You have probably noticed a rapid influx of URL shortening services over the last year – from bit.ly to tinyURL and literally 50+ more. Well now you can create your own. Shorty is a simple tool which ...

URL shorteners are great tools for anyone who’s ever tried to share the long address for an online resource. (Try sending someone a non-shortened link to a GoogleMapped location, for instance...) ...

I have it on good authority that Google acquired the domain name, which was originally registered back in May 2003, from a Belgian Internet entrepreneur, but didn’t make its identity known throughout ...

Ever wonder how The New York Times shortens its links on Twitter to “nyti.ms,” followed by some combo of letters and numbers? If not, maybe you should. In 2010 social media traffic to news sites ...

URL shortening services are experiencing a renaissance in the age of Twitter. When every character counts, these services reduce long URLs to tiny forms. But which is the best to use, when so many are ...

Buff Link is a URL shortening service similar to TinyURL. You can use this tool to shorten URLs while retaining the colorado.edu domain. Short URLs can also be used to set up vanity URLs for marketing ...

Two security researchers have published research exposing the potential privacy problems connected to using Web address shortening services. When used to share data protected by credentials included ...

Google has acquired G.co to use as the exclusive domain for shortened URLs of its sites, following in the footsteps of other major Internet companies that have bought .co domains recently and ...