Google launches ‘Fast Flip’ letting users flipping through news
California-based Internet giant, Google has come up with its 'Fast Flip' online news reader that lets users flip through stories in a much easier way.
Google has joined more than 30 media providers to allow users to quickly browse through news stories from their websites via Fast Flip.
Twitter revises terms of service to allow ads
Social networking site Twitter has revised its terms and conditions in a move that will allow the micro-blogging service to run ads as a way of making money.
Earlier in February, Biz Stone, Twitter's founder, had indicated that the site could go for ads to generate revenue.
However, Biz Stone said that they had no intention to allow the ads immediately.
Amazon: Google Book deal would lead to “perpetual exploitation of copyrighted works”
In a recent court document filed in federal court in Manhattan, the online retail bigwig Amazon.com reiterated that the Google Books settlement would lead to the “perpetual exploitation of millions of copyrighted works,” and that the contentious issue of establishing rules for digitized books should be the Congress’ dispensation, not Google’s.
Twitter changes terms of service to allow targeted ads
With its Thursday modification terms of service for Twitter users, the micro-blogging site has waded right into the dicey waters of changes to privacy policy and advertising - more so as social networks Facebook and MySpace have already irked their users by changing terms of service to incorporate ads!
Facebook launches its simple and streamlined “Lite” version in US and India
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Going by a TechCrunch report, the simple and streamlined "Lite" version of the popular social networking site Facebook - 'lite. facebook. com' - has become available for users with slow or poor Internet connections in the US and India.
Spotify iPhone hits no. 1 spot
The Spotify iPhone has hit the number one spot in the Apple Apps stores. It may be noted here that just two days ago Apple had placed the Spotify Music app in its stores.
But, a trivial flaw in the Spotify is that user can't play music when the application is in the background.
IBC trade show: Adobe unveils Flash Access 2.0; announces public preview of Abode Story
The 2009 International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) trade show in Amsterdam saw Abode Systems introduce its content protection software Abode Flash Access 2.0, which allows creators to control audio-visual content, even subsequent to download, by playing back the protected content securely on a forthcoming edition of Adobe Flash Player software.
Yahoo launches iPhone and BlackBerry apps
New iPhone and BlackBerry apps were launched Tuesday by Yahoo, for Yahoo Finance and Fantasy Football, in addition to a new iPhone Flickr app.
The apps, apart from being available for iPhone and iPod Touch users, can also be availed by those having BlackBerry Bold, Tour, or 8900 series smartphones.
Facebook’s app for the Android platform – simple and streamlined!
The recently-released Facebook application for the Android platform, though not much of a smash-hit at an initial glance, is definitely a notable one - simple yet streamlined! This 'specifically for the Android' Facebook application comprises some attention-grabbing features for its definite distinction from the other mobile Facebook apps.
Hasbro and Google team up to bring Monopoly online!
In a momentous team-up, Google and Hasbro, the company behind the 74-year-old 'property-building game' Monopoly, have come together to bring a free, web-based version of Monopoly, which would virtually turn the entire globe into a board, thanks to Google Earth and Street View!
Sprint pulls Palm Pre promotional offer; says it was “posted in error”!
Within hours of offering a US$100 service credit to customers switching over to the Palm Pre on Tuesday, Sprint – the exclusive Pre carrier – pulled the Pre promotional offer, saying that it had been posted in error!
Microsoft’s September patch addresses 8 flaws; 3 zero-day vulnerabilities remain open!
In its September patch announced Tuesday, September 8, Microsoft has released five Security Bulletins for addressing eight vulnerabilities; but has, at the same time, left three zero-day vulnerabilities - which can lead to denial-of-service (DoS) attacks - open for abuse!
Asus “Eee Reader” may revolutionize the e-book market
Taiwanese Computer-manufacturer Asus is getting ready to launch a low-cost e-reader in Britain before the end of the year.
Intimate sources have confirmed that Asus was considering a budget and premium model of the Eee-reader.
Though the details are thin about the planned devices, yet the budget model will most probably cost approximately £100.
Google tries to remove EU concerns about its digital library
Internet giant Google has said that it would make concessions to European publishers over its Google Books project that will make millions of books available online. Google's digital library has made many European copyright holders to think that internet giant's concerned project would erode their exclusive rights.
Microsoft expands warning about vulnerability in IIS server software
With a Friday update of a Security Advisory it issued on Tuesday, Microsoft has expanded its 'word of caution' about a vulnerability in its Internet Information Services (IIS) server software, which houses Web sites.
Amazon to replace deleted copies of Orwell’s novels
In an attempt to recompense for unceremoniously removing copies of George Orwell’s novels ‘1984’ and ‘Animal Farm’ from its Kindle e-reader in July, online retailer Amazon has decided to replace the deleted copies of digital books for Kindle owners, without any charge, along with annotations made by any of the customers.
Telstra’s hour-long outage disrupts Internet access to BigPond customers
The hour-long Thursday outage of Telstra's national Internet network, which saw the inaccessibility of the Internet by BigPond customers, was probably associated with some glitch in the Internet Service Providers' domain name system (DNS), and some recent high-profile service interruptions at Sydney data centres and Telstra's "international gateways."
Forrester report: E-readers’ “mass-market” attraction will require lower price tags!
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Going by a Thursday-released Forrester Research report, "mass-market" attraction of the e-book readers, like the Amazon Kindle and the Sony Reader, cannot be achieved unless the cost of these devices is as low as $50, which happens to be far less than their present costs!
Germany opposes Google’s settlement with Authors Guild
The great-sounding Google settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, for digitizing millions of copyrighted books on the Internet has met with yet another opposition - this time round from Germany!
US privacy and consumer groups’ alliance seeks new Web privacy laws
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In its Tuesday letters sent to the lawmakers on the House Commerce Committee, an alliance of as many as ten US privacy and consumer groups have sought Congress action for the purpose of restricting the capability of Web sites and advertising networks, whereby they can track Web users and serve them targeted ads.
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