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Friday furloughs mean less services
Jeff Tyler May 24, 2013
Thanks to sequestration, roughly 115,000 federal workers at the IRS, EPA, HUD and OMB get an unpaid holiday. Does anybody really notice that the offices are closed on the first day of the long Memorial Day weekend?
Just ask Klout
Stacey Vanek Smith May 23, 2013
Online company Klout, known for ranking people for online influence, is rolling out a search feature that uses those influencers as magnets for consumer questions -- and advertising dollars.
Teens tired of Facebook, hot on Twitter, savvy reputation managers
Ben Johnson May 23, 2013
Teenagers are less into Facebook and more into Twitter these days, according to a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life project.
How hard is it to opt out of third party data collection?
Jeff Tyler May 22, 2013
A lot of businesses are buying so-called third party data to add to what they’re already collecting on you. Of course, they all say, “you can always opt out.”
Meet the Twitter account of the 15,500-page Keystone XL report
P. Kim Bui May 21, 2013
It appears anyone can get a Twitter account these days, even a massive government document.
A look at Facebook a year after its IPO
Queena Kim May 17, 2013
Facebook's initial stock offering was a debacle for the company and the NASDAQ, but things are looking up
Aaron Swartz's 'Strongbox' could help protect sources
Ben Johnson May 17, 2013
The late internet activist and a New Yorker reporter worked together to develop a way for sources to anonymously share documents.
Bloomberg editor apologizes for violating client privacy
Krissy Clark May 13, 2013
Bloomberg News admits reporters used Bloomberg terminals to access clients' information.
The app that blocks TV spoilers on Twitter, and its teenage developer
Kai Ryssdal May 10, 2013
Jennie Lamere just turned 18. Between classes and college applications, she developed an app to block the live tweets that were spoiling her favorite shows.
Yearning for the days when we were all disengaged consumers
Beth Teitell May 10, 2013
The quest for engaged consumers is relentless (and annoying) in the new advertising world.
