Tag: SHORT URL

McAfee has decided to get in to the short URL game. Why? Possibly because they were looking for an additional reason for techies to loathe them -- if there's one thing more hated than craptacular software, it's yet another URL truncator. The theory is that people will use McAfee's short URL service because the links are managed by a trusted recognized security company. I'll say this for ...

While Google may not have intended their new Goo.gl short URL service to be used anywhere other than the Google Toolbar, I doubt they're too upset about developers figuring out how to tap into it. Three extensions have already popped up in the Google Chrome Extensions Gallery which offer Goo.gl truncation in your browser. ChromeMUSE, which I've been using for a little over a week, pushed an ...