Los Angeles — The micro-blogging outfit Twitter on Thursday announced that it has now developed a technology to selectively refine tweets that run afoul of certain countries’ when there are local restrictions on speech rather than having to block them globally.

New York — Seeking to rival the likes of Google Maps and to provide an enhanced mobile experience for users, Denver-based MapQuest, a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Inc., said today that it has unveiled a new, HTML5 based mobile web app, designed for the latest Android and iPhone web browsers.

Plink is even making use of the popular Facebook Credits, which have been already used as a medium of promoting business by many marketers. But this is the first time that the Facebook Credits loyalty program will be used as an offline virtual currency.

For Android users in the United States, Google has updated its music manager, Google Music. Google Music is Google’s cloud-based music service. The search engine giant now allows these users to download the songs they have uploaded. Earlier, one could only use the manager to upload as many as 20,000 songs to Google Music or […]

San Francisco — A U.S.-based consumer advocacy group on Wednesday wrote a letter to the European Commission requesting it to block the proposed merger of Google and Motorola Mobility, in the first complaint of its kind and to initiate an investigation into the Internet giant’s alleged anticompetitive behavior.

Mountain View, California — In an attempt to consolidate its services under one privacy policy approach, global search engine leader Google on Tuesday said that it has instituted a new, streamlined privacy policy that will incorporate the company’s 70 or so privacy policies and is changing how its multiple services including search, email, video and […]

Los Angeles — The micro-blogging network is on a shopping spree, and in a attempt to reinforce its resolve against malware and other malicious attacks, Twitter on Monday said it acquired Dasient, a three-year-old Internet security start-up, marking Twitter’s second security acquisition in just three months.

Google has an update. A new feature has been added, which will help Googlers to have a better experience with Hotel Finder. This new feature will filter hotels based on their maximum travel time from a location or landmark.

Google has been rigid on its terms to keep real names for users on Google+, but it seems there is a slight modification in that policy. Google+ has started accepting Nicknames and Pseudonyms. The ‘real name’ policy had got a number of Google+ accounts suspended from the social network. The need to stick to the […]

Yahoo India Pvt Ltd challenged the summons issued to it by a magistrate for allegedly hosting objectionable content. The challenge convinced the Delhi High Court, who in return demanded a response from Delhi Police. Justice Suresh Kait said, “Notice be issued for February 10,” while admitting the petition of Yahoo India for hearing. In addition, […]