The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Data Privacy: What Bill Gates Said 10 Years Ago”. Marshall Kirkpatrick says, “Today is International Data Privacy Day, an event backed by companies like Intel, Ebay, Facebook and Microsoft, and dedicated to educating data owners about best practices in protecting the privacy of consumer data. The need to keep people from being exploited on account of violations of their privacy is clear, well-known, intuitive and amply articulated by highly capable people”. Data Privacy: What Bill Gates Said 10 Years Ago ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Weekly Wrap-up: Social Media Reference Guide and More”. Robyn Tippins says, “Flowtown releases a great social media cheat sheet for those new to social media. Dan Frommer wonders if downloads or discs are more applicable for the next gen XBox. All of this and more in the ReadWriteWeb Weekly Wrap-up. After the jump you’ll find more of this week’s top news stories on some of the key topics that are shaping the Web”. Weekly Wrap-up: Social Media Reference Guide and More ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Thought SOPA Was Bad? 10 Reasons to Oppose ACTA”. Joe Brockmeier says, “So, we’ve shot down SOPA and PIPA. Congratulations Internets for a job well done. Mission accomplished, right? Not so much. While that’s two bad pieces of legislation pushed back, there’s much more where that came from. Leaving aside existing nastiness like the DMCA, we also have the even nastier Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) (PDF). How bad is it? Bad enough that the European Parliament’s rapporteur for ACTA (Kader... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Facebook Could be the Biggest Tech IPO in History”. Alicia Eler says, “People familiar with the matter say that Facebook could file for its initial public offering as soon as next week, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal. The source also says that Facebook is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter. The filing could happen next Wednesday, and the company is aiming for a $75-$100 billion valuation. It is looking to raise $10 billion in stock”. Facebook Could be the Biggest Tech IPO in... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “What You Should Know About ACTA and Your Rights”. Scott M. Fulton, III says, “The most controversial measures of concern to Internet users in the final version of the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) for most Internet users are 1) that signing governments pledge to allow copyright holders a way to request, under court warrant, personal information about a suspected infringer from that person’s ISP; 2) that means will be provided for a rights holder to legally pursue someone suspected of circumventing... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “Tech World Overreacts to Google’s New Privacy Policy – How Does It Affect You?”. Jon Mitchell says, “Google updated its privacy policy on Tuesday. It replaced more than 60 separate policies with a single one that treats Google users and their data as the same across all Google services. Reactions were shrill. “The End of ‘Don’t Be Evil'” was trotted out for the umpteenth time. The Washington Post quoted privacy experts saying, “There is no way anyone expected this.”... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “How to Recreate the Past on Facebook”. Alicia Eler says, “The rollout of Facebook Timeline forces you to take a look back at your own “Facebook past,” and think about whether you want to add to it. Today 1000memories launched the ShoeBox Facebook app, which gives you an opportunity to scan paper photos from the past and post them to Facebook. It brings back those “pre-Internet photos from the past.””. How to Recreate the Past on Facebook ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “How To Find That 1 Thing You Lost Online”. Jon Mitchell says, “Argh! What was that video called? Was that on Twitter or Facebook? Where did I save that article? Who was it who made that joke about the Edsel? Do you find yourself asking these questions often? As we get wrapped up in more and more Web services, things tend to get disorganized”. How To Find That 1 Thing You Lost Online ReadWriteWeb  [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “It’s Like Facebook For The Art World”. Alicia Eler says, “Forget the random pictures of babies and puppies, alarming status updates from family members and political rants. On My-ArtMap, you will be immersed in art. It’s as simple as that. The site, which is targeted at an international audience, is available in English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Chinese. You can create a username and password for the site, or login using Facebook Connect. It is also available as an iPhone app“. It’s... [...]

The latest post on ‘ReadWriteWeb’ is titled “[UPDATED] Twitter May Censor Certain Tweets In Certain Countries”. Dave Copeland says, “Twitter will censor tweets in certain countries while still publishing them throughout the rest of the world, the company said Thursday on its blog. “As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression. Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not be able to exist there,” the company said. “Others are similar but”. [UPDATED]... [...]