Under pressure, Facebook updates its privacy principles
The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook’s relationship status won’t read “it’s complicated” anymore, since the two companies settled a longstanding privacy suit today.
The social network has often come under fire for its privacy policies, a spark which fully ignited after Facebook changed the privacy settings of its users without permission in 2009. For example, Facebook suddenly set friends lists, photos and other information to a default publicly visible setting, even if the person had … Continue Reading
Junar: the dashboard for cheap Web content production?
Apple tried to create a data-specific search engine called OpenDoc way back in the day — but that didn’t turn out too well.
Junar wants to try it again, this time attempting to solve the problem with a Web-based dashboard that lets users search the Web for data streams and plant the streams directly on a landing page. The company announced that it is launching today at the Launch Conference in San Francisco.
Users basically … Continue Reading
Visual IQ raises $3 million as interest grows for software-as-a-service
On-demand data-mining service provider Visual IQ is the latest player in software as a service to draw interest from investors, raising $3 million in funding from Fog City Capital on Monday.
Others include RealPage, which offers Web-based software that helps landlords deal with renters more efficiently. That company recently raised $180 million in its initial public offering on August 12. And LinkedIn also acquired Software-as-a-service provider mSpoke on August 5.
The $3 million investment represents … Continue Reading
Now you can data mine with Google queries too
On-demand data-mining service provider Visual IQ is the latest player in software as a service to draw interest from investors, raising $3 million in funding from Fog City Capital on Monday.
Others include RealPage, which offers Web-based software that helps landlords deal with renters more efficiently. That company recently raised $180 million in its initial public offering on August 12. And LinkedIn also acquired Software-as-a-service provider mSpoke on August 5.
The $3 million investment represents … Continue Reading
