A donation-based project called ReclaimPrivacy has launched a browser bookmarklet that checks your Facebook settings for unanticipated changes.
The project is a response to the social network’s continually changing privacy protections. In December, Facebook went through a privacy transition that …
New York-based semantic web startup Inform Technologies hired Joost’s former chief executive Matt Zelesko as its new chief technology officer, where he’ll guide the company’s long-term technology strategy.
Joost was a much-hyped online video startup from Skype co-founders Janus Friis …
Facebook has become the world’s largest repository of photos with more than 20 billion pictures uploaded by users. Today, photo site Shutterfly is announcing that it will let you print those photos in picture books within minutes.
The Redwood City, …
Forget Foursquare. Get over Gowalla. Jim Breyer of Accel Partners, a board member of Facebook and Walmart, is backing a different location-based app: Palo Alto-based Booyah, maker of an iPhone app called MyTown. Accel is leading a $20 million round …
Social buying site Groupon has acquired its biggest would-be competitor in Europe, CityDeal. The deal gives the fast-growing group deal service a presence across the pond, bringing the company’s total reach to 18 countries and 140 cities. It also means …
As Microsoft unveils upgrades to its Office and Hotmail products that resemble Google Docs and Gmail, Google has annnounced plans to replace Google Apps users’ personal start pages with its own pop-culturey iGoogle homepage. The change is scheduled for Thursday, …
[Update: Jimmy Wales tweeted me to say the change to his editorial status is "A purely technical matter. I am not stepping down or pulling back from anything."
For my sourcing beyond Fox, see this discussion page at Wikimedia, which …
Google admitted that it had mistakenly been collecting data from non-password protected wireless networks through its StreetView cars today.
The revelation came after German data protection authorities asked to audit WiFi data collected by the cars nine days ago.
The …
Facebook is keeping relatively quiet on the company-wide meeting on privacy it held yesterday afternoon at headquarters.
Employees engaged in a question-and-answer session with company leadership after the company came under fire in recent weeks for an instant personalization program …
Two senior members of the Google’s Android team departed this week. And from what it sounds like, this may just be the beginning.
Erick Tseng, the senior product manager who essentially ran the Android team day to day and shepherded …
Currensee, a social network for foreign exchange traders, today announced its one millionth trade just six months after it’s initial launch. The company now claims close to 5,000 registered members across 80 countries with 100 platform supported brokers. Probably most …
Privacy, Facebook’s critical issue — and Achilles heel — has come to the fore again. After the company unveiled a program that automatically shared data with special partners and changed the way it tracks people’s interests last month, bloggers and …
Less than three weeks ago, four New York University students launched a please-fund-us page on Kickstarter, a site where people attempt to raise money from donors for worthy projects.
Their goal was brazen: To create an alternative to Facebook that, …
Jelli, a music startup that makes old-school radio interactive, closed a $7 million first round of funding with Battery Ventures and First Round Capital. Satya Patel, a Battery partner and former senior product manager for Google’s AdSense, joins the company’s …
To prevent more break-ins, Facebook is adding a few more security measures to ensure that it’s really you logging in.
The company has been testing a feature that lets users pick which devices they prefer to use when logging into …
With privacy issues becoming a major problem for the world’s most successful social network, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly called for an all-hands meeting today at 4:00 PM Pacific time at the company’s Palo Alto headquarters.
Insider blog All Facebook …
Publishers are considering whether they should adopt a new Facebook Like button for their websites. Some privacy advocates — and plenty of non-experts — have denounced the buttons as stealthily invasive to Facebook users’ privacy.
Now, news site Business Insider …
Celebrities won’t have an excuse anymore for dull fan websites.
Site Canvas is launching tools today that let people create websites with rich, dynamic content without having to pay huge fees.
The Los Angeles-based company, which was previously operating in …
Trusted Opinion, a social recommendation network for restaurants, bars, cafes, and movies, announced today that it has hit a new milestone of 1.5 million reviews worldwide from its 1 million registered members.
The site weights reviews from your social circle …
Nickelodeon is launching a virtual goods platform today for its AddictingGames casual games web site.
AddictingGames has the biggest audience for casual games on a web site, with 34 million monthly active users. More than 1,000 game developers contribute games …
