Root Wireless - How Good Is Your Mobile Carrier?
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Seesmic for iPhone Launches
lalawag.com — The app has been in development for some time now, at least since late last year. Seesmic CEO @loic has mentioned the app in the past but only to say it was not ready. He also went on to say something like he wanted it to be “perfect”...guess it's perfect now! (Submitted by MrScotchBoy) More…
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Report: Facebook caught sharing secret data with advertisers
arstechnica.com — Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites have reportedly been passing very granular user data to advertisers without informing users about it, in violation of their own privacy policies. (Submitted by rtaibah) More…
MySpace, Facebook, Digg & others just screwed up. Big Time!
thenextweb.com — This is, to put it very lightly, not good. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that some of our largest fears have been realized. All of those promises that sites such as MySpace and Facebook have made regarding the safety of our personal information has been proven to be nothing but cheap talk. (Submitted by getsome2k) More…
Every Facebook Privacy Feature Revealed and Explained!
maclife.com — Once a stronghold of privacy, Facebook has started playing fast & loose with users’ personal data in recent months. If you’re scratching your head wondering how all of this affects you as a user of the service, read on. (Submitted by backwardscompat) More…
Library of Congress' hidden Twitter computer room: [w/ vid]
walletpop.com — The Library of Congress recently made headlines by announcing an unusual acquisition: every public tweet ever sent on Twitter. Cleverly, it made the announcement by Twitter -- and the interest brought the library's servers to a standstill. (Submitted by MpenetrableTaco) More…
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Duke University Shutting Down Usenet Server
tomsguide.com — Monday Duke University announced that it will be shutting down a piece of Internet history by switching off the home of the first electronic newsgroups. Thursday, May 20 will mark the day Duke's Usenet server finally goes offline after more than thirty years, originally launched by two Duke graduate students, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis. (Submitted by 0ldB0y) More…