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etc: When it comes to getting advice on personal issues, British teens are more likely to turn to the Internet than their parents.
When it comes to getting advice on personal issues, British teens are more likely to turn to the Internet than their parents. Read More: Reuters Read the comments on this post
Continue reading »Yelp Accused of Extortion
Yelp, the online review site, is being accused of extortion in a class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles this week. The suit alleges that the site tried to get a Long Beach veterinary hospital named Cats and Dogs Animal Hospital to pay $300 a month — for a minimum 12-month commitment — to suppress or delete reviews that disparaged the hospital. Yelp , a popular San Francisco-based site, is one of the leading sites for consumers to post reviews and comments about their local businesses and services and touts its integrity of “Real people.
Continue reading »UK Says ‘No’ To Disconnecting File-Sharers, Sort Of
In November 2009, details finally became public concerning the UK Digital Economy Bill, which aimed to turn elements of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report into law. Part of the proposals indicated that Internet users would face being monitored by the music and movie industries. Their ISPs would then be required to pass on copyright infringement notices based on evidence supplied by anti-piracy tracking companies.
Continue reading »Google Buzz – Gmail mod for the Tweetbook set
Looking for relevance in Web2.0rhea Google has updated Gmail with a “social networking” add-on dubbed Google Buzz, a tool for sharing personal info with others à la Facebook and Twitter.…
Continue reading »Brokers must think twice before tweeting, Facebooking
If you’re a registered broker or work for firm that sells any sort of investment products, you’ll want to think twice before blurting out anything that could be construed as investment advice on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social networking site. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has updated its guidelines for interpreting the rules that govern how brokers present advice to the public to cover online social networks; and, in some cases, the guidelines rely on social network monitoring and archiving technology that doesn’t even exist yet. The new guidelines have two broad effects on the way financial firms use social media.
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