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Australia is investigating Facebook for privacy violations
2018-04-05

Australia’s privacy commissioner has announced that the country is investigating if Facebook breached its privacy laws after the company confirmed that data from 300,000 Australian Facebook users may have been used without their permission, reports Bloomberg. The investigation comes after Facebook revised the...

Sears and Delta are the latest to suffer customer data breach
2018-04-05

It seems like we’re hearing about these data breaches on almost a daily basis now. Sears Holding and Delta Airlines have announced that some of their customers’ information may have been exposed in a cybersecurity breach at [24]7.ai, a software service provider that the companies use for online support...

Uber is suspending its services in Greece
2018-04-05

The company announced it will suspend its services in the country after the passage of local legislation that imposes stricter regulation on ride sharers, reports Reuters. The new regulations stipulate that each ride begins and ends in the fleet partner’s designated headquarters or parking area. Needless to...

The number of apps on Apple’s App Store has shrunk for the first time
2018-04-05

But that’s a good thing. One of the main reasons for the fewer apps on the App Store is Apple’s crackdown on spam apps, outdated apps, and clone apps, reports TechCrunch, which notes that a survey from App Store analytics firm Appfigures showed there were 2.2 million apps on the App Store at the...

Facebook confirms it spies on your Messenger conversations
2018-04-05

Facebook revealed this week that it’s scanning users’ Messenger conversations – including text chats, pictures, and links – in an effort to ensure that people play by its rules. CEO Mark Zuckerberg first spilled the beans in an interview with Vox’s Ezra Klein, in which he brought up an incident surrounding...

Zuckerberg: Most of Facebook’s 2 billion users should assume their data has been compromised
2018-04-05

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today revealed that all of its 2.2 billion users should assume their public data has been compromised by third-party scrapers. The source of this vulnerability is Facebook’s search function, which allows anyone to look up users via their email address or phone numbers. Users have to opt...

Facebook’s privacy lockdown broke Tinder
2018-04-04

In case you haven’t heard, Facebook’s been having a rough time. Misuse of user data in the Cambridge Analytica scandal may have affected as many as 87 million users, so Facebook decided to seriously clamp down on the amount of data developers could use. That little move happened to break Tinder. As spotted by New...

Zuckerberg keeps insisting Facebook doesn’t sell our data. What it does is even worse
2018-04-04

Today, Mark Zuckerberg took a phone call with the press to answer lingering questions about its most recent controversies. The Facebook founder and CEO admitted that the company messed up: “We didn’t take a broad enough view of what our responsibility is,” he said. While describing this broad...

Here’s how Mark Zuckerberg responded when asked if he’s still best person to lead Facebook
2018-04-04

On this afternoon’s conference call, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg was asked point-blank if he’s still the best person to lead the company. His answer: Give me another chance. Zuckerberg replied: “Yes. People make mistakes and learn along the way. I’m the first to admit we...

Facebook confesses Cambridge Analytica breach could affect 87 million users
2018-04-04

Facebook today announced new security measures as part of its overall cleanup after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In doing so, the company admitted that as many as 87 million users’ data had been compromised in the breach. CTO Mike Schroepfer outlined the company’s intentions to protect users’ information by...

Collateral damage from Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal keeps getting worse
2018-04-04

Facebook’s chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer, just posted an update about the company’s attempt to stop the bleeding from the Cambridge Analytica fallout. After it became known that the Trump-affiliated data firm exploited Facebook’s API to gain access to millions of users’...

Tinder is getting all loopy
2018-04-04

Tinder is testing its first video-based feature with iOS users in Canada and Sweden, the company said in a blog post today. The feature, Tinder Loops, is more akin to a GIF–or to Instagram’s Boomerang feature–than a video. Tinder Loops are basically two-second-long looping videos that Tinder...

Report: Apple is building an iPhone with touchless gestures
2018-04-04

The iPhone X lets you unlock your device without even touching it. Now, it seems Apple may be working on a way to let you actually use your phone without touching it either. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is working on “touchless gesture control” which would allow iPhone users to “perform some tasks...

BlackBerry’s going after Snapchat now. Who’s next?
2018-04-04

If you’re a social media service, then you might want to lock your doors, because it looks like BlackBerry is on the hunt. Its most recent target: Snapchat. BlackBerry’s first target was Facebook, which it claimed was ripping off messaging tech it’d patented years ago. Now the company is going after Snapchat...

Read the fiery letter Google employees sent to their boss over its Pentagon project
2018-04-04

Thousands of Google employees are demanding that the company pull out of a controversial AI project that would help the Pentagon identify video images and possibly improve the U.S. military’s use of drone strikes. In a letter signed by some 3,100 Googlers, including senior-level engineers, employees said the...

I’m Evernote’s CEO–Here’s How I Stay Productive All Week Long
2018-04-04

Chris O’Neill has over 10,000 notes in his own Evernote account, manages nine different Google calendars, and swears he’s got it all on track. I have over 10,000 notes in my Evernote account, including everything from work to-do lists, goals, and meeting materials to bills and my children’s...

Watch Oprah and Laverne Cox honor Maya Angelou in today’s Google Doodle
2018-04-04

Maya Angelou would have turned 90 today, and to celebrate her years of enriching the planet with words and actions, Google has released a doodle starring the civil rights activist, poet, and author. When you click on the Doodle, Angelou’s iconic poem “Still I Rise,” begins to play. The first verse...

Apps are getting dumber — and that’s a good thing
2018-04-04

They’re using the best practices of interaction design and psychology to build products with your brain in mind. Here’s how they’re doing it: Be a feature Famed venture capitalist Fred Wilson insists that successful mobile products need to do just one thing well. App designers often forget the speed and...

Screw it, AI can have our jobs
2018-04-04

While Facebook keeps goofing up and our friends are spying on us, it’s a good time to talk about the positives of technology. While everyone is worrying about AI stealing their job, there’s no denying that it can also make our lives a lot easier. So as TNW Conference is fast approaching, let’s ask some questions...

Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress next week about Facebook’s data practices
2018-04-04

Mark Zuckerberg is heading for the Hill. Next Wednesday, the Facebook CEO will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss how his company uses and protects personal data. A joint announcement was made today by reps Greg Walden (R-Ore.), the committee’s chairman, and Frank Pallone, Jr.,...

This Social Platform For Working Parents Aims To Be The Anti-Facebook
2018-04-04

Pando’s Sarah Lacy is touting her latest venture, Chairman Mom, as the antidote to toxic social media: no ads, no comment threads, and total privacy. Esther Crawford says she’s a bit of an anomaly in San Francisco. The 34-year-old startup CEO has two kids, ages 8 and 12.  None of her close friends...

Apple reportedly working on “hover touch” iPhones
2018-04-04

The company is said to be in the early stages of developing technology that will allow users to interact with future iPhones by using touchless gesture controls and curved displays, reports Bloomberg. The new interface method would allow users to control on-screen actions by simply hovering their finger close to the...

I’m Evernote’s CEO—Here’s How I Stay Productive All Week Long
2018-04-04

Chris O’Neill has over 10,000 notes in his own Evernote account, manages nine different Google calendars—and swears he’s got it all on track. I have over 10,000 notes in my Evernote account, including everything from work to-do lists, goals, and meeting materials to bills and my children’s...

Two people were shot live on Instagram and Facebook this week
2018-04-04

Each of the tragic shootings happened as friends were live-streaming to their Facebook and Instagram followers, reports USA Today. The first shooting occurred on Sunday in Houston when friends were using Facebook Live to live-stream video of them playing with two guns in a car in a gas station parking lot. Though...

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