- Privacy injunctions to get clean bill of health from parliament
After Ryan Giggs privacy issue, report by special committee of MPs and peers to recommend UK does not need privacy lawHigh court privacy injunctions have been given a clean bill of health by a special committee of MPs and peers which were set up in the fallout of the Ryan Giggs gagging order.In a report due to be published next week, the joint Commons and Lords committee will also recommend that Britain does not need a privacy law.The committee set up by David Cameron will say that fundamental changes to the granting of privacy injunctions is not necessary. However, the report will recommend that gagging orders should routinely be served to websites like Facebook and Twitter as well as newspapers.The cross-party committee of MPs and peers was launched in May last year tasked to examine the balance between privacy and freedom of expression, after thousands of people on Twitter named Giggs as the footballer behind a gagging order against the Sun and model Imogen Thomas.The footballer's privacy injunction effectively crumbled after an MP used parliamentary privilege, a 300-year-old legal protection, to identify Giggs. The British media subsequently linked Giggs to the injunction despite the ban remaining intact under UK law.The committee, chaired by John Whittingdale MP, is expected to recommend that the rules of parliamentary privilege be altered if MPs and peers abuse the system without demonstrable public interest.Publication of the report has been widely trailed. It emerged earlier this week that the committee will suggest that Ofcom should have regulatory oversight of the reconstituted Press Complaints Commission if newspapers cannot agree a credible package of reforms.The MPs and peers will welcome the reforms laid out by Lord Hunt and recommend that the new PCC shou null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- SEC Charges Two Fund Managers Over Misleading Facebook, Twitter Investments
After a yearlong investigation into the fast-growing online secondary markets for private company shares, the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two fund managers with misleading investors and racking up undisclosed fees and commissions. The SEC separately charged SharesPost acting as a unregistered broker-dealer. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Tech Weekly discusses government plans to watch the web
Aleks Krotoski and Charles Arthur are joined by Trefor Davies and Keith Stuart to tackle this week's technology headlines. On the slate: The UK government's announced moves to monitor email, web browsing and social media. How realistic is this, and will it curb terrorism? BlackBerry-maker RIM has decided to re-focus its smartphone business model on the business market. Why? Charles dissects the numbers and predicts whether leaving the consumer sector will save the company.Trefor Davies gives his impressions of the 4G mobile network, after spending a day testing it. Where in London did he get a whopping 40Mbps? In a fast food restaurant or on the number 52 bus? Finally, Keith Stuart offers his advice to OpCapita, the company that acquired the flailing video games high street retailer GAME at the eleventh hour. What does it need to do to keep the 333 outlets open?These stories and more in this week's Tech Weekly from the Guardian.Don't forget to...• Comment below• Mail the producer tech@guardian.co.uk• Get our Twitter feed for programme updates or follow our Twitter list• Like our Facebook page• See our pics on Flickr/Post your tech picsAleks KrotoskiCharles ArthurKeith StuartJason Phipps
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- FTC Lays Out Rules To Fight Privacy Invasions From Apple, Google, Facebook
Apple, Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Amazon.com (AMZN) may stop invading our privacy, now that the Obama administration is on the case. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook's Looming Post-IPO Challenge: Antitrust
As Facebook prepares for its initial public offering as early as May, it's already getting challenged on grounds usually reserved for long-public corporate giants: antitrust. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Researchers Say Social Media Eases Psychological Burden
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- Man shirks court-ordered Facebook apologies
A man who made comments about his estranged wife on his Facebook page and was threatened with jail unless he posted daily apologies for a month won't be locked up - even though he stopped making amends early.Mark Byron agreed to... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- YouTube, Facebook, Twitter: Tools of Syrian Opposition
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- What Does Yahoo's Lawsuit Mean for Facebook's IPO?
By filing a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook, Yahoo has made it clear that it has little to lose, especially as its core operating assets still fail to generate sufficient value for the company. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Taiwanese Woman Kills Herself on Facebook
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- Facebook Eats Instagram: Consolidation Time in Social Networking?
