TinyURL is an online URL shortener service. It takes a long link that may be many dozens of characters in length, and it turns it into a relatively tiny link. The shorter link is easier to handle, but ...

Many of you have no doubt noticed URLs that look like this: https://tinyurl.com/8fnjr If you click on this particular URL, you will end up at my opinion page, which ...

Like using TinyURL a lot? Check out this Firefox extension that automatically creates a TinyURL for whichever site you're on and copies it to your clipboard. Josh Lowensohn Former Senior Writer Josh ...

Sending URLs—to funny sites, entertaining videos, or important information—via email has become almost a national pastime; who hasn’t sent someone to a Web site? This simple task has dramatically ...

The TinyURL service allows you to enter a long URL, such as one for a particular Google Maps location, and convert it into a short, easy-to-type or e-mail link. Good for sending links – or as Trend ...

Lengthy links are annoying–especially if you’re trying to sharesomething within the strict 140-character constraints of Twitter.The TinyURL Generator Firefox add-on makes creating short links abreeze.

The Register today ran a story about the phishing attack spread by the Google Talk instant messaging system, which uses TinyURL to conceal the real name of the link. John Leyden's story (quoting ...

Microsoft employs a server-side SPIM filter on its Messenger network for blocking malicious URLs in order to keep its users safe from the spread of malware. The system doesn't always work, however.

Tim draws attention to this because using TinyURL is one of the workarounds for dealing Mail.app's unfortunate tendency to break links in emails sent from it. Instead of dragging the URL from your ...