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Yahoo! plans to purchase Tumblr from founder David Karp $US1.1 billion.
The deal is set to make Tumblr founder David Karp, 26, one of the richest tech businessmen in the world. Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer said the move was to attract more users from the key 18- to 24-year-old age bracket, and that it is seen as one of the “coolest” sites with young Internet users. Yahoo! [… Read More]
LivingSocial deals website hacked exposing customer details
Internet deal site ‘LivingSocial‘ says its website has been hacked and the personal data of at least 50 million users could have been affected. The company said today that customers’ names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords may have been compromised by the cyber attack. But it said the database that stores customer [… Read More]
Twitter to scan users tweets to target them with ads
Twitter is now allowing ads to target users based on the words used in their tweets. Previously, Twitter relied on message content algorithms t0 pool the interests of users to send them potentially relevant ads in the form of tweets “promoted” at the top of feeds. Twitter produce manager Nipoon Malhotra said the new feature would allow [… Read More]
LulzSec hacker pleaded guilty to cyberattacks on Sony, Nintendo, and more
A UK computer hacker affiliated to the group LulzSec has pleaded guilty to a number cyberattacks against organisations that including Sony, Britain’s National Health Service and News International. Ryan Ackroyd admitted one count of carrying out an unauthorised act to impair the operation of a computer. Prosecutors say the 26-year-old accessed websites belonging to Sony, [… Read More]