Consolidation is nothing new in social networking. In March, Twitter bought the blogging platform Posterous. Google has done a number of social acquisitions in the past couple of years, most notably the $200 million purchase of Slide, though it did little with it. Fading Hi5 sold out to Tagged in December. And of course, MySpace sold out eons ago to News Corp. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Lionsgate Exec Details Expanding Role Of The Hunger Games Adventures Facebook Game
Director Gary Ross’ film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bestselling The Hunger Games novel has already broken Hollywood box office records in its opening weekend ($152.5 million). Now Lionsgate is about to unleash an even deeper experience based on both the novel and the film with The Hunger Games Adventures Facebook game. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The Biotech Venture Capital Math Problem
Everyone has heard of the monster returns to some venture funds from high-flyng social media and technology companies: Facebook’s potential 800x for Accel, Google’s 350x for KPCB and Sequoia, Zynga’s 100x+ for Union Square, Foundry, and Avalon. These single big tech wins returned (or will return) multiples of their entire funds. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook Has Self To Blame For Employer Privacy Mess
Facebook's response to others' intrusion into their users' privacy is understandable, if a bit ironic. Facebook is forever doing its own careful dance around privacy; it doesn't need others (like employers, credit scorers, etc.) to push public opinion against it. But, the demon has been let out of the box. We're facing a trend that can't be stemmed with a deterrent as lame as the assertion of a user agreement. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook Co-Founder Taps Into Skyrocketing $600M Net Worth, Buys The New Republic
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes' net worth has soared as the company he helped start in a Harvard dorm room raked in hundreds of millions of users. Facebook filed for an IPO at the start of February and Hughes' minority stake in the company is worth at least $600 million — and possibly much more when it finally goes public. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook Doesn't Want Employers Asking For Users' Passwords
Facebook has officially taken a stand on the controversy over the Maryland Department of Corrections and other employers asking job applicants to hand over their Facebook passwords so they can peruse private content to ensure no red flags before hiring. The Maryland DOC, for example, was looking at private photos and wall postings to ensure that wannabe guards were not affiliated with gangs. (Poked by a gang leader? No job for you!) null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Like It Or Not, Facebook Rolls Out Timeline To All Pages
Facebook is the largest social network in the world with over 845 million users. Thanks to its massive scale and high user engagement, it makes billions of dollars in advertising revenues. Facebook has been trying to roll out optimized advertising units, which maximize the monetization potential of its large user base while not being too intrusive. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Privacy fightback
Facebook is warning employers not to demand the passwords of job applicants, saying it is an invasion of privacy that opens companies to legal liabilities. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Search Will Still Trump Social in Online Ads This Year
Facebook may be growing like a weed, making big acquisitions, and prepping for a blockbuster IPO, but a new study indicates Google has little to fear for its search ads just yet. The study, due out Tuesday morning from Adobe's digital marketing business unit (formerly the digital marketing firm Efficient Frontier before Adobe acquired it), also indicates that investor concern about Google's declining price per click ahead of its first-quarter earnings to be announced April 12 may be overblown. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook to make stock market debut 'in May'
Facebook will make its stock market debut in May with a record-setting initial public offering of shares, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.The world's leading online social network has stopped selling shares on the secondary market in order to get a precise count of investors, the Journal said, citing unnamed sources.Facebook on Tuesday modified its filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to warn potential investors that a patent lawsuit against the company by Internet pioneer Yahoo! could deliver a significant blow to its business. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Market Cap Per Employee: Instagram Hits $83 Million vs. Office Depot's $23,000, New York Times' $130,000
Facebook’s agreement to buy Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock works out to about $83 million per worker at the photo-sharing firm, which reportedly employs about one dozen workers, and the deal gives the tiny start-up a value roughly equal to established companies that include the New York Times (NYT), Peet’s Coffee (PEET), Cooper Tire & Rubber (CTB), and Office Depot (ODP). null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Teenager denies posting offensive Facebook message about dead soldiers
