Tagged: Americas

Facebook IPO filing looming on the horizon
The Wall Street Journal is reporting social networking giant Facebook is preparing to make an IPO filing as early as this week. facebook-

Major tech companies join forces to stop phishing
Some of the world's biggest tech companies and financial institutions have announced a broad new alliance to combat email phishing.

Twitter hushing tweets country-by-country
Twitter announces ability to censor certain tweets depending on rules of specific countries.

The growing Android challenge to iPad supremacy
The iPad continues to dominate the tablet computer market, but Android is rapidly increasing its market share.

Google launches Public Alerts
Google has launched its new Public Alerts feature for Maps, alerting users to potential disaster warnings in their area and around the world.

Apple profit doubles from holiday sales
Apple announces record profits from the quarter ending 31 December 2011.

Google merges privacy settings
Google has announced that from 1 March it will be moving to one single privacy policy, giving the search giant the ability to 'combine personal information' across the majority of its products and services.

Social networks Focus on the User
Engineers from Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have joined forces to bite back at Google and bring search results from social networks with Focus on the User.

Google+ averts identity crisis
Google+ has updated its policy to allow the use of established pseudonyms on the social network.

RIM co-CEOs resign
BlackBerry maker RIM has announced a significant management shuffle with co-founders and co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie stepping down.