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Security firm F-Secure discovered that Twitter has begun blocking links to malicious sites when users try to post them. Twitter has not…
Back in June, YouTube made a couple of announcements that indicated the most popular video site in the world was planning on taking news seriously. YouTube invited major publishers to become partners, and they also launched a new resource for citizen reporters called the YouTube Reporters' Center.
A while back, StumbleUpon launched web stumbling, which allowed users to enjoy their StumbleUpon experience without having to download the toolbar, which was previously a requirement. If you've been a user of the service for a significant length of time, you've probably grown quite accustomed to that toolbar. Sometimes I forget it's not just part of Firefox.
Earlier this year, you may recall that Google launched its search options, which allow users to have more customized control over their search results. It includes ways for users to browse results by videos, forums, reviews, etc.
Google quietly launched an official Facebook page this week. Although that quiet didn't stop the page from attracting over 264,000 fans already so far.
It doesn't look like too many people plan to do their back-to-school shopping online. eMarketer looks at a combination of studies from BIGresearch and the National Retail Federation, Deloitte, and OfficeMax. These studies paint similar pictures, and they just don't show too many intentions from parents to turn to the web as the school year draws near.