Far-right protesters stage noisy demonstration as Azhar Ahmed, 19, appears at Dewsbury magistrates courtA teenager has denied posting a grossly offensive message on Facebook about the deaths in Afghanistan of six British soldiers whose bodies are due to return to the UK on Tuesday.Azhar Ahmed, 19, appeared briefly at Dewsbury magistrates court in West Yorkshire, which was guarded by a heavy police presence as some 40 far-right demonstrators shouted abuse outside.A racially aggravated public order charge was withdrawn and replaced with the new accusation under the 2003 Communications Act. Ahmed, from Ravensthorpe near Dewsbury, was bailed to an undisclosed address after entering his denial and confirming his name and address.He will stand trail at Huddersfield magistrates court on 3 July.The tragedy in Afghanistan involved soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment, which draws many of its recruits from West Yorkshire and has its historic base at Halifax, near Dewsbury.The soldiers died shortly after arriving for a tour of duty in Helmand province when their Warrior armoured vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Lashkar Gah on 6 March. It was the worst loss of life for British forces since 14 servicemen were killed in the RAF Nimrod explosion in 2006.The dead were Sergeant Nigel Coupe, 33, of 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment and Corporal Jake Hartley, 20, Private Anthony Frampton, 20, Private Christopher Kershaw, 19, Private Daniel Wade, 20, and Private Daniel Wilford, 21, all of 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.Protesters outside the court carried placards demanding jail for people insulting British troops but were kept well away by rows of police backed by four video vans.CrimeFacebookInternetSocial networkingThe far rightMilitaryMartin Wainwr null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- AOL Reaps $1 Billion In Patents Deal With Microsoft
If you want to realize the value in your massive but underexploited patent portfolio, you can drag someone into court, as Yahoo did to Facebook, or you can try playing nice. AOL did the latter and walked away with a deal with Microsoft worth more than $1 billion, it announced Monday. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- 6 Things We Can Learn About Addicting Content from TFLN
Infamous for its scandalous bits of clumsy prose crafted in the wee hours of the morning, Texts From Last Night sexted its way onto the web in 2009. Three years later, TFLN has come a long way from its humble beginnings on BlogSpot?the site now gets an average of 4.5 million hits a day, claims over 1.5 million likes on Facebook, and has a book, a mobile application, and talks of a television show in the works. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- What Facebook? Google's a Buy to $750 a Share, Says Citi
Influential Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney upped his 12-month price target on Google today from $680 to $750, maintaining a buy rating he restored last November. The new target didn't help the search giant's shares from posting a fractional decline, to $647.02 today, though in extended trading, shares gained back a bit more than they lost. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Dear Silicon Valley: Please Quit Whining About Patents
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- LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner: More Ad Opportunities Coming for Marketers
LinkedIn is sometimes forgotten in the huge shadow of Facebook, but it has managed to carve out a distinct niche as a professional network--and even beat Facebook to public stock status last year. It has also crafted a business model that, unlike many Web sites, even social networks, doesn't depend chiefly on advertising. In its fourth quarter, its $168 million in revenues included $85 million from hiring solutions, $33 million in premium subscriptions, and $50 million in marketing solutions (advertising). null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- 100 Million Facebook Fans: GM Kristin Frank on MTV's Historic Milestone and Her Career
MTV's longevity and success, in an industry known for ever-changing tastes―ah, boybands!―and an audience that's a moving target, can be credited to its willingness to adapt. Not one for forcing a square peg into a round hole, MTV's ability to innovate and match their audiences' interests across multiple platforms is impressive. And while some may mourn the days of when MTV was an all-music, all-the-time station, I know that this reporter both respects the creativity MTV employs to stay profitable and appreciates the diverse―albeit often ‘guilty pleasure’―programming. Today I'd like to introduce you to the woman is responsible for guiding MTV through the ever changing landscapes of TV, web, social and mobile: Kristin Frank. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook Billionaires Shifted More Than $200 Million Gift-Tax Free
Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz, the co-founders of Facebook and two of the world's youngest billionaires, may seem too young to be thinking about estate planning. But in 2008, when they were both 24, they used an estate planning tool that is more familiar to people two or three times their age. It involved putting pre-IPO stock into a special kind of trust that will explode in value when the company goes public. In the process Zuckerberg and Moskovitz, by FORBES conservative estimate, will together shift $185 million to trust beneficiaries without having to pay gift tax. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s CEO, who was then 39, used the same strategy to transfer at least $19 million tax-free. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- How Intel Does Marketing, Moneyball-Style
Moneyball, the book and movie about how the Oakland A's fielded contending teams on a shoestring, is a term that marketers love to bat around these days. The idea is that they don't have to depend mainly on expensive television and magazine ads to get their messages out to consumers. Instead, they can use social media such as Facebook and Twitter, mobile ads, and in some cases consumers themselves to do better marketing on the cheap. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- How Tech Firms Steal All the Ad Dollars From News Media
Much of the coverage of a new report on the state of news media released today by Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism focused on the surprisingly small amount of traffic directed to news sites by social services such as Facebook and Twitter. News sites get only 9% of their traffic from social networks, while they still get 32% of traffic from search engines such as Google and 36% from visits to their own sites. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- 'Sharky' walks free after alleged stabbing
