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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]
Facebook used as channel for Malware
A cybercriminal is using Facebook as a medium to sell his malware and related services forsaking the usual channel of the online underworld. RSA researchers recently discovered on the popular social network what appeared to be an Indonesian-speaking malware developer selling a customised botnet control panel programmed to work with the Zeus banking Trojan. First released in 2007, [… Read More]
Locked out of your Facebook account, your friends can help
Facebook is letting people who are locked out of their user profiles to get access again with the help of their friends. A new ‘Trusted Contacts’ account recovery feature lets Facebook users set up lists of friends who can provide codes to unlock accounts. “With trusted contacts, there’s no need to worry about remembering the answer [… 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]
