Study: Android Apps Sending Private Data To Advertisers Some applications based on the open-source Android operating system are secretly opening up too much to advertisers. That’s the word from a new study conducted by a research team from Duke University, Penn State University, and Intel Labs. The study was conducted using the team’s new, real-time privacy monitoring tool, TaintDroid

09|22|2010 12:24 am EDT Facebook Typos Deleting Wednesday by Adam Strong in Categories: Legal Issues – 0 Comments Days after Facebook.com won a UDRP decision to gain ownership of Facebok.com , a large batch of “less stellar” Facebook.com typo domains are being deleted Wednesday. Most of these domains showed an expiration date that was further off, so in all likelihood the owner of these domains issued a forced registry deletion in order to cut the liability. The domains deleting Wednesday include : facebobk.com facebobook.com facebokook.com faceboodk.com facemook.com faebok.com fancebook.com facebookbook.com facebooook.com It’s highly likely that these names will end up being grabbed and auctioned at one of the top auction spots like  Snapnames.com or Namejet.com . Several of the above names already have multiple bidders at Namejet

Facebook Sues Startup Over Use Of Word ‘Book’ Facebook has filed a federal lawsuit against Teachbook, claiming that the use of the word “book” in the startup’s name infringes on the popular social network’s trademark. The complaint, filed last week in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., claims the problem arises from the fact that Teachbook is a kind of social network for teachers, and is using “book” in its name to ride on Facebook’s coattails

Two months after launch, Microsoft is killing Kin ’social phone’ Over this past weekend, Verizon slashed the price of Microsoft’s two Kin phones by 50% to $49 and $29 respectively.

Mum’s the word from all-hands Facebook company meeting on privacy Right out of the gates, Facebook is staying mum about what went on during its all-hands-on-deck company privacy meeting late on Thursday. In an e-mailed statement to Computerworld, Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said, “We had a productive discussion where comments were made and questions were asked and answered.” ..

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