I don’t usually pass along Twitter gossip like it’s news, but it isn’t everyday the world’s most famous whistle-blower gets into a tissy with the underground rulers of all things search. Let me rewind:Edward Snowden, everybody’s favorite fugitive-turned-technology-critic, shot out a seemingly off-the-cuff post on Twitter today professing his disdain for the current state of internet search: Is it just me, or have search results become absolute garbage for basically every site?...

Our online privacy faces growing threats. Governments around the world are calling for encryption backdoors that would enable access to personal information. They argue that encryption protects criminals. But it also protects activists, dissidents, persecuted groups, and ordinary citizens. Edward Snowden is among the most prominent beneficiaries. The whistleblower’s first messages to journalists were made with encryption.They resulted inrevelations that millions of Americans had been under illegal mass surveillance. “If you weaken encryption, people will die,” said Snowden in a statement....

What do you get if you throwmobile,social,photo-sharingandlocationtogether into a big melting pot? You getEeve. The London-based startup has combined the biggest buzzwords from the tech startup industry to develop what could prove to be a very popular social networking app. But relax, we’re not talking about a startup that’s claiming to be after Facebook’s crown, or even attempting to dig a sharp elbow into Foursquare’s ribs for that matter. The people behind Eeve hope to find its own little niche in the social sphere....

GoodBuzzis a free web based peer referral network that helps you promote events through grassroots marketing. Promoting events cost a lot of money if you want to reach a lot of people with your marketing campaign. Big promotion budgets are not for everyone and that’s where GoodBuzz comes to play. In GoodBuzz, members recommend each other’s event to their contacts for free. For instance, let us assume that you have 100 contacts in your invite list and another member of the service who is hosting his/her own event has about 200 contacts in the list....

FlexTeamfrom App4Mac is an incredibly useful Mac OS X app to manage the working schedule of people in a group or organization. FlexTeam is a powerful, intuitive and visually appealing app. At first glance, the user interface looks empty and a bit intimidating, making you think there is a lot to setup before getting the app to work. In practice it really isn’t. Just create a new schedule and a fully populated template will be at your disposal....