Google has offered prizes, totalling $1 million, to those who successfully hack the Google Chrome browser, as the internet giant turns to hackers to find weaknesses in its browser to bolster its security.
Facebook denies spying on text messages
Facebook has denied reports that it is spying on users is spying text messages and other personal data sent from users’ smartphones.
Yahoo threatens Facebook with patent lawsuit- could IPO be delayed?
Yahoo has threatened Facebook with a legal war over “10 to 20” patents, according to a news report, in a move that could disrupt the social network’s plans to go public this year.
Groupon teams up with Nokia for mobile location marketing services
Groupon is extending its mobile footprint internationally with product rollouts in more than 30 countries and strategic relationships with a number of industry partners, including a location-based marketing deal with Nokia.
Johnston Press ties with Zoopla for property site
Johnston Press is set to launch an online property platform on Thursday with UK property website Zoopla.
Top 5 performing ad formats
After reviewing 300,000 creatives served globally, ad serving firm MediaMInd has discovered that certain formats are performing far better in engaging more users and for longer.
Right to Reply: Facebook censorship rules- publish and be damned?
As Facebook’s rules about whether to censor specific postings made by users have now been published for the first time in the media, Joanna Morley, Social Media & Online PR Manager at SiteVisibility, argues that the guidelines contradict the social networks own approach to user’s privacy.
ICANN now accepting .wales and .cymru domain names
The Welsh government has said will not object to a bid for the right to use the ‘.wales’ and ‘.cymru’ domain names.
Orange and T-Mobile ‘Everything Everywhere’ mobile broadband to get 50% faster
Everything Everywhere, the mobile broadband joint venture from Orange and T-Mobile, has launched a nationwide HSPA+ (3.5G) network, claiming it will provide 50 percent fasterdata speeds for customers.
Lacoste hires Maxymiser for European web push
Clothing brand Lacoste has hired Maxymiser to use multivariate testing to boost web sales in the UK and Europe.