NSA Analyzing Data In Online Transactions

NSA Analyzing Data In Online Transactions The NSA is (somewhat) openly analyzing data in online transactions. The are looking at batches of credit cards transactions that have international components to them. The program is called “Follow the Money” obviously in an effort to “follow” the “money” in international schemes and terrorist activity. Problematically this could … Read more

Twitter Starts Secret DM Project

Twitter Starts Secret DM Project Twitter has started a secret DM project, with no information other than the following: “This is a Twitter experiment. Follow me to receive instant, personalized recommendations for users and content via direct message.” It’s not clear yet what the purpose is, if they are trying to incorporate some kind of … Read more

Zuckerberg talks about the NSA

Zuckerberg talks about the NSA At the Silicon Valley “Disrupt” event, Mark Zuckerberg was questioned about the NSA and how they handled user data. The question was structure in a way that showed how Facebook has more data than any 1 entity in the entire world, with 1.1+ billion users. To Mark’s credit Facebook has … Read more

Making celebrities happy on Twitter

Making celebrities happy on Twitter Twitter announced a new feature today which allows celebrities another famous people to converse only with other people that are verified on Twitter. Making celebrities and famous people happy and Twitter is a big part of their business. Often times what happened to celebrities is that their conversations are totally … Read more

Twitter Is Going Public

Twitter Is Going Public Twitter is going public, likely on NASDAQ according to many analyst. This has been a long time coming according to many. It’s quite ironic that it has been announced just 1 day after Mark Zuckerberg spoke about how companies shouldn’t be afraid to go public. Facebook had a very rough first … Read more

Zynga Settles With Former Employee

Zynga Settles With Former Employee Zynga recently settled a lawsuit with a former employee over allegations of theft of trade secrets. Patmore, the former employee released this statement today: “I accept responsibility for making a serious mistake by copying and taking Zynga confidential information when I resigned from Zynga. I understand the consequences of my … Read more