2013

Sunnyvale, California - It has been a very hectic week for Yahoo Mail in terms of security. The internet pioneer has finally given customers what Facebook, Gmail and Twitter users have had for years: the option to always enable HTTPS secure, encrypted browsing for all their Yahoo Mail activities. (more…)

Redmond, Washington - Watch out for the Ides of March if you are still hanging around Microsoft's Windows Messenger Live. Back in November, the Redmond, Wash.-based software maker has hinted that its Messenger application will be closed down within months, with users migrated onto Skype, which Microsoft acquired in October 2011. But now the company has confirmed an end-of-life date for the popular chat service, and began informing Messenger users that the service would go blank for the majority of users on March 15. (more…)

Mountain View, California - Being able to dive into photo details is a great feature for making photography more engaging as viewing photos on Google Plus just got better. The search engine behemoth has just enhanced the photos experience on Google+ by adding the pan and zoom features that will enable users to focus small areas of high-resolution images that they have uploaded on the site. (more…)

Redmond, Washington -- Relentlessly striving to improve its cloud offerings, software maker Microsoft on Tuesday announced a slew of improvements to its SkyDrive.com, noting they are being released today and should be available for all “soon.”

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Los Angeles -- Remember the Facebook Timeline changes we reported to you last month, Facebook has been working on a redesign of Timeline away from the 2 column layout. Well, the social media giant is continues to expand its test that revamps users' Timelines by creating a single, more prominent column for statuses and posts, as well as redesigns the section headers by doing away with the clunky image boxes that had appeared since Timeline first launched. This time, some users in New Zealand were able to discover the new feature which, according to them, has since gone live yesterday.

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Mountain View, California -- In another neighborly gesture toward becoming a national Internet service provider, Google has partnered with The Chelsea Improvement Company, on Tuesday lifted the curtain on the New York City's biggest contiguous free public Wi-Fi network in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

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Redmond, Washington - In its latest attempt to enhance its communications unit, software maker, Microsoft intends to make life a whole lot better for everyone with the latest update to Skype for Windows Phone 8, which brings with it a host of improvements such as a better autocorrect library, improvements to word completion and toast notifications. However, amidst all the goodness, it takes away one essential feature; People Hub Integration. (more…)

Los Angeles - In a latest turn of events, Instagram users find themselves being redirected to the Facebook website when reporting other users of the photo-sharing website. (more…)

Germany -- In a surprising turn of events, a German state data protection agency has threatened Facebook's billionaire founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg with a €20,000 (£16,000) fine if Facebook does not permit Germans to have anonymous accounts on the social network.

A German state data protection agency has already sent letters to Zuckerberg in California, and also to Dublin-based Facebook Ireland Ltd, reiterating that the current terms of service for Facebook, which require users to provide their identities, violate German law. (more…)

Mountain View, California -- Over the weekend, an unethical controversy erupted after users reported that attempts to access Google Maps on Windows Phone devices led to redirects to the Google homepage. Google confirmed the redirect on Friday, and said it will be “soon” removing the block on its Maps service for Windows Phone handsets using the Internet Explorer browser.

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