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Link Shorteners Can Spy On You
Anyone who’s used a link shortener has probably considered their vulnerability. It’s no big deal when you’re just bookmarking a blog post, but a little more troubling when you’re shortening directions to your house. If you’ve ever punched in the wrong bit.ly link, you may have inadvertently spied on someone already.
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Google’s Not Getting Its Fancy Dotless ‘Search’ Domain
ICANN’s loosening up and getting ready to roll out a whole new batch of .whatever generic top-level domains, but Google wanted more. Google was pushing for crazy, dotless domains like http://search. But the dream is over. ICANN just smacked it down.
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Lady Gaga And 50 Cent’s URL Shortening Service Sounds Dumb
Does the world really need another URL shortener? One backed by Lady Gaga, 50 Cent and Pepsi, at that? One that’s run by a CEO described almost entirely by the fact that he lives on New York’s hipster-laden LES (Lower-East Side)?