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Google Jumps on Short-URL Bandwagon With Goo.gl
Google has debuted a new URL-shortening service for FeedBurner and Toolbar, joining Bit.ly, Tr.im and other services that track click-through data on the short URLs being passed around on social...
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Obama Sides With Blind in Copyright-Treaty Debate
The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it welcomed loosening international copyright restrictions to provide the blind access to special-format e-books. The announcement in Geneva comes to the...
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Facebook Lets You j.mp Again, After Massive Spam And Malware Concerns
As we reported yesterday, Facebook for a while blocked all j.mp short URLs provided by parent company bit.ly in status and page updates. Asked for more information, Facebook said it was working with...
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CMP.LY Raises $750,000 To Keep Companies Honest Online
More and more businesses are using social media — from Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, to Tumblr and Foursquare, more recently — to manage customer relationships, market, sell or even directly conduct...
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Spammers Using Shortened .gov URLs
hypnosec writes “Cyber-scammers have started using ’1.usa.gov’ links in their spam campaigns in a bid to fool gullible users into thinking that the links they see on a website or have received in...
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