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Startup beams your text msgs to extraterrestrials
For 25 cents, would you send a short message deep into outer space in the hopes that an alien race might receive it?
Facebook set to beef up Instagram with video?
Speculation abounds that Facebook Thursday will unveil tools to enable its popular Instagram app to take and share short videos.
The Grill: Raytheon CIO Rebecca Rhoads takes on new role with global reach
Raytheon CIO Rebecca Rhoads was tapped earlier this year to lead the defense contractor's newly formed Global Business Services unit, whose goal...
Facebook to announce mysterious new product next week
Facebook appears to have a new product up its sleeve that it will unveil next week at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Facebook sets new product reveal for June 20
Facebook is gearing up for a product announcement on June 20, but isn't saying what it has planned.
Oxford English Dictionary breaks own rule, lists 'tweet'
Tweeting has become so popular that the Oxford English Dictionary broke one of its own rules to add 'tweet' to its lexicon.
Does encryption really shield you from government's prying eyes?
If you're thinking about encrypting email in light of revelations about U.S. government spying, you may be wasting your time.
French appeals court confirms Twitter must identify authors of racist tweets
A French court of appeal has rejected a move by Twitter seeking to shield the identities of those responsible for posts last year contravening French...
How Facebook Hashtags Impact Your Privacy
Following in the footsteps of Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, Tumblr and other social networks, Facebook finally gets hashtags. Here's what you...
Facebook copies social rival Twitter, adopts hashtags
Taking a page from Twitter's playbook, Facebook started to roll out the use of hashtags.
What a #copycat: Facebook apes Twitter with hashtags
Hashtags, the popular tool used on Twitter and in an array of other social sites to surface content around specific topics #likeso, are coming to...
Facebook execs hammered with IPO questions at first shareholder meeting
At Facebook's first shareholders' meeting, CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg took it on the chin Tuesday from stockholders unhappy about...
Waze could drive better social tools at Google, experts say
Waze's crowdsourced traffic and navigation app is attractive to Google, which is said to be a serious suitor for the app, because of the wealth...
Larry Page: US government has no access to information on Google servers
Google has denied involvement in a U.S. government surveillance program called Prism since news broke Thursday that the National Security Agency has...
3 New LinkedIn Features You Need to Know About
LinkedIn launches two-step verification, a redesigned "Who's Viewed Your Profile" and adds the capability to upload photos, video and documents to...
Facebook aims to simplify advertising for marketers
Facebook is gearing up for a new project to simplify its advertising platform, making it easier for marketers to decide how to place ads across the...
Facebook sets Sept. 12 deadline for moving games to local currencies
Facebook is phasing out its Credits virtual payment system and will be transitioning all games integrated into the social network to a new local...
Salesforce.com aims for next $1 billion business with ExactTarget buy
Salesforce.com's pending US$2.5 billion purchase of marketing software vendor ExactTarget will help it develop a new $1 billion annual revenue stream...
Twitter says error in 'routine change' caused brief outage
Twitter was back in working order on Monday afternoon after experiencing multiple technical issues earlier in the day that caused some users'...
Zynga fires 18% of workforce, vows refocus on mobility
Social gaming publisher Zynga announced Monday that it will lay off 18% of its total workforce -- more than 500 employees -- in an effort to reduce...
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