Previously, the industry had urged consumers to individually "opt out" of more than a hundred different companies that track Web browsing behavior.
No single Twitter account had previously reached 1 million followers, according to two Web sites that track popularity on Twitter, a site on which users post 140-character messages that are distributed to groups of followers.
While Russia and some African, Asian and Middle Eastern countries want to tax foreign content providers and track web-based traffic, the EU has formed a bloc with the US to kibosh any such changes.
The episode spotlights the controversial subject of online profiling, whereby Internet ad server companies, such as DoubleClick and Engage, track Web surfers in order to strategically target banner ads and site content, as well as to help sites keep a running count of visitors.
In fact, Trencheny plans to spin off a version of the Web app to track other current wildfires in Colorado, such as the High Park Fire outside Fort Collins, which has burned more than 87, 000 acres, or the Flagstaff Fire burning just outside Boulder.
Many organizations use a fast-flux network of shells, making it harder to track malicious Web traffic to its source.
Cookies are text files stored on your computer that many, if not most, Web sites use to track information about your browsing preferences.
Their Web platforms allow donors to track grant activities and access extensive national databases with relevant information about prospective grantee organizations.
Thousands are stranded, lost and hurt in affected areas, and their loved ones are turning to Web sites and blogs to track them down and find help.
Brand-tracking software and consultancy firm MarkMonitor set out to track down the Web sales of four toy brands that have been recalled in recent months by toy makers Mattel and RC2.
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Since the blueprint for a so-called Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights was unveiled Thursday, which included Do Not Track technology for web browsers, there has been a wide range of reaction, from praise to dire warnings.
Brand-tracking software and consultancy firm MarkMonitor set out to track down the Web sales of four toy brands that have been recalled in recent months by toy makers Mattel (nyse: MAT - news - people ) and RC2.
Technologies like Splunk were built to help IT staff search and summarize machine data, but with just a small amount of enhancement web server log data can track in real time the flow of customers through pages, the products that are going into shopping carts, and the rate of transactions.
Consumer Watchdog, which describes itself as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, voiced concern that the Do Not Track effort would undercut a plan from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to create a strict Do Not Track standard.
Logbook is a web application that allows you to track and store mileage online.
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The Web site silentsaregolden.com keeps track of screenings around the country.
Like many other programs, Origin uses a web-like syntax to keep track of the places games are found on a computer so they can quickly be started when people want to play.
It would be a good thing if there were legislation to make such transparency required and to penalize online companies that don't honor "Do Not Track" buttons on Web browsers, but I doubt we will get it from this Congress.
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Faculty members at those schools have used Course Info to create fairly robust Web sites on which they upload content, manage discussion boards and chat rooms, post announcements and track what students view at the schools' Web sites, Pittinsky said.
The change will mean, according to Next Web, that companies can more easily track down who their most influential link sharers are.
The UrtheCast web platform will allow Users to constantly track the location of the Space Station, anticipating when it will pass over a particular geographic location.
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The device won't let you make voice calls or surf the Web, but it does offer a host of safety features: It can map a bread-crumb trail of your coordinates so that people back home can track your whereabouts from any Web browser.
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In addition, the White House said in its news release, companies including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and AOL, are committing to act on Do Not Track technology in most major web browsers to make it easier for users to control online tracking.
Running your office finances through the web makes payments prompt and much easier to track.
For added convenience, Trakdot Luggage owners can track or locate bags on the web at www.
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Drawing enough casual fans to the web to replace the lost revenue of declining track attendance is an uphill climb.
FedEx dispatched a van equipped with a Global Positioning System so Brown could track its whereabouts on the FedEx Web site.
Then, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it has significant concerns about third party companies that secretly track consumers as they surf the Web.
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