AVG has added a feature to its LinkScanner Web security product that scans shortened URLs, which can often blindly lead users into a malicious software attack. LinkScanner, which AVG launched as a ...

Ever wonder how The New York Times shortens its links on Twitter to “nyti.ms,” followed by some combo of letters and numbers? If not, maybe you should. In 2010 social media traffic to news sites ...

Since Twitter limits messages to 140 characters, users have quickly come to depend on “URL shorteners.” These free services take the long URLs for links that we find on the Web and shrink them to a ...