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U.S. Government Continues Focus on Facebook
The U.S. government is still poking around Facebook’s treatment of user data, despite the company’s release of revised privacy controls last week.
Why is Google Getting Rid of Windows?
The search giant isn’t offering Windows to new employees, according to a report in today’s Financial Times. Why the cold shoulder?
Is Quit Facebook Day a Bust?
It’s May 31. Shouldn’t you be leaving Facebook now?
Urgent Holiday Weekend News: Cat and Dog Make Out
Sure, it’s a holiday Monday, but that doesn’t mean the news just stops.
Internet Gives BP a Snarky New Logo
The U.K. arm of the environmental group Greenpeace started a logo redesign contest for BP in the wake of the company’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The results? Predictably passive aggressive.
Mom Convicted After Locking Son Out of Facebook
A judge slapped an Arkansas mother with a fine for locking her 17-year-old son out of his Facebook account and ordered the woman to leave the teenager alone.
Nine-Year-Old Wins Doodle-4-Google Title
Nine-year-old Makenzie Melton from El Dorado Springs, Missouri, was chosen as the national winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google contest. Melton’s doodle beat out more than 33,000 submissions for this year’s contest themed, “If I …
TIME’s Q&A With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
In the aftermath of yesterday’s sweeping privacy changes, I talked with Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg about why the company saw the need to revise settings — and the lessons learned going forward.
Pictures: Inside Facebook’s Privacy Announcement
After loud complaints from some of its user base, Facebook announced changes to its privacy controls at a press conference on Wednesday.
Facebook Gives the Scoop on New Privacy Controls
Apologetic wasn’t exactly the tone during Facebook’s announcement of new privacy controls on Wednesday, but users can expect a fresh set of “simpler” options to start rolling out across the site soon.
Google Pac-Man Gobbles Up $120M of Work Time
Least surprising story of the week? The study released Tuesday showing that the playable version of the classic video game Pac-Man on Google’s front page has eaten up five million hours of work time.