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 four particular stories of interest today.
LinkedIn Revenue Jumps 120% to $121 Million
LinkedIn generated $121 million in revenue and $4.5 million in income in Q2, beating Wall Street expectations in its first quarter as a public company.
Gmail Rolls Out Preview Pane
Gmail has made a new Preview Pane feature available via Gmail Labs, allowing users to preview parts of an email while reading or replying to others.
Researchers Discover How To Use Square for Credit Card Fraud
Researchers attending the Black Hat security conference on Thursday demonstrated two ways in which Square — a mobile gadget that enables Android, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users to accept credit card payments — can be hacked to accept stolen credit card data, with very little technical hardware required and “no technical skills at all.”
Foursquare Updates Website With In-Line Photos
Foursquare, which lets users post photos along with their checkins, is now displaying these images inline with checkins on its website.
Further News
Researchers from Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University recently proved that Facebook’s vast photo archive can be used to identify people on the street, too.
Google is giving certain media companies more control by allowing them to highlight content on the home page of Google News’s U.S. edition.
Google and Microsoft exchanged some words via social media on Thursday as the PR war over patents continued.
Groupon, the ready-to-IPO daily deals juggernaut, has announced its acquisition of Obtiva, a Chicago-based Ruby on Rails software development firm.