening messages online.