So it has come to this. Dave Lee reports: Companies are now able to search and analyse up to two years of Twitter updates for market research purposes. Firms can search tweets back to January 2010 in order to plan marketing campaigns, target influential users or even try to predict certain events. Until today, only…
Category: Business
Dating websites sued for using dead soldier’s photo in ads
Associated Press reports: The picture of a handsome, uniformed soldier accompanying online ads that proclaim “Military Man Searching for Love” is an Army lieutenant who was killed in Iraq in 2007, according to a lawsuit filed by his parents on Monday against two dating websites. The parents of US Army Lieutenant Peter Burks have sued…
Wynn may have breached privacy law
Vítor Quintã reports: Gaming operator Wynn Macau Ltd. may have breached the local privacy law by publicly disclosing personal information of hotel guests as part of a report on removed director Kazuo Okada. An industry expert says the move may scare off some VIP promoters. A probe led by Louis Freeh, the ex-director of the…
Pew Study: Social Media Users Active in Protecting Privacy
From EPIC.org: A Pew study found that users are becoming more active in managing their social media accounts. Compared to 2009, a higher percentage of users reported deleting people from their “friends” lists, deleting comments made by others on their profile, and removing their names from photos in which they were tagged. The report also found that…