Blue Coat's security app for Apple devices

WEB GUARD: The K9 Web Protection Browser
filters out web content that may be
inappropriate for young iPhone, iPad or
iPod Touch users.

Web security service provider Blue Coat Systems has launched its free downloadable app on the Apple AppStore.

Its K9 Web Protection Browser for iOS is a web browser for the Apple iPad, iPhone and web-enabled iPod touch devices.

The browser filters content that may not be appropriate for children like pornography sites, images of hate and violence and gambling sites and also protects users against malware and phishers, the company said.

The K9 Web Protection Browser uses the company's cloud-based WebPulse service that provides users with up-to-the-moment protection from objectionable web content and threats.

The WebPulse service also continually categorises new and evolving web content, giving parents the ability to immediately block objectionable material. The service is driven by the real-time web experience of over 70 million users around the world so that it can quickly find and identify new content and block the latest sources of objectionable content, phishing and malware sites.

Blue Coat claims that on a typical day, the WebPulse service identifies over 110,000 pages of new or previously uncategorised pornographic and adult content.

The K9 Web Protection Browser runs in place of Safari or other browsers that lack the content controls necessary to keep children and families safe online, Blue Coat said.

Blue Coat's security app for Apple devices

WEB GUARD: The K9 Web Protection Browser
filters out web content that may be
inappropriate for young iPhone, iPad or
iPod Touch users.

Web security service provider Blue Coat Systems has launched its free downloadable app on the Apple AppStore.

Its K9 Web Protection Browser for iOS is a web browser for the Apple iPad, iPhone and web-enabled iPod touch devices.

The browser filters content that may not be appropriate for children like pornography sites, images of hate and violence and gambling sites and also protects users against malware and phishers, the company said.

The K9 Web Protection Browser uses the company's cloud-based WebPulse service that provides users with up-to-the-moment protection from objectionable web content and threats.

The WebPulse service also continually categorises new and evolving web content, giving parents the ability to immediately block objectionable material. The service is driven by the real-time web experience of over 70 million users around the world so that it can quickly find and identify new content and block the latest sources of objectionable content, phishing and malware sites.

Blue Coat claims that on a typical day, the WebPulse service identifies over 110,000 pages of new or previously uncategorised pornographic and adult content.

The K9 Web Protection Browser runs in place of Safari or other browsers that lack the content controls necessary to keep children and families safe online, Blue Coat said.

Blue Coat's security app for Apple devices

WEB GUARD: The K9 Web Protection Browser
filters out web content that may be
inappropriate for young iPhone, iPad or
iPod Touch users.

Web security service provider Blue Coat Systems has launched its free downloadable app on the Apple AppStore.

Its K9 Web Protection Browser for iOS is a web browser for the Apple iPad, iPhone and web-enabled iPod touch devices.

The browser filters content that may not be appropriate for children like pornography sites, images of hate and violence and gambling sites and also protects users against malware and phishers, the company said.

The K9 Web Protection Browser uses the company's cloud-based WebPulse service that provides users with up-to-the-moment protection from objectionable web content and threats.

The WebPulse service also continually categorises new and evolving web content, giving parents the ability to immediately block objectionable material. The service is driven by the real-time web experience of over 70 million users around the world so that it can quickly find and identify new content and block the latest sources of objectionable content, phishing and malware sites.

Blue Coat claims that on a typical day, the WebPulse service identifies over 110,000 pages of new or previously uncategorised pornographic and adult content.

The K9 Web Protection Browser runs in place of Safari or other browsers that lack the content controls necessary to keep children and families safe online, Blue Coat said.

Facebook to require games to accept its 'credits'

NEW YORK: Facebook will require all games on its site to accept payments through its own virtual currency system beginning July 1.

Although game developers won't have to use Facebook Credits as their only in-game currency, those who do will get special incentives, such as early access to new product features and more desirable targeting for ads, the company said.

Facebook gets a 30% cut when developers use Credits to sell virtual goods and other items. Although Facebook relies mostly on advertisements to make money, the payments system lets Facebook broaden its revenue sources.

Deborah Liu, a platform marketing manager at Facebook, said in a blog post that more than 350 applications from 150 game developers already use Credits. That accounts for more than 70% of all virtual goods transactions on the site.