Musclebound former loan shark Timothy Ward is free and smiling again after his arrest for an alleged stabbing in expatriate hot spot Pattaya, Thailand, last month.The New Zealander, known as Tim Sharky to his 10,000 Facebook followers,... _NULL_
- Myanmar media use Twitter, Facebook to report vote
Myanmar's journalists will take to Twitter and Facebook in their battle to beat press restrictions and deliver breaking news of Sunday's by-elections that for many will be the biggest story of their careers.The vote -- the first contested by opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and likely to propel her into parliament -- is set to pose a host of challenges for news editors from the country's long-censored media. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook Tags Nasdaq
Nasdaq OMX has scored the listing of Facebook shares, winning what has been seen as the most-coveted listing among a new guard of Internet businesses. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Fanplayr Lets Retailers Gamify Their Sales Promotions Across Platforms
One of the interesting things about the rise of social media and the mobile web is that now businesses have multiple ways to reach their customers, whether its on their phones, on the web, on Facebook, on Twitter, or even just in person. This is a blessing, in that now there are more ways then ever for businesses to get in touch with their customers. But it's also a curse - because it can be time consuming and frustrating to have so many ways for businesses to get in touch with their customers. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Taiwan woman kills self while on Facebook
Police in Taiwan said today that a 31-year-old woman has killed herself by inhaling poisonous fumes while chatting with friends on Facebook and that none of her friends alerted authorities. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Guardian Open Weekend: Facebook and China - video
Richard Allan, Facebook's director of policy in Europe, talks with Ian Katz about the company's policy on ChinaIan Katz
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- Biotech: The High Stakes Table of Entrepreneurship
Science and entrepreneurship are both acts of experimentation. Both involve taking risks to reach a positive end, changing course when needed, and attempting the never-been-done. While many start-ups now are focused on creating the next Facebook or some genius e-commerce play, there are also scientists tinkering in labs. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook And The Job Interview: What Employers Should Be Doing
Since the news broke that some employers now ask job applicants for their social media passwords, most coverage has focused on the perceived invasion of applicants' privacy. But this practice isn't just creepy and illegal in some states, such as Maryland and Illinois; it?s also a bad business move. Here are four ways asking for passwords can harm your company in the long run and what to do instead. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Yahoo Defriends Facebook With Patent Lawsuit--a Blatant Play for IPO Riches?
So Yahoo finally went and did it. Today, it sued Facebook for allegedly infringing 10 of Yahoo's patents related to advertising, Web site customization, electronic messaging, social networking, and privacy. (Forbes' Eric Savitz has the complete rundown.) null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Google Working on Better Ways to Measure Online Ad Impact
Still the king of search ads, with no end in sight, Google has for years tried to diversify into display ads, the pictorial banners that support most Web sites. Despite those efforts, Facebook has zoomed into the lead in display ads. But with the rapid growth of Google's own display ads on partner sites, its YouTube service, and Android phones has some forecasters predicting the search giant will capture the lead next year. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- WalmartLabs Can Figure Out Gifts Your Facebook Friends Want
Stuck trying to find a gift for your mother-in-law, or that 16-year old niece? Put WalmartLabs’ Social Genome to work. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- School shooting plot on Facebook
TWO males were arrested after reportedly plotting on Facebook a Columbine-style shooting at their old school.
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- How Tennessee Got Volkswagen And New York Attracted Google, Facebook
The Republican governors of Maine, Oklahoma and Tennessee tackled the challenges of tax policy at the George W. Bush Presidential Center's tax summit in New York Tuesday, one-upping each other with stories of how they cut rates, reformed government spending and managed to get their states in the win column when it comes to growth. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Forced to marry her rapist, Moroccan teen kills herself
The case of a 16-year-old girl who killed herself after she was forced to marry her rapist has spurred outrage among Morocco's internet activists and calls for changes to the country's laws.An online petition, a Facebook page and... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Google Greens Up Data Center With Recycled Water For Cooling
The data center has become the coal-fired power plant of the tech industry – the most visible symbol of the online world’s environmental impact. And in recent years, Apple, Facebook, Google and other Silicon Valley giants have undertaken efforts, voluntarily and under pressure from groups like Greenpeace, to slash their massive electricity consumption and secure power from renewable energy sources. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Anger grows over neighbourhood watch shooting
The famous and the unsung took to Facebook and Twitter in hooded sweatshirts on Thursday in solidarity with the family of a black teenager shot to death by a Hispanic neighbourhood watch captain in Florida.The spontaneous social... null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Big Brother 2.0: What If the NSA Adopts Facebook's 'Hacker Way'?
