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• Yahoo discloses user data requests from US law enforcement agencies

  By John Ribeiro | 18 June, 2013 05:52

  Yahoo has received between 12,000 to 13,000 requests for user data from law enforcement agencies in the U.S. between Dec. 1 and May 31 this year, the company said Monday.

• Does encryption really shield you from government's prying eyes?

  By Zach Miners | 14 June, 2013 17:19

  If you're thinking about encrypting email in light of revelations about U.S. government spying, you may be wasting your time.

• French appeals court confirms Twitter must identify authors of racist tweets

  By Peter Sayer | 14 June, 2013 14:28

  A French court of appeal has rejected a move by Twitter seeking to shield the identities of those responsible for posts last year contravening French laws on hate speech and carrying the hashtag #unbonjuif (a good Jew).

• The Iomega brand is now LenovoEMC

  By Lucas Mearian | 12 June, 2013 21:55

  Iomega owner EMC said today it will replace the brand on business-class NAS products with LenovoEMC, a joint venture that now sells the SMB business hardware.

• What a #copycat: Facebook apes Twitter with hashtags

  By Zach Miners | 12 June, 2013 19:26

  Hashtags, the popular tool used on Twitter and in an array of other social sites to surface content around specific topics #likeso, are coming to Facebook.

• Government aims to support tech start-ups and drive digital innovation

  By Mike Gee | 12 June, 2013 10:34

  The Federal Government has announced two reviews that will support Australia's growing capabilities in cutting edge digital innovation.

• Facebook, Twitter support Google's call for transparency in surveillance requests

  By John Ribeiro | 12 June, 2013 06:55

  Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft have joined Google in asking for greater transparency in surveillance requests, following widespread criticism of the U.S. government's surveillance programs and the role of the Internet companies.

• Siri gets smarter in iOS 7, ditches Google for search

  By Serenity Caldwell | 11 June, 2013 13:04

  As part of Apple's iOS 7 preview, Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue showed off some great new Siri features coming to iOS.

• The social network wars are over. The winner: email!

  By Mike Elgan | 01 June, 2013 11:17

  With every new social network and social service, with every new instant and not-so-instant way to communicate, email rises in importance. Columnist Mile Elgan explains how innovation has transformed email into the best social network.

• Despite Schmidt's timeline, Google may ship Glass in 2013

  By Sharon Gaudin | 21 May, 2013 10:15

  Just a month after a top Google executive said Glass wouldn't be officially released for another year, sources say the computerized eyeglasses actually should ship by the end of this year.

• 9 social media mistakes your business must avoid

  By Christopher Null | 17 May, 2013 15:58

  Social media has been a boon for businesses small and large, but it's also becoming a minefield for those unable to manage the increasing complexities of the run-and-gun nature of the beast. On a seemingly daily basis, we suffer through one "Twitter disaster" or another. It's becoming so commonplace that "Twitter disaster" really doesn't deserve to be in quotes.

• Does Big Data spell the end of business intelligence as we know it?

  By Bernard Golden | 26 March, 2013 22:26

  Traditional BI requires human input to decide what correlated factors to query. As predictive data analytics gets increasingly powerful, the algorithms do the deciding. That spells the end of BI as columnist Bernard Golden knows it - and he doesn't feel fine about it.

• 12 simple steps to safer social networking

  By Alex Wawro | 22 March, 2013 16:03

  Confession time: I'm an inveterate social media junkie. From Facebook to Instagram to Diaspora, whenever a new communication platform rolls around--or comes back around--I'm ready to leap aboard.

• Opinion: More innovation means less control. Is that bad?

  By Mike Elgan | 16 March, 2013 11:13

  Innovation in mobile computing, search and social media increasingly means taking control away from users, but at what cost?

• Analytics boost social marketing efforts

  By Sandra Gittlen | 28 February, 2013 11:54

  Big-name companies including General Electric and Best Western are maturing their social marketing programs and integrating social metrics with back-end systems.

• SOPA blowback, and other tech predictions for 2013

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 26 December, 2012 11:12

  The most controversial tech issue taken up by the outgoing Congress was, by far, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Here's the outlook for legislation for the next Congress.