But recently a friend introduced me to another service for this purpose, with essentially the same process as TinyUrl, but some added features. Both programs come with a field into which to paste a ...

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 ...

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, ...