It's hard to find many tech watchers that won't agree that 2012 has been a challenging year for fans and supporters of computer data privacy. It started in January when Google announced that it would change its privacy policy in March, streamlining several product-privacy rules under one big umbrella policy and vowing to let those Web services share data. This led several regulators and industry watchers to call for additional scrutiny about Google's shifting approach to how users can search the Web. Then just a few weeks later, it was discovered that Path and several other companies that develop applications for Apple's iOS-based gadgets played a little fast and loose with the contact address books located on iPhones. While Google's Android platform requires explicit permission regarding user data on phones and tablets, the privacy spotlight returned to Google in full force after The Wall Street Journal revealed that the search engine tricks Apple's Safari browser into permitting cookies so it can track users. Google is once again being flamed. eWEEK tracks some of the big issues, as well as some companies that are treating privacy right (Hello, Facebook). - ...

Its hybrid cloud network features content optimization, static and dynamic caching and continuous learning. - Web performance company Yottaa, announced the launch of Yottaa CDN, the company's new content-delivery network offering. Yottaa CDN offers dynamic site acceleration (DSA) features at a price aimed at small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and integrates with the company's Site Speed Optimizer to ma...