Facebook users can use virtual currency to buy items such as special crops in FarmVille and virtual deep fryers in Cafe World, both from Zynga. Credits can be purchased through Facebook using PayPal, credit cards or a mobile phone account.

Facebook, which is based in Palo Alto, California, said it plans to work with developers who don't use Credits yet to get feedback and make improvements to the system. - AP

Facebook to require games to accept its 'credits'

NEW YORK: Facebook will require all games on its site to accept payments through its own virtual currency system beginning July 1.

Although game developers won't have to use Facebook Credits as their only in-game currency, those who do will get special incentives, such as early access to new product features and more desirable targeting for ads, the company said.

Facebook gets a 30% cut when developers use Credits to sell virtual goods and other items. Although Facebook relies mostly on advertisements to make money, the payments system lets Facebook broaden its revenue sources.

Deborah Liu, a platform marketing manager at Facebook, said in a blog post that more than 350 applications from 150 game developers already use Credits. That accounts for more than 70% of all virtual goods transactions on the site.


Facebook users can use virtual currency to buy items such as special crops in FarmVille and virtual deep fryers in Cafe World, both from Zynga. Credits can be purchased through Facebook using PayPal, credit cards or a mobile phone account.

Facebook, which is based in Palo Alto, California, said it plans to work with developers who don't use Credits yet to get feedback and make improvements to the system. - AP

Facebook to require games to accept its 'credits'

NEW YORK: Facebook will require all games on its site to accept payments through its own virtual currency system beginning July 1.

Although game developers won't have to use Facebook Credits as their only in-game currency, those who do will get special incentives, such as early access to new product features and more desirable targeting for ads, the company said.

Facebook gets a 30% cut when developers use Credits to sell virtual goods and other items. Although Facebook relies mostly on advertisements to make money, the payments system lets Facebook broaden its revenue sources.

Deborah Liu, a platform marketing manager at Facebook, said in a blog post that more than 350 applications from 150 game developers already use Credits. That accounts for more than 70% of all virtual goods transactions on the site.


Facebook users can use virtual currency to buy items such as special crops in FarmVille and virtual deep fryers in Cafe World, both from Zynga. Credits can be purchased through Facebook using PayPal, credit cards or a mobile phone account.

Facebook, which is based in Palo Alto, California, said it plans to work with developers who don't use Credits yet to get feedback and make improvements to the system. - AP

Firefox, Chrome adding 'Do Not Track' tools

Firefox and Chrome

NEW YORK: The Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers are getting tools to help users block advertisers from collecting information about them.

Alex Fowler, a technology and privacy officer for Firefox maker Mozilla, said the "Do Not Track" tool will be the first in a series of steps designed to guard privacy. He didn't say when the tool will be available.

Google Chrome users can now download a browser plug-in that blocks advertisers - but only from ad networks that already let people decline personalised, targeted ads.

According to Google Inc, these include the top 15 advertising networks, as rated by the research group comScore, a group that includes AOL Inc, Yahoo! Inc and Google itself.

The next version of Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer browser, which is still being developed, will include a similar feature, though people will have to create or find their own lists of sites they want to block.


Google and Mozilla, however, are developing tracking-protection tools that will work automatically - once people decide to turn on that privacy feature, that is.

Microsoft, Google and Mozilla's promises of stronger privacy comes on the heels of government complaints that online advertisers are able to collect too much data about people in their quest to target ads.

Last month, the Federal Trade Commission recommended the creation of a "Do Not Track" tool that would invite consumers to restrict advertisers from collecting information about them, including the websites they visit, the links they click, their Internet searches and their online purchases.

Meanwhile, the Commerce Department last month called for guidelines that would require online advertisers to warn consumers what information about them they are collecting and how they plan to use it.

Consumers, the department said, should be able to "opt out," or decline, some or all of that data collection. And if companies do collect information, they would be required to store it securely.

Google product managers Sean Harvey and Rajas Moonka said the new tool in Chrome will allow for more permanent ad blocking.

Before, opt-out settings were typically stored through small files known as cookies; when users clear cookies, however, the opt-out settings get erased, too.

Another benefit is that the new tool allows users to opt out of all participating ad networks at once, rather than one at a time.

Google eventually hopes to develop a similar plug-in for other browsers as well, Harvey and Moonka added. - AP