Description: A Facebook representative said in a statement was taking steps to “dramatically limit” exposure of users’ personal information to companies. Source: Cnn.com Tech Date: Oct 18, 2010 Many of Facebook’s most popular apps are sharing personally identifiable information of their users with dozens of advertising and Internet-tracking companies, in violation of the social-networking giant’s… Read more »
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In 2010, what counts as a smartphone?
Description: The term “smartphone” may sound cool and hip, but it’s actually been around since at least the mid-1990s. Source: CNN.com Tech Date: Oct 18, 2010 The ’90s version of the smartphone was nothing like the gadgets many of us tote around in our pockets today. It was the size of a brick, it didn’t… Read more »
What Amazon Fears Most: Diapers
Description: It is good to be the chief executive of a company that’s about to ship 500 million diapers in a single year. Quidsi is trying to outsell Amazon. They are competing in a new way. Source: Businessweek Date: 10/10/2010 It is good to be the chief executive of a company that’s about to ship… Read more »