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14 Sep 2015
Ashley Madison reportedly planned to send 100,000 spammy tweets a month, and failed
Ashley Madison reportedly planned to send 100,000 spammy tweets a month, and failed It seems like Ashley Madison’s troubles just won’t let up. Company emails found in a data dump leaked by hackersafter they breached the site’s systems reveal that it planned to send out no less than 100,000 spam tweets a month. Business
11 Sep 2015
Facebook’s new video matching technology will make life a lot harder for pirates
Facebook’s new video matching technology will make life a lot harder for pirates Facebook is about to make life harder for video pirates. Following video’s explosive growth on the platform, the company is introducing measures to prevent content from being uploaded to the network without permission. Facebook is building new video matching technology that will
11 Sep 2015
Over 1B people used Facebook in a single day for the first time ever
Over 1B people used Facebook in a single day for the first time ever Here’s a crazy statistic for you: For the first time in history, one billion people used Facebook in a single day this past Monday. That means one out of every seven people on the planet was logged into the network at some
11 Sep 2015
Facebook’s newest product helps educators track students’ progress
Facebook’s newest product helps educators track students’ progress For the past year, Facebook has been working with a group of public schools to help improve the software they use to monitor students’ progress. Now, it wants to give it away for free to schools across the US. The social network says its dedicated team
11 Sep 2015
Instagram ads are going global and expanding to 30 seconds
Instagram ads are going global and expanding to 30 seconds Instagram announced that it will allow businesses to run ads up to 30 seconds long on its platform. Brands will also be able to use Instagram’s new landscape format for photo and video ads. As of September 9, ads are available in more than
11 Sep 2015
Android Pay begins rolling out today across the US
Android Pay begins rolling out today across the US It’s been a long wait, but Android Pay is officially starting toroll out today in the US. It replaces Google Wallet as Google’s primary NFC-based payment system. Android Pay works with MasterCard, Visa, Discover and American Express cards from numerous major US banks. Citibank and Wells
11 Sep 2015
Apple ‘blew it’ — The Apple Pencil (stylus) is here
Apple ‘blew it’ — The Apple Pencil (stylus) is here Steve Jobs always severely derided the idea of a stylus: His thought was that if you saw a stylus, then Apple ‘blew it’ — because styluses are klutzy and people lose them. But … Steve also famously told his successor Tim Cook not to waste
11 Sep 2015
The only thing that’s changed about Apple’s advertising is nothing, thankfully
The only thing that’s changed about Apple’s advertising is nothing, thankfully One of my favorite parts of Apple events (besides Jony Ive’s voiceovers) is the ads. Apple has always made great ads; and while there is a clear distinction in the direction the company has gone post-Jobs, I think it’s starting to establish
11 Sep 2015
Microsoft is auto-downloading 6GB to your PC without permission
Microsoft is auto-downloading 6GB to your PC without permission If you’ve noticed that your PC’s hard drive is a little cramped lately, it might be because Microsoft is automatically downloading between 3.5GB to 6GB of Windows 10installation files — even if you haven’t opted into the upgrade. The Inquirer reports that one of its
10 Sep 2015
Microsoft isn’t fighting to help drug dealers, it’s fighting to save your privacy
Microsoft isn’t fighting to help drug dealers, it’s fighting to save your privacy Microsoft will battle the US Department of Justice in court tomorrow over whether it should hand over emails tied to a narcotics investigation, stored in its Irish data center — and it should be pretty clear which side you should take. The