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Homeland Security Reveals Hundreds Of Words That Could Put You On Their Online Watch List
boygeniusreport.com 1 day, 8 hours agoSocial networks like Twitter and Facebook are among the thousands of sites monitored for suspicious activity by the Department of Homeland Security, and the government agency was recently forced to tip its hand. As part of a freedom of information request made by watchdog group Electronic Privacy Information Center, DOHS recently published a list of hundreds of words and terms it watches for on social media sites. Some are obvious, such as Al Qaeda , terrorism and domestic nuclear detection , while others a
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Google Looks To One-Up Facebook With Google+ Local: A More Social Google Places, With A Twist Of Zagat
techcrunch.com 10 hours, 12 minutes agoGoogle+, with 100 million active users, still has a long way to go before being anywhere near social network rival Facebookâs nearly one-billion subscribers. But it has been working hard to leverage its substantial audiences in other areas to do just that. And today saw the latest advance in that area, with the double news that it is launching Google+ Local, and sunsetting Google Places, its older, less social version of local listings and local search. Now, if you go to the web page for Google Places , you
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