The government is getting better than you at remembering your life. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Zuckerberg's China trip sparks Facebook frenzy
The sight of a vacationing Mark Zuckerberg in Shanghai has sparked a frenzy of online speculation over the possibility Facebook might return to China, even though the site remains firmly blocked. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Kony 2012: the facts behind the video INFOGRAPHIC
The viral phenomenon of the Kony video has been exhaustively examined by Polly Curtis' Reality Check - but Datablog user Charlie Morton has come up with this infographic about the charity behind the video, Invisible Children. Click the image below to see itMore open dataData journalism and data visualisations from the GuardianWorld government data• Search the world's government data with our gatewayDevelopment and aid data• Search the world's global development data with our gatewayCan you do something with this data?• Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr group• Contact us at data@guardian.co.uk• Get the A-Z of data• More at the Datastore directory• Follow us on Twitter• Like us on FacebookKony 2012TwitterLiberiaUgandaInternetSimon Rogersguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- How Facebook Billionaires Dodge Mega-Millions In Taxes
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- Elaine's Bartender Raises $1,250 For Charity Auctioning Off Bar Stool
This is not an April Fool's story. Alex Gregg is a beloved bartender who lost his job--and his health insurance--when the famous restaurant Elaine's closed on May 29, 2011. Gregg did walk away with a souvenir, however. After most of Elaine Kaufman's belongings were auctioned off at Doyle's last fall, Gregg got to keep a bar stool. What to do? If he sold it, no one could blame him. He needed the money. Instead, Gregg just finished conducting an auction on the Elaine's Facebook page among the restaurant's regulars. The winner was a former regular, Men's Health editor Dave Zinczenko. His winning bid was $1,250. Gregg is doing what he said from the beginning--donating the money to Wounded Warriors, a charity that helps returning soldiers. Elaine would be very thrilled; she was extremely patriotic and was always supportive of US troops. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Would you give an employer your Facebook password? | Poll
US senators are calling for a government investigation into firms' growing practice of demanding Facebook passwords of prospective employees. Would you share your password to help get a job?
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- Letters: Security policies under a cloud
Whitehall's strange attitude to the confidentiality of our personal data is revealed not only by its recent attempt to resurrect the snoopers' web-surveillance charter (Report, 3 April), but also by two other initiatives, IdA and G-Cloud.IdA, Whitehall's identity assurance initiative, is part of its plan to make all public services accessible only over the web. When you submit your tax return, for example, you will require an electronic ID managed by the likes of Google and Facebook. G-Cloud is Whitehall's plan to put all government data on the web, where it will be stored on computers operated by Google and other cloud-computing service providers like Amazon.These initiatives are being promoted in the name of efficiency and reform, and are the responsibility of Francis Maude. Whitehall's idea of efficiency and reform seems to be to hand over our personal data to third parties in overseas jurisdictions where it will be impossible for Whitehall to keep control of it. David MossLondon• The government must not be allowed to destroy the rule of law (No 10 remains defiant over new security legislation, 5 April). If our government's role is to protect its people and prosecute wrongdoers then no one, not even the security services, can be above the law. Evidence of criminal acts must be examined in public. Secret courts would erode all confidence in our legal system.The Gibson torture inquiry was supposed to examine the many allegations of UK complicity in torture abroad. Its remit was flawed by the inquiry's refusal to consider public scrutiny of the facts. The green paper goes one step further. It proposes legislation that will protect war criminals under the guise of national security. Torturers and those who witness torture will walk free. Human rights abuses will be repea null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Yahoo Plans Restructuring, Layoffs And War With Facebook
Yahoo's earnings were quite disappointing in 2011, as its core advertising business struggles to keep up with giants like Google and Facebook. Even the new CEO, Scott Thompson, has failed to inspire confidence. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Yelp Overview: A Look at Deals, Reservations & Other Services
Yelp is one of the largest online local business search, review and recommendation service, which enables consumers to access ratings, and read reviews and opinions about local businesses like hotels, restaurants, salons, dentists and mechanics on their website. It competes primarily with other online business review services like Google Places, Yahoo Local, Angie’s List, CityLocal and Gumtree; display advertising players like Google, Yahoo, Facebook and AOL; and daily-deal sites like Groupon and LivingSocial. Yelp generates revenue through local advertising, display or brand advertising and other services like Yelp Deals, its own daily deals offering. It also generates some revenue from partners like OpenTable and Orbitz by facilitating restaurant, hotel and airline ticket reservations through its platform. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The world map of chocolate (made out of chocolate)
