Not even seven days after the celebrations, champagne (or beer in the case of most Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs) and the enormous hype which surrounded the ‘biggest technology flotation in history’, a newly married 28 year-old Zuckerberg, is being sued. Schrage, usually a smooth operator, struggled to answer her questions with any kind of poise. Finally, (after a nail-bitingly long pause), he said that by people clicking the ‘like’ button on brands’ Facebook pages, was them effectively giving their consent for their name to be allied to that company and endorsing it in a sponsored story or advert. His answer left a bad taste in the mouth to say the least. When this Californian lawsuit was first advanced by five disgruntled users, Facebook bullishly said it ... Continue reading →
The browser, which faces stiff competition from Google’s Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, has no search result pages. Instead, most of the time, users will receive their search results as a horizontal display of web page thumbnails. Or users will receive text boxes with results in them. “Our search strategy is predicated on two core beliefs — one, that people want answers, not links and two, that consumer-facing search is ripe for innovative disruption,” said Shashi Seth, senior vice president, connections, Yahoo! Inc. “With Axis, we have re-defined and re-architected the search and browse experience from the ground up.” The browser market is getting more competitive, as the latest figures reveal that Google Chrome has now overtaken Internet Explorer to become the most widely ... Continue reading →
The account, @spacehijackers, is run by a group of anti-capitalist activists who regularly protest in a variety of ways against big corporations. Their latest campaign is against the Olympic Games and within the last two weeks, the group has changed their Twitter biography to read: “the Official Protesters of the London 2012 Olympic Games”. The group’s account has also adopted a new Twitter avatar and wallpaper design – featuring a doctored version of the official logo of the London Olympics. A spokesman for the group, who wishes to remain anonymous, told The Telegraph that the account, which has been active since 2007 and had around 2,600 followers, had been suspended this morning following a complaint from the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG). ... Continue reading →
However, the social network, which is struggling to retain its huge valuation post its flotation last week, has now settled the proposed class action lawsuit. The details of the settlement are not yet known and Facebook has declined to comment. He said that by people clicking the ‘like’ button on brands’ Facebook pages, was them effectively giving their consent for their name to be allied to that company and endorsing it in a sponsored story or advert. The case is the first one of its kind to have made any progress in the courts. Previous similar cases have been thrown out or have failed. However, if the case had succeeded, consumer rights groups had hoped it could mean a major change as to one of ... Continue reading →
