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How to Stop Google From Using Your Name and Face in Ads
Take these fast, easy steps to keep your mug out of Google ads.
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Building a Business
Snapchat’s Legal Woes to ‘Disappear’ After Reaching Settlement With the FTC
By Geoff Weiss
Business News
Google Changes Policy, Says It Won’t Scan Student Gmail Accounts for Ads
The company said it will soon make similar changes for all Google Apps customers.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Cutting the Cord: How One Woman Tried to Hide Her Pregnancy From the Internet
In a world where digital patterns are meticulously and surreptitiously tracked by marketers, Janet Vertesi sought to conceal her pregnancy from the ever-watchful glare of big data.
By Geoff Weiss
Online Presence
With ‘Nearby Friends’ Feature, Facebook Stalking Is About to Take On New Meaning
Facebook's latest feature allows you to see which of your friends are near your physical location in real time.
By Wendy Frink
Tech
Ever Want to ‘Unsend’ an Email? Now You Can.
Pluto Mail lets you 'unsend' messages, edit unopened ones and choose a shelf-life for all your email transactions.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Hourly Job Seekers Bypass Logging Into Social Network on Applications
Despite the time saving promise, job seekers may avoid linking their personal accounts due to privacy concerns.
By Luis Salazar
Tech
Google Gets Defensive About Google Glass ‘Myths’
Oh, so, Google Glass won't turn you into a creepy, intrusive eyeborg? Right.
Building a Business
After Assault Footage Goes Viral, Perpetrator Sues Google for $200 Million
Twenty-four-year-old Antonio Ynoa is suing Google, YouTube and Dailymotion over video footage that captured him drunkenly attacking a JetBlue airline attendant in 2011.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
6 Things You Should Know About ‘Anti-Google’ Search Engine DuckDuckGo
The search could be over for a more private way to search the Internet.
Tech
French Courts Force Google to Air Indiscretion on Homepage
Following a failed appeal, Google was ordered by French courts post a notice on its Google.fr homepage informing users that it would be paying a 150,000-euro fine over privacy violations.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
Why Your Small Business Is at Risk of a Hack Attack
In the wake of the Target and Neiman Marcus data breaches, startups and small businesses should realize they aren't immune.
By Heesun Wee
Building a Business
Extortion Over $50,000 Twitter Handle Sets a Chilling Precedent
A California web developer with the Twitter handle @N was forced to give it to a hacker who compromised both his PayPal and GoDaddy accounts
By Geoff Weiss
Tech
Neiman’s Hack Attack Is Looking More and More Like Target’s
Neiman Marcus reported that a more-than-expected 1.1 million shoppers may have been affected by a hack job that employed similar malware to the kind that compromised Target.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
37 South Korean Bank Execs Offer to Resign Over Breach. Should Target Execs Follow Suit?
When news broke regarding a massive theft of customer information, dozens of top executives at South Korean financial companies tendered their resignations.
Building a Business
Target, Neiman Marcus Credit Card Hacks Could Be More Widespread, Experts Say
Agencies warn that malicious software that targets POS units has 'potentially infected a large number' of retailers.
By Jason Fell
Tech
Obama Changes Rules for NSA Data Collection
Today, the President announced a plan to overhaul the way the National Security Agency handles cell phone metadata, among other security policy changes.
Building a Business
Internet Activists Plan Day of Action to Protest Mass Surveillance
Members of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Demand Progress and activists at large will mobilize on Feb. 11 to protest the NSA's surveillance tactics.
Online Presence
Soon You Won’t Be Able to Buy Sponsored Stories on Facebook
Beginning April 9, ads that showcase when a friend happens to 'like' or check into a sponsored page or location will no longer be available for purchase.
By Geoff Weiss
Building a Business
Facebook Sued for Allegedly Using Your Private Messages to Trigger Ads
How much access is Facebook giving advertisers to your 'private' messages?
Building a Business
100 Things You Should Be Talking About in 2014
Here's advertising agency powerhouse JWT's annual list of what's going to be on the top of everyone's tongue this year.
Building a Business
Tell Us: Are Anti-Google T-Shirts a Good Look for Microsoft?
Google responds to Microsoft's line of anti-Google merchandise.
By Laura Entis
Building a Business
Could This New Recruiting Tool Be a Bigger, Smarter LinkedIn?
Identified collects and organizes people's public information to create the largest professional database on the internet, with one billion profiles and counting.
By Laura Entis
Online Presence
Facebook Allows Teens to Make Posts Public
In a move that could change the way companies market to teens online, Facebook will give teens the option of making their content public.
Online Presence
Facebook Facepalm: In Big Real-Estate Buy, Mark Zuckerberg Seeks Personal Privacy, Then Removes Online Privacy Feature
As Facebook makes it more difficult for users to maintain privacy, its co-founder is taking drastic measures to protect his own.
By Jason Fell
Tech
Google May Have Violated Wiretap Laws
In a win for online privacy advocates but a blow to advertisers, a federal judge has ruled Google may have violated wiretapping laws by scanning and reviewing users' Gmails.
Building a Business
Google Looking Beyond ‘Cookies’ to Track People Online
In a shift for the advertising industry, Google is said to be developing a new system that assigns web users a unique identifier.
Online Presence
New Facebook Privacy Issue Sparks Official FTC Inquiry
The social network is under fire again over the way it shares user information for advertising purposes.
By Jason Fell