Facebook agrees to changes to improve transparency
By MELISSA EDDY BERLIN (AP) – Facebook Inc. has agreed to make several changes to its services to improve transparency and better protect the personal data of its millions of users outside of the U.S., following an in-depth audit of its international headquarters that was released Wednesday. The social media company, based in Palo Alto, … Read more
To thwart porn, colleges are buying up .xxx sites
By PATRICK CONDON ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The University of Kansas is buying up website names such as www.KUgirls.xxx and www.KUnurses.xxx. But not because it’s planning a Hot Babes of Kansas site or an X-rated gallery of the Nude Girls of the Land of Aaahs. Instead, the university and countless other schools and businesses … Read more
Twitter simplifies in bid to engage more users
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Twitter is changing to address a paradox about a service that revolves around messages limited to just 140 characters. As simple as it sounds, the concept remains too confusing and frustrating for a lot of people. A redesign is supposed to make Twitter easier to navigate. It offers … Read more
Humbled Netflix CEO still thinking, talking big
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – To hear Netflix CEO Reed Hastings tell it, the bone-headed decisions that have dragged down the Internet’s leading video subscription service during the past five months eventually will be forgotten like a bad movie made by a great film director. Shaking off the stigma of a massive flop … Read more
Clear Channel joining daily deal boom in tie-up
By RYAN NAKASHIMA LOS ANGELES (AP) – Broadcasting giant Clear Channel Radio is getting into the daily deals business in a partnership with radio station rival Cumulus Media Inc. As part of the deal, Clear Channel will add Cumulus’ 570 radio stations to its iHeartRadio online listening service. In exchange, Clear Channel will share in … Read more
Postal cuts to slow delivery of first-class mail
By HOPE YEN WASHINGTON (AP) – Facing bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service is pushing ahead with unprecedented cuts to first-class mail next spring that will slow delivery and, for the first time in 40 years, eliminate the chance for stamped letters to arrive the next day. The estimated $3 billion in reductions, to be announced … Read more
Cable companies to resell Verizon Wireless service
By PETER SVENSSON NEW YORK (AP) – Cable companies Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House Networks are giving up on their dreams of creating their own wireless network, opting instead to resell Verizon Wireless service. The companies said Friday that they have agreed to sell their wireless licenses – which they haven’t … Read more
Study confirms many of us go online for no reason
NEW YORK (AP) – For anyone who needed official word, a new study confirms that many of us – and the majority of young adults – go online for no good reason at all. The report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that on any given day, 53 percent of … Read more
