Tech Week in Review 2-24-2012
Obama Moves to Protect Your Online Privacy Based on a Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights unveiled earlier this week, the Obama administration plans to work with Congress to enact legislation to protect people’s online privacy. In a related move, Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL are committing to implementing a Do Not Track technology which will [...]
Read MoreTyler Perry to Chat With Fans Live From Yahoo and Facebook
Tyler Perry is stepping into the live streaming world for his upcoming film Good Deeds. Perry will be answering fans questions live about the film and then will make his red carpet premiere available to his fans via an official livestream on the Good Deeds Facebook page and Yahoo. The live events are through a [...]
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Google Acquires Zagat Google has acquired Zagat, a well-established recommendations and reviews company which operates in 13 categories and more than 100 cities. Google cites that Zagat’s user surveys were one of the earliest forms of user-generated content and the nature of their guides were “mobile” before “mobile” meant electronics. Zagat will bolster Google’s local [...]
Read MoreYouTube Interview With President Obama Today
Today at 2:30 p.m. ET, President Obama will hold his YouTube interview. During the interview, President Obama will field questions submitted via the YouTube Worldview channel. Users have been able to submit questions since Tuesday, following Obama’s State of the Union Address. The interview is just one of a series of interactive discussions that the [...]
Read MoreCan Quora Grow Without Sacrificing Quality?
Quora is definitely growing at a fast pace. I know this because of the sudden deluge of follows I’m getting in my email. As Quora becomes more popular and gains users, the fear is that the quality of questions and answers on the service will decline. The site depends on high-quality answers, and has deliberately [...]
Read MoreDelicious and Others Shuttered After Yahoo Layoffs
Earlier this week, rumors circulated about potential Yahoo layoffs. Eventually, the rumors were confirmed in a leaked internal email memo from CEO Carol Bartz to staff. Here is an excerpt from the letter, posted in full at All Things D: Yahoos, I want to share some tough news with you. Today, we began notifying some [...]
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