Headlines for May 20th, 2010
Posted on 20. May, 2010 by [modern media mom] in Lastest Headlines, Latest News, Links & Resources
- Standing room only for HTML5 – Anyone wondering about the level of interest in the HTML5 specification need only have tried to get into a standing room-only session on the topic at Google's developer conference on Wednesday afternoon.<br />
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An estimated 450 to 500 persons were able to get into the session, entitled "Developing With HTML5," at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Outside the room, many others were turned away. - Three Cool Tools for Restoring Your Facebook Privacy | PCWorld – Well, it seems all this complaining about Facebook’s laissez faire attitude toward its users’ privacy has finally gotten their attention. According to published reports, the company called an “all hands meeting” to discuss the controversy last week. And what has come of that meeting? Apparently a lot of soul searching, renting of garments, and gnashing of teeth, per a report in the Wall Street Journal. But otherwise, a whole lot of nothing.
- Growing anger over Google Street View privacy breach – Anger is growing over Google's Street View privacy breach, with local government leaders adding to the chorus calling for scrutiny of the search giant. On Wednesday, D.C. Council Member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) joined U.S. lawmakers and European government leaders in calling for an investigation into the online giant's collection of private data from residental WiFi networks.
- Twitter Debuts Twitter for iPhone, iPod Touch App – Mobile and Wireless from eWeek – Twitter May 19 released its Twitter for iPhone and iPod touch application, the microblog's third major mobile app since it launched Twitter for Blackberry and Twitter for Android applications.
- Pakistan Widens Online Ban to Include YouTube | NYTimes.com – Pakistani authorities broadened a ban on social networking sites on Thursday, blocking YouTube and about 450 individual Web pages over what it described as “growing sacrilegious content.”
- Google offers free fonts for the Web | CNET News – "In an attempt to move beyond drab typography on the Web, Google on Wednesday released 18 freely usable fonts and an open-source tool designed to smooth over browser issues in displaying downloaded fonts."
- Facebook Debates Privacy Changes, Report Says | PCWorld – Facebook is reportedly undergoing internal struggles as the company debates concerns raised over user privacy, and the social network may revamp its user privacy settings in the coming days.
