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20 Feb, 2025, 05.51 PM IST
Watch what you surf: Your digital footprints not only hurt privacy but also affect cybersecurityThis data is collected, collated, stored and analysed by various organisations.
09 Apr, 2022, 05.59 PM IST
Google pledges to work with UK regulator in plan to remove browser cookiesThe Competition and Markets Authority in January began reviewing Google's plan to cut support for some cookies in Chrome as early as next y...
12 Jun, 2021, 10.36 AM IST
DuckDuckGo's Tracker Radar database to be an open-source tool for blocking web trackersThe data set contains information on 5,326 domains used by 1,727 entities to monitor users’ online activity.
09 Mar, 2020, 05.54 PM IST
Dentsu Aegis develops tool to deep dive into audience understanding across mediaIt was developed making use of proprietary data, agency partnerships and with the help of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
26 Jun, 2018, 09.13 AM IST
So long, privacy! Anonymous browsing habits may reveal your identityBrowsing histories can be linked to social media profiles such as Twitter, Facebook or Reddit accounts.
20 Jan, 2017, 05.55 PM IST
Using Google Chrome as your preferred browser? Think againA research paper by Precog IIIT-Delhi has found 218 Chrome browser extensions spying on people’s browsing history, IP address, geolocation,...
06 Dec, 2016, 09.04 AM IST
Web designs influence how much we reveal onlineWeb design and the information shown on the screen largely influences how much a user discloses personal data, says a new study.
11 Oct, 2015, 04.21 PM IST
Startups like ViralMint, WebEngage come to the aid of ecommerce companiesStartups such as ViralMint, WebEngage and Instaclique are coming out with a number of innovations to incentivise online visitors become act...
22 Jan, 2015, 01.09 PM IST
US researchers creat a new tool, Encore to monitor Web accessThe tool runs when a user visits a website where the code is installed and then discreetly collects data from potentially censored sites.
03 Jul, 2014, 03.55 PM IST
Heavy Internet users show symptoms of addictionThey found that introversion was closely tied to gaming and chatting; craving to gaming, chatting and file downloading; and loss of control...
23 Dec, 2013, 03.58 PM IST
- High internet penetration leading to addiction in Gurgaon
Recent research shows that one can even experience a high, from excessive use of the internet.
29 May, 2012, 01.24 PM IST
- ‘Our browser brings back focus to sites’
To keep competition at bay and lure the Web 2.0 user, the world’s biggest software firm came out with Internet Explorer version 9 recently.
16 Apr, 2011, 05.58 AM IST
- 'We plan to raise headcount in India, go for cross-product promotion'
Opera browser, with a market share of 3% in India as well as globally, was the first to come up with features like tabbed browsing and thum...
21 Mar, 2011, 06.18 AM IST
- Lower costs drawing users to mobile Internet: Industry
Lower costs are drawing more and more users to access the Internet via their mobiles, and opening up opportunities for advertisers. Hot Han...
18 Jun, 2008, 12.30 AM IST
- World will run out of Internet addresses by 2010
The Internet will run out of addresses in another two years as only 700 million separate addresses are remaining for allocation. Phishing e...
17 Jun, 2008, 08.16 PM IST
- What is word-of-mouse marketing?
At the heart of the concept lies a very strong fundamental - every customer is a marketer.
09 Sep, 2006, 12.01 AM IST