Yahoo China which was operated by Alibaba Group, a Chinese e-commerce and Internet services, has just closed its Web portal. The good-bye message displayed on the website redirects indeed visitors to now.taobao.com and explains that the decision to shut down Yahoo China’s portal complies with the 2012 agreement made between Alibaba Group and Yahoo!. The closing
Read More...According to a report by Symantec, 556 million people have been a victim of threats in the form of scams in 2012, all over the world. This represents a cost of € 83 billion and at least 18 victims every second. As of today, experts do consider that at least 100 million of malware exist,
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The Chinese government is bringing a stricter control over the Web by addressing the topic of anonymity. A new law passed in 2012 requires Chinese end users to provide their real identity to access the Internet from any computer or mobile phone, but also to be able to use all the services that can publish
Read More...Every day, millions of people connect to Facebook and Twitter, do shopping online or comment on articles on news websites and want to stay anonymous. These activities became quite common but leave traces and the user does not always measure the consequences of this: some personal information, such as the age, address and shopping habits are
Read More...Last.fm, a popular online radio channel enjoyed by current listeners from all over the world, has announced this week that their internet radio will soon cease existing in many countries (outside of the selected 7) as from January 15, 2013. Last.fm in the US, UK and Germany will be available only with a subscription, in the
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