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Two Twitter Marketing Deals Spur Growing Privacy Fears

Twitter is making a valuable data store available to marketers for a price. Twitter, though, may find that this arrangement will cost it some goodwill on the part of its customers. Twitter agreed to allow U.K.-based Datasift access to old Tweets—an archive of millions of messages—according to reports in British media on Wednesday. On Thursday, it was reported by  [...]

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Closing Bell: Facebook | Microsoft's Metro app store | $500B Apple market cap

Social Media: Facebook debuts Offers, brings ads to mobile news feed and logout screen. Facebook woos Madison Ave in pre-IPO mobile push. Mobile Computing: Microsoft   [...]

Top News: Mobile World Congress and smartphone trends | iOS security loophole | Groupon acquires Uptake

Mobile Computing: 5 smartphone trends at Mobile World Congress. More feds ditch BlackBerrys. Privacy: New Mozilla browser add-on visualizes who is tracking you online.   [...]

Google's Privacy Policy Change Is Almost Here. Will Users Revolt?

March 1 is almost here and so far, nothing, not a court filing, not an appeal of that court filing, not the combined wrath of 36 state attorneys generals has gotten Google to change its mind about its privacy policy. More than likely, nothing will. Under the change, which Google first announced about six weeks ago, information about any user signed into any Google account will be combined in a single database. So when someone who downloads a particular app onto her Android phone may be shown ad  [...]

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Top News: Facebook's new mobile web standards | 2M Oscars tweets | Mobile World Congress

Social Media: Facebook launches new mobile web standards initiative, easier payments for the mobile web. TweetReach reveals Twitter’s Oscar buzz: Over 2 million tweet  [...]

Closing Bell: Mozilla enters smartphone wars | Air Force cancels iPad order | Consumer Bill of Rights

Mobile Computing: Why Mozilla is entering the smartphone war. Air Force cancels order for 3,000 Apple iPads. Privacy: The Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: Are we the   [...]

Top News: Google lets users block PPC ads | Online privacy bill of rights | Boku

Ad Technologies & Vendors: Google launches blocking option for PPC ads. Convergence: KT reviewing network fees on Youtube, Internet TVs. Privacy: White House   [...]

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Closing Bell: Google pay-TV pilot | Mobile privacy | Apple sandboxing delay

Signs of What's to Come: Google to launch pilot pay-TV program in Kansas City. 7 potential problems with Google's glasses. Privacy: Tech firms agree to   [...]

Closing Bell: Amazon AppStore v Android | Flickr makeover | IE privacy skirting

Mobile Computing: Amazon AppStore more profitable than Android market? Nook tablet is not really a Kindle Fire threat. Sorry, America: Your wireless airwaves are full  [...]

Closing Bell: Google and IE privacy | SkyDrive and Windows 8 | Angry Birds teams with NASA

Privacy: Google bypasses IE privacy says Microsoft. Cloud Computing: Move over iCloud: Microsoft details extensive SkyDrive integration with Windows 8. Google seeks to   [...]

Top News: Google looks at studios | Pinterest engages better than Twitter | Opera acquisition

Online Ad Market: As YouTube comes of age, Google eyes studios. Mobile Marketing: Opera acquires two mobile advertising firms. Social Media: Pinterest keeps and   [...]

Closing Bell: Questions about Tango | Apple's new privacy policy | Google Wallet fixed

Mobile Computing: Are Chinese factory workers getting just $8 for every iPad sale? As more Windows Phone 'Tango' info leaks, questions resurface. Privacy: Apple to   [...]

Top News: Do Not Track tools | Apple readies iPad 3 apps | Gamers love to hate Sony

Mobile Computing: Apple is rushing to finalize apps for onstage iPad 3 demos and commercials. iPad retains value longer than Kindle, research finds. Do Not Track: Do Not Track Plus   [...]

Top News: Google's cloud storage service | GigaOm buys PaidContent | Groupon's earnings

Cloud Services: Google near launch of cloud storage service. Social Media: Google Social is exploding online. Skimlinks is the   [...]

Top News: HuffPo to launch streaming network | Facebook ads | EU targets Google privacy policy

Facebook IPO: Advertisers' free ride may end on Facebook. Facebook’s ad business is a $3 billion mystery. Analysis: A sobering   [...]

Closing Bell: Facebook files its IPO | Google buys ads to defend privacy | Kinect for Windows apps

Finance: Facebook files for IPO. Facebook cites Google+, media coverage among potential risks. Privacy: Google   [...]

Top News: Facebook's lead in display ads | Apple's new retail chief | Email fights back against spam

Online Ad Market: Facebook builds lead in display ads as its IPO approaches. Retail/Ecommerce: Tim Cook taps John Browett, CEO of Dixons, to head his retail empire. Mobile Computing: Demand for iPhones in China c  [...]

Top News: Super Bowl social media buzz | BlackBerry suffering in Europe | Kindle Fire sales strong

Social Media: Super Bowl advertisers seek buzz on social media. Mobile Computing: BlackBerry under siege in Europe. Kindle Fire sales   [...]

Top News: Buying online reviews | Twitter's censorship | Apple No.1 smartphone

Mobile Marketing: Advertisers will spend $2.61 billion on mobile this year. Ecommerce: For $2 a star, an online retailer gets 5-star product reviews. Social Media:   [...]

Top News: Consumers angry about privacy | Google+ spreads | Celebrity-backed shopping

Privacy: Consumers in the middle of Google-Facebook battle. Search: Google+ spreads to AdSense, will it spread to the whole web? AdWords finally   [...]

Closing Bell: Privacy | iPhone to be delivered this summer | Public alerts on Google maps

Privacy: Should Google’s new privacy policy concern you? O2 accidentally exposes customers' phone numbers. Mobile Computing: Foxconn employee tells us that the next iPhone is ready for production,   [...]

Google Combines 70 Privacy Policies into One. User Data Sharing Is Part of the Mix

Google is integrating some 70 separate privacy policies it has for its various products into one policy, the company announced in this blog post. Effective March 1, it will roll out a new main privacy policy that covers the majority of its products and explains what information its collects, and how that information is used, in a—as Google explains--much more readable way.   [...]

Top News: Apple results | EU privacy laws have steep fines | Facebook trading

Business News: Stellar Apple results point to a good year ahead. Legal/Regulatory: EU commissioner unleashes draft data protection bill. Companies face   [...]

DAA Launches 'Your AdChoices' Campaign

Hoping to convince consumers—as well as Congress--about the benefits of targeted advertising, the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), a coalition of media and marketing trade associations, has launched the 'Your AdChoices' public education campaign. The campaign is also educating consumers on how to take greater control of their privacy. Created pro bono by the Salt Lake City office of MRM, a McCann Worldgroup company, the 'Your AdCh  [...]