Over the years, analytics has proven to be a pretty good business. Whether it be web analytics services likeComscoreandOmnitureor social media analytics services likeRadian6andVisible Technologies, companies have proven that they will pay good money for a better understanding of how people are interacting with their web site or brand online. But what about the real world? With the proliferation of location based services, it would seem that there is a real opportunity to better understand how people go about their daily lives....

Update (January 21, 2022, 10:15 IST): Last night, The Senate committeevoted 16-6 in favor of advancingthe American Innovation and Choice Online Act. Senators have suggested more than 100 amendments to the bill, and antitrust subcommittee Chair Amy Klobuchar promised to keep working on it. With increased scrutiny from regulators around the globe these days, legal departments at the world’s biggest tech companies are likely working overtime on a daily basis. This week, the focus is on the US — home to Apple, Google, and Amazon — with two bills slated to be considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee....

Considering thereverse brain drainof software professionals to India is now in full swing, Monster.com, one of thebiggest job portalsin the world, run by Monster Worldwide, Inc has launched a new site called “Return2Home” which is dedicated to foreigners, primarily non-resident Indians who are staying in US, UK, Canada, Gulf and South East Asia, looking for job opportunities in India. Why build such a niche site? According to its internal survey, Monster India found that its NRI job seeker traffic had suddenly rose by 65% in 2010 and that it had received around 250,000 such resumes in areas ranging from information technology, banking and finance, construction and oil and gas sectors, during this period....

Users visiting the Herald Sun’swebsitemay have been exposed to a virus, the paper has admitted on its site. The apology was tucked away on the bottom right of the site where most users would skip over it, and suggested that those who have visited recently run a virus scan. Users who authorized the installation of the virus after a pop-up appeared while visiting the site may have been infected. According toThe Age, the Herald Sun says the virus was placed on their systems following a hacking attack....

Microsoft has promised more core games for the Kinect in the near future, keeping the hype around the motion sensing controller alive. Accordingto Kevin Unangst, a senior producer at Microsoft’s interactive entertainment team, there will be “more and more” core games coming for the Kinect. Also, the games will be more ‘hardcore’ than what is currently on offer, perhaps to appeal to the more serious gamers that the Xbox 360 originally targeted....