Facebook tracking prompts call for FTC probe
Facebook's tracking technology has landed the social network in hot water, with two lawmakers calling for a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation.
Sharon Gaudin | 30 Sep | Read more
Facebook's tracking technology has landed the social network in hot water, with two lawmakers calling for a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation.
Sharon Gaudin | 30 Sep | Read more
Now that Connecticut Attorney General George has joined the brouhaha around Facebook's new facial recognition feature, it's possible the flap could get bigger.
Sharon Gaudin | 18 Jun | Read more
The privacy flap over Facebook's new facial recognition service has gained some momentum.
Sharon Gaudin | 14 Jun | Read more
Facebook said it's working with European Union regulators to resolve criticism about its new facial recognition feature, but trouble may also be brewing for the social network here in the U.S.
Sharon Gaudin | 10 Jun | Read more
Facebook's move to enable facial recognition across its entire social networking site is raising some eyebrows - and possibly some legal woes -- over its privacy implications.
Sharon Gaudin | 09 Jun | Read more
When Google announced that hackers had gone after Gmail users, the company noted that they specifically targeted U.S. government officials and military personnel.
Sharon Gaudin | 04 Jun | Read more
California is considering legislation that would tighten Facebook's privacy practices, and the social network is not happy about it.
Sharon Gaudin | 18 May | Read more
Facebook has been caught hiring a well-known PR firm to plant anti-Google stories in the media.
Sharon Gaudin | 13 May | Read more
For a company that's known as the dominant player in the cloud market, Amazon's troubles on Thursday means a black eye for the company and for the cloud in general.
Sharon Gaudin | 22 Apr | Read more
It's been six days and the PlayStation Network is still offline, and now Sony has acknowledged that the problem involved a security breach.
Sharon Gaudin | 27 Apr | Read more
Amazon.com is well into the second day of trying to fix a cloud outage that has partially disabled or knocked out popular Web sites like Quora, Foursquare and Reddit.
Sharon Gaudin | 23 Apr | Read more
If you want to share photos and videos and don't care about privacy, there's a new social network just for you.
Sharon Gaudin | 25 Mar | Read more
Twitter on Friday suspended three major mobile third-party applications for allegedly violating the company's use policies.
Sharon Gaudin | 19 Feb | Read more
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has allegedly been stalked by a man on his own social networking site.
Sharon Gaudin | 09 Feb | Read more
Intel's chief technology officer says the chip maker is developing a technology that will be a security game changer.
Sharon Gaudin | 26 Jan | Read more