Web curation for June 8th 2010 through June 10th 2010

Filtering the web so you don’t have to for June 8th 2010 through June 10th 2010:

  • Vocus Acquires HARO to Expand Journalist-Driven PR Service –
    Today Software-as-a-Service company Vocus will announce the acquisition of Help a Reporter Out for an undisclosed sum, with the aim of furthering both companies’ missions of shifting control in the public relations cycle back to journalists. Founder Peter Shankman and his team will join the Maryland-based Vocus, a publicly-traded on-demand software company founded in 1992.
    We wrote about HARO in a recent piece on journalists using social media for real results. Started as a Facebook ..   show all text
    chelpixie: RT @cc_chapman: Congrats to @Skydiveron being acquired!! http://bit.ly/acP82q (Congratulations @skydiver!!) 
  • Google –
    williamsba: holy background Google.com 
  • Apple’s Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed –
    susanbeebe: Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed – http://gri.ms/KSCy /via @andybeal<< Uh-oh. /via @gagan_s 
  • Apple iPhone 4 versus HTC Evo 4G – CNET does a comparison of the 2 phones. Via @ginatrapani
  • Twitter Blog: Links and Twitter: Length Shouldn’t Matter –
    Since early March, we have been routing links within Direct Messages through our link service to detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of malware, phishing, and other dangers. Any link shared in a Direct Message has been wrapped with a twt.tl URL. Links reported to us as malicious are blacklisted, and we present users with a page that warns them of potentially malicious content if they click blacklisted links. We want users to have this benefit on all tweets. Additionally, as we mentioned..   show all text
    BarbaraKB: Whoa! RT @twitterLinks & Twitter: Length Shouldn’t Matter: http://blog.twitter.com/2010/06/links-and-twitter-length-shouldnt.html 

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