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Yesterday UK-based SEO specialist Dave Naylor made headlines by detailing a significant Twitter cross-site scripting vulnerability, which allowed him to insert JavaScript code into tweets simply by adding some code to the field where an application developer would normally link to a product website....

The problem with early success is that people get used to the pace.

So when professional networking site LinkedIn hosted an "In The Black" party celebrating its profitability way back in May 2007, everyone thought: "Well, here they go."

That's when the rumors started. News Corp was going to buy...

Yahoo has just officially acquired Maktoob, a very popular Arabic web portal that offers services including search, payments, social network, and auctions. Rumors of an aquisition have been building for months, and in the last hour they reached a head as news of an impending press conference broke. The...

"Public figures, musicians, businesses, and organizations of all types who've created Facebook Pages often want to share a status update, a photo, or an event with as many of their supporters as possible," the post by Facebook employee Michael Gummelt read. "Celebrities may want to share personal news...

Marketing is now made easier with the innovative application introduced by Ad-ology Research. Dubbed Marketing Forecast iPhone application, it would keep strategic advertisers and marketers updated with the latest industry research, news, and developments.

The company has also unveiled a new website...

iPhone users talk on the phone less than regular cell phone users, Morgan Stanley says.

But, they spend a whopping 50% more time using their phones than average cell phone users, suggesting smart phones usage could increasingly resemble computer usage over time, threatening the PC industry.

Here...

Twitter is in "the first phase" of rolling out paid commercial accounts for business users this year, VentureBeat reports.

The commercial accounts will initially include premium services like analytics, and later, business-oriented application interfaces.

The application interfaces will let companies...

Location is one of the features that a lot of the Twitter apps tack on using things like the iPhone’s geolocation services. It’s a cool feature, but not enough people use it. But they are likely to now that Twitter is adding native support for it with a new API.

At first, Twitter is releasing this...

Hear that? Google has just unveiled the latest addition to Google Labs, and it’s sure to crowd-pleaser for Android users. Dubbed Google Listen, the new project is an Android application that lets you quickly search through web audio content, which you can then directly download or stream to your phone....