Buttons Being Used To Verify Certain Twitter Accounts

In the wake of the run-in with St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa last week Twitter has officially launched its verified accounts beta. The service was mentioned over the weekend in Biz Stone’s blog post that made it known that Twitter would bow to no one on legal concerns that they viewed as frivolous.

Massive Layoffs Await MySpace Employees

Layoff described by one source as ":massive" are coming to MySpace although there is no official word yet from the company.  MySpace shed 5% of its staff a year ago and laid of as many as 45 more last month. But these cuts will go far deeper, according to TechCrunch and could hit several hundred. Management will inevitably blame a tough economy and plummeting ad…

Google Street View Meeting EU Privacy Guidelines

Google has announced it is making additional privacy modifications to its Street View project in Europe. Google says it is continuing to work with the Article 29 Working Party, which brings together representatives from all 27 European Data Protection Authorities. It is complying with European authorities request to provide advance notice to the public about the Street View project before driving in a new country.…

Opera to Reinvent the Web Next Tuesday

Next Tuesday at 9:00 am Opera is going to reinvent the web. Sigh. How many times has the web been "reinvented" now? I've lost count... but could this time be different? What does Opera have up their sleeve? Tell us what you think.