China's government was indeed behind the hack on Google's Gmail system earlier this year according to a cable captured by the controversial Wikileaks organization. This information was released by 5 other media outlets including The New York Times. The Times cited one of the cables as proof that "China's Politburo directed the intrusion into Google's computer systems in that country, a Chinese contact told the American Embassy in Beijing in January." The hack was part of a computer sabotage campaign carried out b

Facebook is taking action against the developers who sold user data to data brokers. The Wall Street Journal reported a few weeks ago that Facebook suffered a huge "security breach" when in reality developers were just not following Facebook's Platform Policies and Facebook was just not enforcing anything. It seems now that Facebook has added some new restrictions and will now put the developers who broke the policy on probation for six months. Apple is interested in mobile payments startup BOKU. The fact that it is in Continue Reading

According to data from StatCounter, Internet Explorer has dipped below the 50%-mark in its global share of the Internet browser market. This is the first time that it has dipped below the 50% mark Firefox has been gaining steadily and Chrome has recently accelerated growth. Google is testing full page previews in its search. If you mouse over the results a preview shows up on the left. Coul

Google has released details of it's new Google TV platform. There has been much interest and Google has a video that goes over many of the features. Evan Williams the founder of Twitter, not the bourbon, is stepping down as CEO. He has appointed Dick Costolo to be the new CEO. Williams brought Costolo in to help Twitter make mon

Twitter will be launching a promoted accounts feature which will allow groups or companies to pay cash and increase their followers in theory. Supposedly Twitter will ensure that these suggestions are kept relevant to those who might be interested in a brand name or company, and not just spammed across the user base. Amazon is probably launching its own Android App Store. This is after Verizon recently announced its pla

Blockbuster has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Who didn't know this was coming? I already thought they were bankrupt. Blockbuster has been slow to adapt but there plan is that bankruptcy will allow them to reemerge with a debt equity swap and be able to change their strategy. LinkedIn does not make many acquisitions but it just acquired San Fransisco based ChoiceVendor, which provides ratings and reviews of businesses.

Twitter was hacked Tuesday morning. It was overrun with posts on Tuesday morning that used a programming flaw to play pranks, distribute porn and spread worms to unsuspecting users. It was confined to Twitter's old user interface not the one currently being rolled out. In other Twitter news, it was announced that there will be a new update to Twitter's Promoted Tweets

Yesterday afternoon, Twitter rolled out many new features. Among them, the ability to share flickr sets and keyboard shortcuts. Justin Bieber just got more powerful. Pepsico plans on airing 6 consumer created ads in the Superbowl next year. 5 will be chosen for Doritos and 5 will be chosen for PepsiMax. They will be posted online where users will vote for the top three for each product. These will then be aired on TV. Google has announced that it wil

Today, Twitter is rumored to be unveiling inline pictures and video in the twitter stream. This would mimic what some twitter apps already do such as Brizzly. It is funny that some things are becoming more like Twitter and Twitter is finally making a big change away from its own simplicity. Conan has asked his followers Youtube to submit questions about his new show on TBS. He will then answer said questions in another video. I am with Coco.

Youtube is trying out live streaming today with a few partners. Tony Hawk made an appearance on Young Hollywood with an underwhelming number of veiwers. Google says it is only an initial test. A British army commander will tweet updates about life in the military while serving a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. His name is Lieutenant Colonel Dougie Graham, and he commands the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland — a sizable force of 450 soldier