You may be focussing on chocolate over the weekend - but where does it come from? A global trade analysed. In chocolate• Get the dataChocolate is seriously big business. 2,650,342 tonnes of cocoa were shipped around the world in 2009/10, according to the latest data from the International Cocoa Organisation. We wanted to visualise that trade - which is where the Guardian graphics team came in, lovingly creating the map above out of melted chocolate onto greaseproof paper using paintbrushes and letting it cool. Then it was photographed, with the original, er, filed rather deliciously.Guardian graphic artist Jenny Ridley then created the graphic above. It shows interesting things, such as the Netherlands as a global focus of the cocoa trade. According to the ICCO, this is because:The cocoa industry in the Netherlands has traditionally been very active, with large cocoa processing plants from major international cocoa processors. A large share of the cocoa liquor, butter & powder produced from the raw beans is then exportedThe full data is below. What can you do with it?Download the data• DATA: download the full spreadsheetNEW! Buy our book• Facts are Sacred: the power of data (on Kindle)More open dataData journalism and data visualisations from the GuardianWorld government data• Search the world's government data with our gatewayDevelopment and aid data• Search the world's global development data with our gatewayCan you do something with this data?• Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr group• Contact us at data@guardian.co.uk• Get the A-Z of data• More at the Datastore directory• Follow us on Twitter• Like us on FacebookChocolateInternational tradeFair tradeCommoditiesFood & drinkSimon RogersJenny Ridleyguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian New null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Zipcar Hits College Campuses To Attract Young Drivers
Zipcar's expansion in 2011 focused mainly on building its presence around universities and college campuses as the company acknowledges that 18-34 year olds are its most important market and hold the key to Zipcar?s success. From tying up with Ford to launching the Facebook app and investing in the college P2P car-sharing Wheelz, Zipcar is pulling out all the stops to become the favorite among young drivers. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Google Earnings Preview: Ads, Mobile & Social in Focus
Google is the global leader in online search and advertising where it competes with the likes of Microsoft, Yahoo and Facebook. It is also the dominant player in mobile market with Android which competes primarily with Apple's iOS and Microsoft’s Windows Phone. Almost all of its revenue is driven by its search advertising business. Google will report its earnings for Q1 2012 on April 12, and we will closely watch its performance in search, mobile and social networking segments. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Marine should be dismissed over Facebook attack on Obama, board rules
Marine Corps recommends less-than-honorable discharge for Gary Stein after he claimed he would not follow Obama's ordersA US marine who posted on Facebook that he would not follow orders from President Barack Obama should be dismissed from the military with a less-than-honorable discharge, a Marine Corps review board has ruled.Gary Stein, 26, did not comment on the ruling, which was issued a day after his lawyers unsuccessfully sought to delay the review board by seeking an injunction in the federal court in San Diego.The recommendation to administratively discharge Stein came after a 13-hour hearing and an hour of deliberation by the panel. It will be submitted to Brigadier General Daniel Yoo, the commanding general of the US Marine Corps Recruiting Depot, where Stein is stationed.Yoo has not said what action he plans to take, if any. He is expected to make a decision within 30 days, according to Major Mike Armistead, a Marine Corps spokesman.Any discharge from the military that is not honorable can mean the loss of benefits available to most US military veterans.Stein, who is a meteorologist at Camp Pendleton, has served nearly nine years, including a tour of duty in Iraq. He was due to either re-enlist or end his enlistment at the end of July, according to court documents.Stein had posted comments saying he would refuse to obey orders from the president, who is the commander-in-chief of the military, on a Facebook page called the Armed Forces Tea Party page.He later removed the comments and said he meant only unlawful orders. In 2010, he got in similar trouble with the Marine Corps and was advised to post a disclaimer that the Armed Forces Tea Party page is not affiliated with the armed forces.He also posted comments to a Facebook network called Metoc, which is limit null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Yahoo Restructures To Focus On Online Media, Social And E-Commerce
Yahoo's CEO has outlined some major details about Yahoo’s restructuring plans following major layoffs last week, which saw the company announce plans to shed almost 15% of its total workforce in a bid to save around $375 million and focus on its core competencies to become more profitable and better compete with the likes of Google and Facebook. (see our note Yahoo Worth $18, Gets Nimble To Focus On Core Businesses) null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Buddy Media's Mike Lazerow: How Marketers Can Win With New Facebook Ads
With the coming Facebook IPO, attention has focused on the business of advertising on Facebook. Recently Facebook revamped its ad system to make content a much bigger part of brands' presence on the social network. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook, Uh, Oh, Oh Song Ignites The Eurovision Song Contest Community
