Analysis Your Boss And Your Facebook Password The kerfuffle over employers asking for the passwords to workers' and candidates' private social media accounts just won't go away. While it's not clear exactly how widespread this practice is, lawmakers around the country are already drafting bills that would outlaw requiring facebook logins. Many people clearly find the very idea intensely creepy… Enterprise Fredric Paul View comments
News Oracle Takes Another Dig at Red Hat with Free Updates and Errata Oracle announced certification of Oracle Database for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and Oracle Linux 6 yesterday. By itself, not a particularly remarkable announcement. Enterprise database certified to run on enterprise operating systems. Yawn. The real news is the last bullet point, which is yet another potshot at Red Hat's business model… Joe Brockmeier View comments
News Twitter Won't Hand Over Occupy Protester Data Barely two weeks after the New York District Attorney asked Twitter to hand over data about an Occupy Wall Street protester, the company says it will not comply with the request, at least for the time being. The D.A.'s office had sent a subpoena to the microblogging service's headquarters seeking information about the account belonging to Jeffrey… Social John Paul Titlow View comments
Facebook [STUDY] The Web vs. App Battle Continues The 2010 Wired story "The Web is Dead. Long Live the Internet," is the starting point for a new Pew report entitled "The Future of Apps and Web." The report focuses on the where information consumption and distribution in the digital era are going. The shift from an open Web to closed apps suggests capitalism at work: "The story of industrial… Mobile Alicia Eler View comments
Google Google Charging for Maps API Access Is Good As developers bail out left and right, Google has launched a new developer portal for the Google Maps API. It's intended to "inspire the next wave of innovation on the Google Maps API, and to connect developers and decision makers with the tools and services that can make their products better." The new site includes interactive demos and… Jon Mitchell View comments