Rapidly-growing social media content site Pinterest has addressed copyright fears by introducing a new opt-out feature for webmasters. BBC News is reporting that the photographic pin board site will introduce a “no pin” meta tag for sites that don’t wish their
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Google has been accused of bypassing internet security protection on Apple devices so that it can gather intelligence for search marketing purposes. BBC News reports that the search giant is suspected of circumventing Apple’s privacy settings, which are designed to restrict cookies, so that it
Google is offering a $25 incentive for users who don’t mind having their browsing habits tracked over the course of a year. The search giant launched the controversial opt-in scheme, named the “Screenwise Project”, on a low-key page spotted by
Holidaymakers are increasingly turning to search engines to conduct their holiday research and bookings, new research shows. According to poll of 5,000 people by TravelSupermarket, half of Britons now research their summer holidays online (52 per cent), reports Breaking Travel News. Not
Facebook advertising is to appear on handheld devices ahead of the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the coming weeks. The Financial Times reports that the social networking behemoth is in active discussions with advertising agencies trying to figure out
The world’s biggest social network has finally announced that it is filing for an initial public offering (IPO) on the stock market. Despite widespread claims that Facebook could be worth as much as McDonald’s or Amazon, at $100 billion (£63bn),
Facebook says that businesses are failing to see the wider benefits of social commerce platforms, explaining it’s not just about sales figures. Speaking to New Media Age, Gavin Sathianathan, Facebook’s strategic partner manager, admitted that steps need to be taken to
Facebook is fuelling a substantial part of the UK economy, driving some £2.2 billion into the government’s coffers through the employment of 35,000 people and in Facebook advertising revenues. That’s according to figures published by Deloitte, which also reveal that the
From March, rewritten privacy policies will enable Google to merge data from a range of its services into a single unified Google Account. The changes mean that Google has a better way of tracking the interests of logged in users;
Google has realigned its position concerning the use of real names on its Google+ social network, reports BBC News. Following a very small number of complaints (0.1 per cent) from users, Google says that it will soon introduce the use
