Kara Swisher in News on February 9 at 7:01 am PT
Craig Silverstein was at Google when Google wasn’t Google (or evil, either).
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Lauren Goode in News on February 2 at 5:31 pm PT
Peek Inc. has killed its T-Mobile-supported,
email-and-Twitter-friendly Peek handsets. Engadget reports that CEO Amol Sarva attributed the axing to changing network standards and protocols, and said Peek couldn’t maintain the network forever for just a few users. The Peek devices first launched in 2008 and cost up to $299, which included a promise of “lifelong service.”
Lauren Goode in News on January 31 at 10:03 am PT
A new email service promises to expunge any trace of email exchanges after a note has been read. But, in the age of digital data, is anything ever really erased?
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Lauren Goode in News on January 30 at 12:11 pm PT
A half-dozen former FDA employees have
filed suit against the agency, offering evidence it secretly monitored their personal email for two years after they took their concerns about medical-device approvals to Congress. According to the Washington Post, the staffers contend the workplace monitoring was improper because the private activity was legal; the FDA may counter with allegations that confidential information was being disclosed.
Ben Worthen, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 30 at 4:30 am PT
Email-service providers Google Inc., Yahoo Inc., Microsoft Corp. and AOL Inc. are backing a new effort intended to dramatically reduce “phishing” emails — which attempt to trick recipients into thinking they come from a legitimate source.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on January 23 at 12:35 pm PT
It’s Clean Out Your Inbox Week! But hang on — you don’t necessarily want to go folder-crazy.
Liz Gannes in Social on January 19 at 9:33 am PT
Twitter has acquired Summify, a small start-up that smartly aggregates links shared by users’ friends on social networks.
Drake Martinet in Social on January 6 at 10:05 am PT
Scribr is trying to keep your Facebook profile from becoming like the lost GeoCities of Atlantis.
Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 26, 2011 at 7:47 am PT
Forget analyzing your Facebook status updates and Foursquare check-ins. The really interesting data lies in your email exchanges from the past year.
Siobhan Gorman, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on December 21, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America’s top business-lobbying group and gained access to everything stored on its systems, according to several people familiar with the matter.