Never far from the cutting edge of culture, this year's Eurovision Song Contest is set to bring the world of social networks to a global audience of 125 million viewers. While the contest isn't until May, countries across Europe are announcing their 'Song for Europe' to the fans and media. Moments ago, San Marino debuted their song, and it's already proving a headache. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Google Isn't 'Leveraging Its Dominance,' It's Fighting To Avoid Obsolescence
Six months may not seem a great deal of time in the general business world, but in the Internet space it’s a lifetime as new websites, tools and features are introduced every day that change where and how users get and share information. The rise of Facebook is a great example: The social networking platform that didn’t exist in early 2004 filed paperwork last month to launch what is expected to be one of the largest IPOs in history. To put it in perspective, Ford Motor went public nearly 40 years after it was founded. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook Can Tell You If A Person Is Worth Hiring
Employers already know it's a good idea to check job candidates' Facebook pages to make sure there aren't any horrible red flags there. The reddest flags for most employers seem to be drugs, drinking, badmouthing employers, and lying about one's qualifications. But there's another good reason for checking out a candidate's Facebook page before inviting them in for an interview: it may be a fairly accurate reflection of how good they'll be at the job. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- The Hidden Costs to Facebook's Digital Ad Revolution
A new CMO survey from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the American Marketing Association finds that chief marketing officers are planning to scale back their spending on traditional advertising over the next year, by 0.8%. The last time the survey queried CMOs on this, in August 2011, they said they expected to increase spend on traditional advertising by 1.3%. The difference between then and now, as the survey points out, is a negative 161.%. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
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- Senator Wants To Make It Illegal For Employers To Ask For Your Facebook Password
Senator Richard Blumenthal is working on a bill that would ban employers from asking for job applicants' Facebook passwords. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook: Is it Worth $100B? Or More??
SharePost currently pegs Facebook valution at $100B, making it one of the top five US IPOs of all times. The recent performance of Yelp?s IPO illustrates what could be unprecedented interest in the stock. This hype lends itself to knee-jerk reactions in both directions: those who must have the stock and those who wouldn?t touch the stock. While only the preliminary prospectus is available and the pricing range has not yet been set, this article takes an early look at metrics for evaluating the Facebook IPO. (Further evaluation will be necessary as the IPO approaches...) null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- 'John Carter' Fans Start Facebook Group Calling For Sequel
Fans of the new John Carter film take heart -- there is a new Facebook group calling on Disney to have faith in the franchise and move forward with a sequel. The group is spreading their message on Twitter, encouraging fans of the film to retweet the message and to join the Facebook group. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Pandora's Growth Marches On At Slower Pace, Stock Worth $10
Pandora Media recently released its business metrics for the month of March 2012. It appears that although the company is still growing at a strong pace, it has slowed down slightly. Pandora is looking to continue its fast-paced expansion despite increasing competition from Clear Channel Radio and Spotify, which has expanded via Facebook. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook Beefs Up Its Defenses With IBM Patents
Facebook has been in the news a lot in the last couple of months in the build up to what could be the biggest Internet IPO. More recently, it has been targeted by Yahoo for patent infringement lawsuits based on patents covering dynamics page generation and social features. It has also been sued by a Canadian IT company and AOL could potentially jump into the fray soon as well. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- American teen dies posting on Facebook while driving
An 18-year-old American girl died while driving and updating her status on social network website Facebook. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Now Facebook squares up for Google fight
Facebook is working on a revolutionary online advertising plan that executives believe could allow the social networking phenomenon to take on Google. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook Can't Save You -- But Mad Men Might
On my morning commute, I pass within a few feet of Facebook headquarters. At the office, I park on the edge of the Googleplex, which if left to expand at the current rate will soon cross into Nevada. When I check my email, I find tweets forwarded from one venture capitalist or another, momentarily excited by someone’s 140 characters of distilled genius. Sometimes, after I come home from work, my wife will mention a cool new thing she pinned or saw on Pinterest. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- How Do You Play The Yahoo-Facebook Face-off And Other Issues Confronting Yahoo?
Yahoo, of late, has been confronted by vexing multiple issues, including its legal skirmishing with Facebook, massive cost-slashing through layoffs, looming proxy battle, and persistent takeover threats. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Why did Facebook buy Instagram for a whopping $1bn?
