Google has confirmed that the Google Videos and YouTube have been blocked in Iran since Feb. 10. [source: Bloomberg] According to Google, Iranian users have been unable to access its encrypted search,…
Saudi Journalist Hamza Kashgari is Arrested in Malaysia for his tweets about Prophet Muhammad
Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari has been arrested in Malaysia after his tweets about the Prophet Muhammad.The Wall Street Journal said “Hamza Kashgari, was detained on Thursday morning at the departure hall of…
Twitter allows SMS via satellite providers
Twitter has announced a new partnership with the two largest satellite operators, Iridium and Thuraya, to give their subscribers access to Twitter SMS. Now, even if phone lines and the Internet are…
“We are sorry” Path CEO Apologies
Path chief executive Dave Morin posted an apology and saying that We made a mistake.Path says “we’ve deleted the entire collection of user uploaded contact information from our servers”. Popular photo-sharing app…
EU asks Google to ‘halt’ its new privacy changes that share user details across search, Gmail and YouTube
European regulators (Article 29 working party) have written a letter to Google CEO Larry Page asking Google to halt the introduction of its new ‘one-size-fits-all’ privacy policy. The privacy policy of Google…