New York Times

Apple loophole gives developers of apps access to users' private photos Economic Times SAN FRANCISCO: The private photos on your phone may not be as private as you think. Developers of applications for Apple's mobile devices, along with Apple itself, came under scrutiny this month after reports that some apps were taking people's address … CrowdCloud app for iPhone: Useful Location Information – Another Network to ManagePC Magazine iOS Location authorization loophole gives apps access to iDevice photosApple Insider iOS loophole gives developers access to photos, sources say a fix is comingThe Verge SlashGear -nPost.com (blog) -TechCrunch all 56 news articles »

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Daily Mail

Facebook denies accessing users' text messages CNET By Steven Musli on Feb 27, 2012 Facebook is being accused of snooping on its users' text messages, but the social network says the accusations are inaccurate and misleading. The company is among a wide-ranging group of Web entities, including Flickr … Is Facebook Reading Your Text Messages? Facebook: 'Nope!'PC Magazine Facebook Accused Of Reading Users Text MessagesTechCrunch Facebook spies on phone users' text messages, report saysFox News New Zealand Herald -National Business Review -The Verge all 65 news articles »

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USA TODAY

Validas: Don't Blame Heavy Users of AT&T's Unlimited Data Plan for Network … PC Magazine By David Murphy AT&T's longstanding policy is no secret: If you're one of the lucky users on its network to be grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, you can't go crazy. Find yourself in the "top five percent" of unlimited data plan users and the … Study Shoots Holes In AT&T's Reasons for ThrottlingPCWorld Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling caseUSA TODAY iPhone user successfully sues AT&T over 3G throttlingApple Insider all 504 news articles »

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USA TODAY

Validas: Don't Blame Heavy Users of AT&T's Unlimited Data Plan for Network … PC Magazine By David Murphy AT&T's longstanding policy is no secret: If you're one of the lucky users on its network to be grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, you can't go crazy. Find yourself in the "top five percent" of unlimited data plan users and the … Study Shoots Holes In AT&T's Reasons for ThrottlingPCWorld Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling caseUSA TODAY iPhone user successfully sues AT&T over 3G throttlingApple Insider all 504 news articles »

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USA TODAY

Validas: Don't Blame Heavy Users of AT&T's Unlimited Data Plan for Network … PC Magazine By David Murphy AT&T's longstanding policy is no secret: If you're one of the lucky users on its network to be grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, you can't go crazy. Find yourself in the "top five percent" of unlimited data plan users and the … Study Shoots Holes In AT&T's Reasons for ThrottlingPCWorld Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling caseUSA TODAY iPhone user successfully sues AT&T over 3G throttlingApple Insider all 504 news articles »

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IBNLive.com

Validas: Don't Blame Heavy Users of AT&T's Unlimited Data Plan for Network … PC Magazine By David Murphy AT&T's longstanding policy is no secret: If you're one of the lucky users on its network to be grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, you can't go crazy. Find yourself in the "top five percent" of unlimited data plan users and the … Study Shoots Holes In AT&T's Reasons for ThrottlingPCWorld Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling caseUSA TODAY iPhone user successfully sues AT&T over 3G throttlingApple Insider all 501 news articles »

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Kansas City Star

Validas: Don't Blame Heavy Users of AT&T's Unlimited Data Plan for Network … PC Magazine By David Murphy AT&T's longstanding policy is no secret: If you're one of the lucky users on its network to be grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, you can't go crazy. Find yourself in the "top five percent" of unlimited data plan users and the … Study Shoots Holes In AT&T's Reasons for ThrottlingPCWorld Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling caseUSA TODAY AT&T forced to pay $850 to speed-throttled iPhone userMobile Burn all 501 news articles »

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Kansas City Star

Validas: Don't Blame Heavy Users of AT&T's Unlimited Data Plan for Network … PC Magazine By David Murphy AT&T's longstanding policy is no secret: If you're one of the lucky users on its network to be grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, you can't go crazy. Find yourself in the "top five percent" of unlimited data plan users and the … Study Shoots Holes In AT&T's Reasons for ThrottlingPCWorld Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling caseUSA TODAY AT&T forced to pay $850 to speed-throttled iPhone userMobile Burn all 501 news articles »

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Kansas City Star

Validas: Don't Blame Heavy Users of AT&T's Unlimited Data Plan for Network … PC Magazine By David Murphy AT&T's longstanding policy is no secret: If you're one of the lucky users on its network to be grandfathered into an unlimited data plan, you can't go crazy. Find yourself in the "top five percent" of unlimited data plan users and the … Study Shoots Holes In AT&T's Reasons for ThrottlingPCWorld Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling caseUSA TODAY AT&T forced to pay $850 to speed-throttled iPhone userMobile Burn all 500 news articles »

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USA TODAY

Mobile Data Privacy Is Terra Incognita to Users and Developers PCWorld By Cameron Scott, IDG News President Obama's move Thursday to establish a so-called Privacy Bill of Rights for the Internet can be seen as the consolidation of decadelong efforts by disparate groups to improve privacy protections via countless browser … Privacy Group Can't Force FTC Google Enforcement, Judge SaysBusinessWeek Putting a priority on privacyCNET How to Opt Out of Google's New Privacy Policy (Sort Of)PC Magazine InformationWeek -CIO all 1,876 news articles »

