Welcome to this morning's edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today.
Facebook Turns On Facial Recognition For Tagging By Default
As Facebook rolls out its Tag Suggestions feature, which uses facial recognition to suggest tags for friends in users' photos, the social networking site is simultaneously enabling facial recognition as a default privacy setting, provoking an EU probe in the process.
Verizon Blocks 4G Tethering
The FCC has received a complaint arguing that Verizon Wireless shouldn't be allowed to block tethering apps, which enable consumers to connect to the Internet on their computers and mobile devices through their phones' 4G wireless data network.
iOS 5 Successfully Jailbroken
iPhone owners have already begun jailbreaking the mobile software Apple released at WWDC Monday, iOS 5.
Google Releases Stable Version of Chrome 12
Google Chrome 12 is now the stable release of Google’s web browser, bringing several improvements in security, privacy and graphics capabilities.
Further News
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is now available for pre-order.
Twitter has announced that links shared on Twitter.com will be automatically shortened using the service’s t.co URL shortener.