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Shaun Nichols

2012

Social

Facebook Removing Fake Likes

The social network said that it has increased its use of automated tools which can detect and remove fraudulent "Likes".…

04 Sep 2012

SEO

Google: Sites With More DMCA Takedown Requests Will Rank Lower in Search Results

Google has announced an update to its search ranking systems that will penalize sites that have been the target of…

13 Aug 2012

Mobile

Apple Plans to Drop Native YouTube App From iOS 6

Google purge continues in Cupertino. Apple will drop the stand-alone version of the YouTube video player from its iOS mobile…

06 Aug 2012

Industry

Google Shutting Down Business Video, Team Apps, Listen, Company Blogs

Google intends to shut down a number of its seldom-used web applications and services. The company will phase out its…

06 Aug 2012

Video

YouTube Now Lets You Blur Faces in Videos

YouTube has added the ability for users to blur the faces of people appearing in videos they upload to the…

23 Jul 2012

Industry

Google CEO Larry Page Returns to Work After Illness

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said that CEO and co-founder Larry Page returned to work last week following an unspecified…

16 Jul 2012

Industry

Yahoo Hacked: 400,000 Passwords Stolen, List Posted Online

Yahoo has confirmed reports that some 400,000 of its user passwords were stolen in security breach. An attacker breached company…

12 Jul 2012

Mobile

Google+ for iPad Arrives in App Store

Google has rolled out an update for the iPad version of its Google+ client software. The company said that the…

11 Jul 2012

Industry

Google Sends Oracle $4 Million Legal Bill

In a court filing, Google has asked that Oracle pay costs including printing and copy fees, compensation for expert appointments…

09 Jul 2012

Industry

Facebook & Yahoo Strike New Advertising Deal, Settle Patent Squabble

Facebook and Yahoo have settled their patent infringement cases. The companies will cross-license each's respective patents. Also, they have struck…

09 Jul 2012