Anti-Google Group's Creeptastic Video Campaign (PC World)PC World - Consumer Watchdog, an anti-Google group, invaded Times Square with a 540-square-foot video cartoon of Google CEO Eric Schmidt frightening children -- and me -- with threats of infiltrating their online lives. Watch it with the lights on. Full text |
Twitter Users Still Flock to the Website, Which Stinks (PC World)
Apple vs. Facebook: What's Behind the Ping Controversy? (PC World)
Cuban bloger Sanchez named IPI press freedom hero (AFP)
Ping.fm Gets Boost Thanks to Apple's Ping, Company Claims (PC World)
Spammers Take Over Apple's New Ping Social Network (NewsFactor)
YouTube to turn profit this year: NY Times (AFP)
iOS Bigger than Linux and Android Combined [STATS] (Mashable)
Malaysia to monitor Internet for 'harmful' blogs (AFP)
PC World - Consumer Watchdog, an anti-Google group, invaded Times Square with a 540-square-foot video cartoon of Google CEO Eric Schmidt frightening children -- and me -- with threats of infiltrating their online lives. Watch it with the lights on. Full text
PC World - Twitter now has more than 145 million registered users, and sadly, most people still visit the social network through Twitter's default Web site. Full text
PC World - Wondering why you can't use Facebook to find your friends on Ping--Apple's new iTunes-based social network that supposedly connects to the social networking site? Full text
AFP - Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez was named World Press Freedom Hero by media watchdog IPI on Friday, for her defiance of press restrictions and her commitment to free speech in her country. Full text
PC World - It's the kind of ironic story that news editors find irresistible. Apple makes big announcement about a social network for music lovers. When music lovers go hunting for the service, they end up in some Internet backwater. They like what they find there and the little guy gets a boost in business thanks to the big guy's big marketing budget. Full text
NewsFactor - Apple launched iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network, on Wednesday. Within hours, the site fell victim to spammers looking to make a quick buck from Apple's unsuspecting 160 million music lovers exploring the new way to discover what music their friends are listening to. Full text
AFP - Google-owned videosharing website YouTube is expected to turn a profit this year on revenue of 450 million dollars, The New York Times reported Friday. Full text
Mashable - According to the latest numbers from Net Applications, iOS is the third most popular platform on the Internet, surpassing Linux and Android combined. Full text
AFP - Malaysia has formed a task force to scour the Internet for blog postings deemed harmful to national unity, authorities said on Friday in the latest of a series of actions against new media. Full text
AFP - A video cartoon featuring Google's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square as a privacy group continued to hound the Internet giant. Full text
