| Twitter To Use Browser Data To Offer Follow Recommendations - Fri, 18 May 2012 14:22:48 +0000 |
| When a new user joined Twitter’s microblogging service they are given a set of recommendations that are fairly similar to everyone else’s recommendations, that’s because Twitter has no way of knowing your interests to make better recommendations. Now Twitter is testing a new feature in some countries that dives into your browser history and makes [...] |
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| Twitter Announces “Do Not Track” Setting - Thu, 17 May 2012 16:29:48 +0000 |
| Twitter on Thursday gave privacy advocated a big win by announced a new “Do Not Track” setting that allows users to opt out of being tracked by Twitters platform. The plan was unveiled at an Internet Week panel in New York Thursday morning by chief technology officer for the Federal Trade Commission, Ed Felten. Twitter also revealed [...] |
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| Facebook App Gogobot Attracts 1 Million Users - Wed, 16 May 2012 16:13:56 +0000 |
| Gogobot, a Facebook travel app that just launched in January 2012 announced on Wednesday that it has passed the 1 million registered users mark. Gogobot officially launched in private beta 18 months ago but came out of beta in January. The company now claims that a new users signs up for the program every 15 [...] |
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