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, ...

QR codes went from zero to hero during the pandemic. But are people still using QR codes as much now that the pandemic is under control? Apparently so. During the first half of 2022, Bit.ly saw a 152% ...

Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business.

Instead of condensing links to bit.ly, the new tool will see links shortened to become a Hope.ly link. When a Hope.ly link is clicked on, a banner-type ad will appear, reading “Someone wonderful ...

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This article has been changed from its original form to correct an erroneous statement that Bit.ly has blocked 200 links from Andreas Antonopoulos' book. Our ...

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, ...