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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...) ...

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 ...