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StumbleUpon

Review of Su.pr: Stumbleupon’s URL Shortener

Posted on 10 July 2009 (9)

By now, a lot of Internet users are suffering from URL-shortening overload syndrome and I am no exception.  When I found out about Stumbleupon’s Web 2.0-aptly named Su.pr, I can’t deny that I groaned more than just a bit.  When it comes to the Unique Ideas Department, URL shortening is old hat and I wondered [...]

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Twitter

Link Shortener Hacked, Leads to Porn Sites

Posted on 01 June 2009 (16)

POPrl, a popular url shortening service, has been hacked. This has rendered all links run through it to porn and other unintended sites.  Early morning yesterday, Twitterfeed, a popular RSS to Twitter service, tweeted that they were temporarily suspending Poprl from their service.  Get Satisfaction reports show that Twitterfeed has been in contact with Poprl [...]

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