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Announcing the Facebook Antivirus Marketplace (Facebook Newsroom)
We’re announcing the Antivirus Marketplace, developed with industry partners to enhance protection for people on Facebook. AllFacebook The Antivirus Marketplace features free downloads and six-month licenses from Microsoft, McAfee, TrendMicro, Sophos and Symantec. GeekWire The social network says its URL blacklist — which aims to stop its users from accessing malicious sites from Facebook — will also now incorporate the databases of those companies. The Next Web To access the new protection tools, all you have to do is visit the Facebook Security Page and select from the options listed on the page. Read more

The 15th Annual Webby Awards are here at last and if you aren’t attending in person you can get your fill of five-word speeches and web celebs live on YouTube, Facebook, or your iPhone or iPad. Find out more after the jump.

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New York City considers itself to be the world’s communications hub, and in conjunction with Internet Week New York, the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment created a hub of its own: the NYC App Hub, which offers access to a host of smartphone apps created by and related to the Big Apple.

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The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences marked the 20^th anniversary of the World Wide Web and the upcoming 15^th edition of its Webby Awards in June by sharing its list of the top five challenges facing the online sector in the next five years.

The five biggest potential hurdles for the online medium, according to IADAS: security, privacy, copyright law, net neutrality, and maintaining an open Web. More details are available here.

IADAS executive director David Michel Davies said:

While the Internet gives us much to celebrate and honor, we feel it is equally important to shine a light on the challenges we’re facing as an industry. By illuminating the issues and encouraging discussion, we hope to inspire policymakers, businesses, and advocates at all levels to work together to ensure that the Internet remains a dynamic and constructive network for us all.

Apps for hand-held and tablet devices will be a part of the 15th Annual Webby Awards, which set an early entry deadline of Oct. 29, with nominations to be announced in April and the winners to be recognized at a June gala.

The new mobile-app category will be judged by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley, Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman, UrbanDaddy CEO Lance Broumand, and Thrillist co-founder Ben Lerer.

The Webby Awards executive director David-Michel Davies said:

In our 15 years honoring the best of the Internet, we’ve seen few developments have as profound an effect as apps and the mobile Web. Apps have transformed the online experience, changing the way we access content and enhancing every aspect of our daily lives. We’re looking forward to honoring not only these pioneering innovators, but also the Web sites, videos, and advertising that continue to shape the Internet’s future.

This week the Webby Awards announced its nominees and YouTube has followed suit by opening up voting for the Webby People’s Voice Awards. YouTube users are invited to cast their votes for the best online film and video nominees.
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