By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on May 2nd, 2013% 
Facebook recently faced a trial against typosquatters and earned victory. For those not familiar with the word “typosquatters”, they are people who are using names close to a popular name that possibly cause a confusion. In the lawsuit with Facebook, they are people who are registering domain names that are very close to a very popular site causing confusion to users and make money from it.
The Northern California District court ruled giving the win to the popular social networking site. Through this decision, Facebook earned a significant amount costing up to $2.8 million and takes . . . → Read More: Facebook Earned $2.8 Million in a Lawsuit Against Typosquatters
By Jharma Mulchandani, on April 21st, 2013% 
LookOut, a security firm, has just uncovered 32 apps in the Google Play store that contained a Russian bug called BadNews.
Android smartphones that installed these apps were used to accumulate cash through charges without letting the users know by sending text messages on premium numbers.
According to the security firm, these apps were done nicely because it lays on the smartphones for a couple of weeks to avoid detection from the security servers before getting active and rack up some cash.
Most of these apps were downloaded and installed on android . . . → Read More: Russian BadNews Bug on Google Play Apps Rack Up Cash from Users
By Jane Gracielo, on April 19th, 2013% 
With Google’s introduction of their new wearable hardware, they held a contest in February giving an opportunity for the winners to have the first batch and try the the Google Glass. But being a winner of this contest is not always an upside. Google is also asking $1,500 for the spectacles and the privilege of being a “Glasshole”. But the positive side is they are going to be the first who can have the Google Glass and get to try them before it reaches mainstream sale.
But there is this one student who also won the . . . → Read More: Google Glass Bids on eBay Reached $95,300 Before Seller Realizes Restriction of Resale
By Jane Gracielo, on April 12th, 2013% 
Some questions were raised about what happens in our digital life when we die. Should we just share it to our love ones before we leave or just delete it entirely so no one can access the data anymore?
These questions led Google to develop the technology to help manage the digital life even after the user is gone.
Headed by Andreas Tuerk, Google’s product manager, they call it the “Inactive Account Manager”. This feature allows a user to manage and specify some things that will happen after you die and eventually become inactive . . . → Read More: Google Inactive Account Manager Helps Deceased User Manage Account
By Jane Gracielo, on June 5th, 2012% 
The debate over whether Facebook should allow kids under the age of 13 to join its site might soon be moot.
Kids under 13 years of age using the most popular social network, Facebook, has been a debate for quite a while now.
According to the report from Wall Street Journal, Facebook is closing in on letting youngsters under 13 to join the popular social networking site, yet these kids should not expect to get the similar rights as other users have. According to some sources who have talked over the concern with the social network management, Facebook . . . → Read More: Facebook Might Allow Kids but with Strict Controls from Parents
By Jane Gracielo, on September 15th, 2011% 
The world’s popular networking site, Facebook, has announced another feature that is hitting the block again – it’s the “Subscribe” button. Facebook users can now decide and fully control what they want to see in their news feeds and follow easily to the users who are not their friends on the network.
This “subscribe” button gives more control over the feeds allowing you to see only important announcements from friends and block those friend whose feeds that aren’t interesting at all or spam posts, a feature that has been lacking in the past. Facebook users who . . . → Read More: Facebook Announces “Subscribe” Button
By Jane Gracielo, on July 3rd, 2011% 
Google+ is powerful enough to guzzle Twitter and beat Facebook to pulp, according to Tom Anderson, MySpace founder.
Anderson wrote in a Google+ thread, “Google+ really seems to be primed to make good on that original premise — that everything gets better when it’s social. And unlike [Facebook], Twitter, or anyone else, Google already has the most advanced set of products. And if I can clearly see where this is headed, then I think what we are getting is a much better Google.”
Google will be the right company to completely recognize his dream after . . . → Read More: MySpace Founder Says Google+ Will Beat Facebook
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