Why did Facebook pay such a massive price? We're collecting insights from industry observers – and we'd like your thoughtsFacebook's Mark Zuckerburg has announced that his company will acquire photo-sharing app Instagram for a whopping $1bn in cash and shares. Why did Facebook pay such a massive price? We're collecting insights and observations from industry observers, reporters and readers. Tweet us @GuardianUS, or toss in your thoughts in the comments below. FacebookUnited StatesTechnology sectorTechnology startupsAmanda Michelguardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- What Was It About Instagram That Made It Worth A $1B Acquisition By Facebook?
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- Instagram makeover: see Obama, Bush and Blair transformed! Well, sort of
Instagram has been bought by Facebook for $1bn – but what difference would the app have made to five famous images?With the news that Facebook had decided to acquire Instagram for the princely sum of $1bn, we wondered what difference the photo sharing app would have made to a selection of well-known images. After all, Instagram is the app that has transformed the photographs of a generation of amateurs, ironing out bad exposure and glossing over poor focusing. Would it not do the same for the professionals?Answer: probably not. BromancegramHas the special relationship ever looked more special? George Bush and Tony Blair looked particularly at ease in each other's company during a walkabout at Camp David in February 2001. With the help of Instagram's Toaster filter, warmth flows from this photo.InauguramBarack Obama is sworn in as US president in January 2009. The presence of a hipster with an iPhone and the Instagram app would surely have only added to the gravitas.WeddingramNo modern wedding is complete without a grainy image loaded through Instagram's Lo-fi filter. With the click of roughly five buttons, Wills and Kate go from stuffy monarchs to über-cool scenesters. YeltsigramThe gregarious first president of the Russian federation was known for his love of the good life, although by the time he left office he was seen as something of an embarrassment among Russians. Yeltsin did himself no favours with an infamous dancing performance during his presidency – but perhaps if his moves had been seen through Instagram, they would have been better appreciated.LisagramWhile Leonardo da Vinci turns in his grave, behold the Mona Lisa – as the artist never intended. The Lo-fi gives the subject a little more colour in her cheeks, as well as a snazzy border and a weird green lin null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook buys Instagram for $1bn: full statement by Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook has acquired the photo-sharing application Instagram for $1bnFacebook has bought the photo-sharing application Instagram for a reported $1bn.Here's the full statement by founder Mark Zuckerberg issued on the Facebook website.Statement by Mark ZuckerbergI'm excited to share the news that we've agreed to acquire Instagram and that their talented team will be joining Facebook.For years, we've focused on building the best experience for sharing photos with your friends and family. Now, we'll be able to work even more closely with the Instagram team to also offer the best experiences for sharing beautiful mobile photos with people based on your interests.We believe these are different experiences that complement each other. But in order to do this well, we need to be mindful about keeping and building on Instagram's strengths and features rather than just trying to integrate everything into Facebook.That's why we're committed to building and growing Instagram independently. Millions of people around the world love the Instagram app and the brand associated with it, and our goal is to help spread this app and brand to even more people.We think the fact that Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is an important part of the experience. We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have followers and follow people separately from your friends on Facebook.These and many other features are important parts of the Instagram experience and we understand that. We will try to learn from Instagram's experience to build similar features into our other products. At the same time, we will try to help Instagram continue to grow by using Facebook's null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Billion-Dollar Deals: Facebook Savvy, AOL Out of Steam
Two big deals are in the news today, one of which tells us how a winner wins, the other how a loser loses. Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion, snares a teensy competitor, gains mobile and other technology and perhaps a way to block arch-enemy Pinterest. AOL, meanwhile, gets a touch more than a billion from Microsoft and shows it is out of ideas. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Hey Teacher (And Employer), Leave Those Facebook Passwords Alone
The news is full of stories this week about those in positions of power demanding Facebook passwords. The ACLU announced that it is helping a Minnesota high school student sue Minnewaska Area Schools after school officials forced her to hand over her Facebook password so that they could search her private messages for an alleged conversation with another student about S-E-X. Because the school is a public institution, the ACLU alleges this violated the student's constitutional right to be free from unreasonable searches. Meanwhile, MSNBC reports on prospective prison guards in Maryland being forced to hand over their Facebook passwords during job interviews and college athletes who are forced to friend their coaches on the social network. The Maryland Department of Corrections wanted to check applicants' pages for any signs that they're affiliated with a gang, while coaches want to make sure athletes are behaving (and not violating any NCAA rules). null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook secures US$8 billion ahead of public offer
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Facebook has secured US$8 billion (S$10 billion) ahead of the social network's eagerly-anticipated initial public offering (IPO), according to documents provided to US regulators. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
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