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A federal judge turned down Ron Paul’s campaign’s request for information on a social media impostor last week. The campaign has been trying, without success, to expose the person who uploaded a YouTube video in Paul’s name, that attacks former … Continue reading →

Big news on the innovation front: Columbia Journalism School and Stanford’s School of Engineering are teaming up to create an Institute for Media Innovation. The Institute hopes to bridge the gap between journalism and technology and encourage collaboration between the … Continue reading →

Alysa Z. Hutnik is a partner in the advertising law and privacy and information security practices at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Her co-author, Sharon K. Schiavetti, is an advertising and privacy associate at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Read … Continue reading →

U.S. President Barack Obama will be answering questions in a Google+ Hangout on Monday evening. The president, who has previously participated in digital town halls for Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, will be hanging out at the White House’s Google+ page … Continue reading →

You’ve seen the teaser and you’ve probably seen the 1986 movie, but now you can enjoy the full Super Bowl spot featuring the further adventures of the now-middle aged Matthew Broderick, a.k.a. Ferris Bueller. In the commercial promoting Honda, Broderick … Continue reading →

More shoppers are using mobile devices in stores to do product research, price comparisons and look up reviews, but according to a new report, accessing the Internet wasn’t the top way consumers sought purchasing assistance on phones during the 2011 … Continue reading →

Just how much of a success is the Amazon Kindle Fire? According to one financial analyst, a very big one. Jordan Rohan of investment bank Stifel Niclaus just upped his estimate of how many Kindle Fires Amazon sold over the … Continue reading →

1. Enable, But Don’t Publish After enabling the new design via the Facebook Timeline page, you can explore and customize your page without publishing anything. Do all of your trial-and-error work first — that way friends only see the final … Continue reading →

Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL have joined forces to thwart purveyors of phishing — those emails that attempt to trick users into giving up personal information. The companies, along with financial services providers Bank of America and Fidelity Investments have … Continue reading →

Would you like to know when someone “unfriends” you on Facebook? There’s not a native way to see this information, and unless you keep a very close eye on your friend list, it’s likely when your friend count goes down, … Continue reading →