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Google, Sadly, Is Evil, According To Wall Street Journal Report

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Accusing Google of intentionally “tracking the Web-browsing habits of people who intended for that kind of monitoring to be blocked,” the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Internet juggernaut has been using special computer code on the Apple iPhone that “tricks Apple's Safari Web-browsing software into letting them monitor many users.”   Apple says it’s working to stop the circumvention of privacy setting by iPhone users, the Journal reports. 

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Advisors Are Less Euphoric About Social Media, But That Might Be Because They're Still Not Doing It Right

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A recent study of advisors shows that fewer are showing results from their social media efforts than they expected -- but the problem might have been unrealistic expectations in the first place.

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Web Tools For Retail Keep Getting Better: Schwab And TD Ameritrade Enhance Trading Tools

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Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade today announced a new suite of enhancements to their platforms for retail traders.

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Prep For Facebook's Timeline Layout With These Six Privacy Tweaks

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Facebook's new Timeline feature is now rolling out its new profile layout, providing an online scrapbook of your Facebook activity back to when you first joined the social network. You can hide the embarrassing bits of your Facebook life before your new profile goes live.

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Pew Study Reports Where People Get Information About Local Businesses

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People who look for information about local restaurants and businesses are turning to the Internet but not social media sites, according to a new study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

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