It appears the search giant is looking to revive Google Latitude with some FourSquare-like features.Google appears to be adding a level of gamification to its location-sharing app, Google Latitude, which could help the service compete with the likes of... Read more »
Foursquare, Twitter Guilty of Slurping User Data: Report
Several popular online services, including Foursquare andTwitter, are guilty of slurping up large amounts of personal data through theirmobile applications without getting explicit permission from users. Now thatthey have been caught, these iOS develop... Read more »
Amazon pulls iPad 2 tablets from Chinese site
Summary: After a request from Apple, Amazon has pulled iPad 2 tablets from its online shelves in China, as it is not an authorised seller. Proview claims to have no involvement in the action. Apple has asked Amazon to remove resellers' iPad 2 tablets f... Read more »
Virgin Media Tivo: set-top box TV recorder
Tivo is the new set-top TV recorder available to Virgin Media customers. It is more expensive than the existing V+ box and duplicates some of its features such as pausing and rewinding live TV, and 'series link' recordings. But it's also much more intu... Read more »
US seeks to mine social media to predict future
SAN FRANCISCOThe U.S. government is seeking software that can mine social media to predict everything from future terrorist attacks to foreign uprisings, according to requests posted online by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Hundreds... Read more »
Most special phone call of my life
I got woke up this morning by a call from my nephew telling me to "wake up and go vote I already did". My nephew is 12 years old and he went into the voting booth with his mom this morning. She let him vote for who he wanted to be president and he pick... Read more »
"Deleted" Facebook photos are still online
Three years ago some photos were deleted from Facebook. But they didn't do away because someone, somewhere, had a direct link to the file. The photos are still accessible. Facebook claims to be updating the system.Read | Permalink ONLINE GROUP CALENDA... Read more »
Controlling Cyberspace
This semester, we’re starting an exciting new class, aimed not at lawyers, but undergraduate CS students here at Harvard. It’s called CS42: Controlling Cyberspace – and we’re sharing the syllabus online. Anything big we’re missing? Description: Why does the Internet environment exist in the form it does today? What does its future, and the future [...] Read more »
Help Ron Paul Supporting Band Play the GRAMMY Awards (Now in Top 10! 4 hrs left to VOTE)
UPDATE: This is working folks! We're up to #10 now, 4 hrs remaining! My Band, The Industry, recently opened for Incubus in our home town of Atlanta, Georgia. A feat we'd have never accomplished without the efforts of DP members. In the video below you ... Read more »
Cyber war: Talk is cheap
Cyber war: Speak is cheap The Israeli government is once again not undertaking adequate to shield us against the so-called online “terror,” just like it didn't do enough in the past to safeguard us against actual terrorism, when it was nevertheless raging on our streets. … Read a lot more on Ynetnews Counter Terrorism, Cybercrime [...] Read more »
