Google’s Privacy Update: What You Need to Know

Google’s new privacy update that will allow the company to eventually integrate its products will kick in March 1.   Tuesday’s news that Google condensed its 70 privacy settings into one easier-to-understand and more transparent document, paves the way for the company to meld its products into a more integrated and intuitive user platform, i.e. Google needed to give itself permission to sync your products in the future.   Nothing will change tangibly on March 1 — ...

Jailbreaking Exemption Law Could Expire Soon

Protection granted by the U.S. Copyright Office for people who modify their iPhones and other iOS devices so they can install apps not authorized by Apple (known as “jailbreaking”) is set to expire soon. That’s why the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is rallying supporters to sign a petition to renew the jailbreaking exemption law.   “The idea that you might face criminal charges because you altered your own property is totally unfair,” said

Anonymous Threatens Facebook Shutdown Jan. 28

 Anonymous is planning to target Facebook in an attack Jan. 28 — at least that’s what a video uploaded to YouTube Monday is claiming in the name of the hacker network.   And you thought a day without Wikipedia was bad.   “An online war has begun between Anonymous, the people and the government of the United States,” the video begins. “While SOPA and PIPA may be postponed from Congress, this doesn’t guarantee that our Internet ri

How to Grow Your Business With Mobile Paid Search

Many business owners are trying to figure out how to use mobile marketing to grow sales and revenues. You may already have a mobile website, and may have even explored creating a mobile app for your business. But after that, things may have come to a standstill.   So, what’s the next easiest thing you can do to acquire new customers via mobile?   The low-hanging fruit in the mobile world just happens to be mobile search, which differs from regular search in t