Shortened URLs, a service on many sites that turns lengthy Web addresses into shorter URLs, is rapidly becoming a popular way for spammers to reach unsuspecting readers. New analysis from Symantec’s ...

Short URLs are handy for cleaning up long links, but they also hide the true destination. If you want to avoid malware or a phishing scam, blindly clicking that link isn't your best bet—there are ...

The domain bowdo.in is available for employees to request short, Bowdoin-branded URLs for marketing purposes. Short URLs can be helpful for public-facing materials in lieu of confusing, long, or ...

Google might soon truncate the full address of websites you visit. By only showing the domain name of a website in the address bar rather than the full URL, Google’s move could actually help people ...

Go.USA.gov lets registered federal employees convert long government Web-page addresses into short URLs that can fit into a Twitter-size message. First there was TinyURL. Then came more than 100 other ...

You do have the ability to log back in to goUNG after you have successfully created a custom URL and change the destination of the URL, so plan wisely and you will be ...

Apple has introduced new short URLs for the App Store, making links to iOS apps and games much simpler to remember, and easier to read. Like its short URLs for the iTunes Store, you can now tell which ...

Google is now letting users create customized short URLs for Google My Business listings. Google is calling these custom URLs “short names” and it appears only some businesses have access to them at ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 22, 2010– Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the publication of its July 2010 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. Analysis reveals that the percentage of spam ...

Short URLs are very useful when space is essential. This makes them great for print, emailing or displaying on a digital sign. The service may be used to shorten any URL that is relevant to official ...

Yesterday we talked about Tiny URL Etiquette and the fact that sometimes tiny isn't better. Sometimes short URLs don't contain enough information to let a person know where they're going. In response ...