Link shortening startup Bit.ly has said that it doesn’t just want to help share content on the Internet — it also wants to connect people to “the Web of things”. Today, the company announced a feature ...

There was a time when TinyURL was all you needed to get control of a monster-sized URL that you wanted to share with friends. Now, Google and Facebook are getting into the link shortening business, ...

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Jerry Brito, a policy wonk and web developer based in Washington, D.C. If you’re a serious or even occasional twitterer, you may have wondered what the ...

Bit.ly, the popular link shortening service, just announced its new HTML5 optimized mobile site that boasts more mobile-centric features and a cleaner interface. Like its regular site, the revamped ...

BOSTON " November 30, 2009 " IT security and data protection firm Sophos today announced that it has entered into an agreement with bit.ly, the world's most popular utility used to shorten, share, and ...