Google is locked in a legal battle with a group of twelve Apple users from UK, who have accused Google of tracking their web browsing discreetly, going around the Safari (browser) privacy settings, tracking cookies for advertising based on an individual’s web browsing. They say that cookies have been installed on their devices, by Google, without their consent. The lawsuit …
Facebook’s Explanation Regarding It’s App-Blocking Policies
In the aftermath of the situation with Twitter’s Vine app and Yandex’s Wonder, where Facebook literally blocked them, by not allowing them access to the site, Facebook’s Justin Osofsky, Director, Platform Partnerships and Operations, has given an explanation for this act, but hasn’t addressed Vine or Wonder directly. Facebook’s explanation was given in a blog post. The social networking site …
FaceWash Cleans Up Your Facebook Profile
If you have old pictures with embarrassing captions on Facebook, or maybe inappropriate posts on your Timeline, but don’t have the time to go and un-tag yourself from those pictures or delete the posts, then FaceWash is the app for you. Invented by three computer science majors, David Steinberg, Camden Fullmer and Daniel Gur from Kent State University, over the …
“If Facebook Is A Chevy, Then We’re A BMW”, Says Path CEO, Dave Morin
Former Facebook employee, and Founder and CEO of Path (a social networking and photo/video sharing app), Dave Morin said that “If Facebook is a Chevy, then Path is a BMW”. Path is basically an app through which you can share your experiences and memories with your close ones, and it gives more value to privacy. Morin believes that people should …
Google’s Territory Threatened By Facebook?
As predicted by Spruce Media, one of Facebook’s major ad-buying clients, that Facebook will, in the near future, be locked in a virtual power struggle with Google over advertising on the wider web. This struggle could very well shake up the current display ad world to its core, according to ‘The State of Facebook Advertising’, the Q4 report by Spruce, …




