But its not just Google and Facebook mixing data to find trends and make decisions, it’s data collected by any technology and used by automobiles, high-tech home sensors, insurance providers, employers, retail sites and political parties. Lately, however, it is social sites, fed with user-created content, dominating the privacy news. Those sites have a thirst […]
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This week, the European Commission proposed new online privacy rules that give users among other protections the right to ask for the deletion of information about them on sites such as Facebook and Google. The proposal, which if passed into law would go into effect in 2014, would have global implications. “Companies will have to […]
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Simpson is working with the World Wide Web Consortium on a “do not track” standard. Giving that sense of control back to users might just be a wave that could catch on. This week in the wake of Google’s new privacy policy, an informal Washington Post survey of nearly 14,000 readers showed nearly 66% were […]
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Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that he is ready to hand over captaincy to someone better than him. Dhoni is currently facing huge criticism following India’s terrible performance in the Test series against Australia. Team India was wiped out 4-0 by the Aussies, and it was their second consecutive whitewash defeat in an […]
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Pakistan terms drone strikes unlawful and counterproductive Despite acknowledging tactical advantages of the US unmanned attacks in the tribal region, Pakistan appeared to shrug off the unexpected confirmation by Washington on its strikes, terming them unlawful, counterproductive and hence intolerable. According to the media reports, Foreign Office spokesperson, Abdul Basit said, “Notwithstanding tactical advantages of […]
Indian painter Pranava Prakash beaten up at the gallery over painting actors in nude Indian artist, Pranava Prakash, who is famously known for making painting of Bollywood actors in nude, has been beaten up at the Espace Alternative galley in Nodia while he was exhibiting a number of nude paintings of Vidya Balan. The 32-year-old […]
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Having being embarrassed badly during the test series by the three-time world champions, Australia, Indian national team are now preparing for the shorter version of the game, T20 and ODI’s. The Men in Blue will hope to see a turn-around in their fortunes when they face a slightly different unit than what they came across […]
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Pakistani actress Veena Malik is always a talking point. The actress popularity is so immense that every third person wants to get affiliated with Veena to garner cheap publicity. An wannabe model Vedita Pratap Singh who shares her screen presence with Veena Malik for the film Mumbai 125 kilometers had accused the Pakistani actress of […]
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Government apparently thinking of early elections Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, retracting yet another stand, said that general elections could be held prior to its schedule in consultation with other political parties. The premier, while in Davos, had stated that there was no need for early polls. After observing the wavering of the government, […]
Facebook is planning to initiate the filing for their firs Initial Public Offering this year. The Securities and Exchange Commission will be taking the social network’s financial statements under consideration. So far the vitals of getting into the stock market are strong for Facebook. The reputation is good although Mark Zuckerberg and company has been […]
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Facebook has “revenues,” not profits, of $4.3 billion. If the company becomes valued at $100 billion, and had zero expenses, it would take you 23 years to get your money back. Of course, there are expenses, which means that profits are a lot less, last year around $1 billion. So, at a valuation of $100 […]
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Shahrukh Khan assaults Farah Khan’s husband Shirish Kunder As per the reports, Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan has assaulted Farah Khan’s husband Shirish Kunder at Sunjay and Manyata Dutt’s party, which was thrown last night at a Juhu nightclub in Mumbai. Sunjay threw the party in order to celebrate the stupendous success of his film […]
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