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Christian Science Monitor

Android, iPhone users get new privacy protection Christian Science Monitor Android and iPhone apps will offer more disclosure about their use of personal data. Undera new deal between California and six tech giants, users of Android, iPhone, and other mobile devices will get disclosures before they download mobile apps. Google Accedes to Providing Do-not-track Button for UsersJDJournal.com Google agrees to allow 'do-not-track' buttonCrain’s New York Business Obama privacy pact is toothless, misguidedComputerworld (blog) News 10NBC -BusinessWeek -TIME all 1,813 news articles »

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New York Times

Outdoors or Inside, Sony Offers Users a Perpetual Game New York Times BEFORE the Android phone, before the iPod, before the GameBoy, there was the Walkman, the device that taught a generation to expect entertainment on the go. Fast forward 30 years and behold the digital landscape of mobile phones that do nearly … Twisted Metal® Makes an Explosive Return This Valentine's Day Exclusively on …MarketWatch (press release) Sony PlayStation Vita (3G/Wi-Fi)CNET Review: Sony PlayStation Vita handheld gaming systemWashington Post Forbes -TIME -Engadget all 222 news articles »

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Sydney Morning Herald

Google to pay users to browse the web (and watch what they're doing) Fox News Reuters Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories Scientists say NASA cutting missions to Mars Google unveils plans to develop home entertainment system Forget Megaupload! Researchers call new file-sharing network 'invincible' Google … With new music hardware, Google takes aim at your living roomChristian Science Monitor Google plans entertainment deviceSydney Morning Herald Why Google Is Getting Into Entertainment: Your DataFast Company MyFox Houston -TheStreet.com -Bizjournals.com all 22 news articles »

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Sydney Morning Herald

Google to pay users to browse the web (and watch what they're doing) Fox News Reuters Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories Scientists say NASA cutting missions to Mars Google unveils plans to develop home entertainment system Forget Megaupload! Researchers call new file-sharing network 'invincible' Google … With new music hardware, Google takes aim at your living roomChristian Science Monitor Google plans entertainment deviceSydney Morning Herald Why Google Is Getting Into Entertainment: Your DataFast Company MyFox Houston -TheStreet.com -Bizjournals.com all 22 news articles »

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Telegraph.co.uk

Facebook users ask, 'where's our cut?' Economic Times SAN FRANCISCO: By my calculation, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder and chief executive, owes me about $50. Without me, and the other 844999999 people poking, liking and sharing on the site, Facebook would look like a scene from the postapocalyptic … IPO Euphoria, Without Much MemoryNew York Times Facebook, Dead or AliveWall Street Journal Why Facebook may not be a wise investmentWashington Post PC Magazine -San Jose Mercury News -BusinessWeek all 1,426 news articles »

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CTV.ca

Pew study finds Facebook users receive more warm fuzzies than they give Washington Post NEW YORK — The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though. A new study out Friday found that the average user of the world's biggest online social network gets more than they … Pew study: Facebook users don't follow golden ruleUSA TODAY Average Facebook Users Get More Than They GivePC Magazine Facebook's $100 billion valuation may be vaporwaremsnbc.com BusinessWeek all 1,081 news articles »

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Globe and Mail

No 'Facebook fatigue' for longtime users Reuters By Ian Simpson | WASHINGTON (Reuters) – So much for "Facebook fatigue." A survey released on Friday shows that people who have used the social networking site over a long period – since its founding in 2004, say – show no sign that they have tired of … Facebook IPO: A look at what we learned from the filingsWashington Post Facebook public stock offering presents questionsGreen Bay Press Gazette Facebook Goes PublicKELOLAND TV Wall Street Journal -Toronto Star -San Jose Mercury News all 7,894 news articles »

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CBC.ca

What Does a Facebook IPO Mean for Users? PC Magazine By Jill Duffy It's official. The very public social network Facebook is really going public. But what does that mean to Facebook users? Will the company now be under even more pressure to sell your information? Will the next few weeks bring a glut of … Facebook's Financials Raise Renewed Valuation QuestionsWall Street Journal Facebook's IPO filing, by the numbersLos Angeles Times Facebook's $100 billion valuation may be vaporwaremsnbc.com San Jose Mercury News -San Francisco Chronicle -Washington Post all 7,063 news articles »

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Globe and Mail

Facebook Used by Half of the World's Internet Users, Save Asia PC Magazine By Mark Hachman Facebook's IPO filing reveals that, with the exception of Asia, Facebook connects more than half of the world's Internet users. Facebook's $5 billion IPO filing on Wednesday was built on the backs of 845 million users, the latest user … Facebook's financial temptation: Money managers, other experts weigh in on …Washington Post Facebook IPO filing reveals some eye-poppersComputerworld Facebook IPO: where ambition meets paranoiaTelegraph.co.uk The Guardian -CNNMoney all 7,095 news articles »

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SlashGear

Facebook Timeline and Apps turn users off with over-sharing SlashGear Facebook Timeline and the Open Graphs “apps” are proving more turn-off than value-add to users, according to research by security firm Sophos and SlashGear, with many considering deleting their Facebook account after the recent profile changes. Almost nobody wants Facebook TimelineTG Daily What if Facebook Timeline was read instead of your CV?The Guardian (blog) Facebook's controversial 'timeline' feature is supported by just one in ten usersDaily Mail USA TODAY -PC Magazine -InformationWeek all 149 news articles »

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