Twitter fights 'unfollow me' app

Twitter has moved to take down a rogue application which was spamming user feeds, notes V3.co.uk.

The “unfollow me” application aimed to draw in users with the promise of providing a list of those who had recently chosen to stop following the user's Twitter feed. Upon clicking the link, the user was prompted to allow or deny the application access to their feeds.

Rather than provide an “unfollow list”, however, the application instead accessed the user's feed and re-posted the spam message. Meanwhile, the user is sent to a survey site, which generates money for the rogue application's creator.

When president Barack Obama arrives at Facebook headquarters today, he will be the first sitting head of state to visit the brick-and-mortar home of the social media powerhouse, reports the Associated Press.

He will also partake in a unique pilgrimage to this area in Northern California that has become a cradle for social media, a trip that is all but obligatory for politicians like presidential hopefuls, celebrities like Lady Gaga, and dignitaries from around the world like Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.

Such visits to the hottest tech companies in Northern California's Silicon Valley offer a traditional chance to connect face-to-face with new-media users, voters, fans and potential donors.

Intel posted blockbuster first-quarter net income of $3.2 billion, up 29% over the same period last year, according to Cnet.

Revenue came in at $12.8 billion, up 25% year-over-year. Earnings per share were 56c (and 59c non-GAAP). Analysts had been expecting 46c a share.

In the same period last year, the chipmaker's revenue was $10.3 billion, or 43c per share. Last year's first-quarter profit was $2.4 billion. “The first-quarter revenue was an all-time record for Intel, fuelled by double-digit annual revenue growth in every major product segment and across all geographies,” Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini said in a statement.

The European Union (EU) is to investigate whether Internet service providers (ISPs) are providing fair access to online services, states the BBC.

It may lead to new rules banning ISPs from restricting access to data-heavy services during peak periods. ISPs argue that traffic management is key to maintaining a quality service.

However, the EU's announcement falls short of the demands of Net-neutrality campaigners, who want all traffic to be treated equally. The investigation will cover both mobile and fixed providers, and will be published by the end of the year.