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Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp caused a lot of ripples in the technology world and raised almost all brows across the business and corporate segment with some regulators even claiming that the acquisition would prove disastrous for privacy of users and ... Read More
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Earlier this year, Josh Berlin posted an emotional video onto YouTube seeking help from Facebook to gain access to his son’s “Look Back” video. His son died in 2012. The... Keep reading →
  The official Facebook for Windows app just got updated with lots of new features. It now supports Smileys sticker pack, editing posts, adding photos to particular album and more. Read the full list of features below. New features: - 320 snap view for the whole app - Smileys sticker pack - Profile pic sync - New Stories indicator - Create albums from photos page - Add photos directly into an album - Search thread names when choosing conversation members - Refresh in Nearby - Improved toast notifications to remove already seen messages, old stories, etc. - Edit Posts - Edit post privacy - Edit Comments - Copy link to post - Add/Remove people from groups - Add friends to lists - Delete photos Great to see Facebook actively developing this app with steady stream of updates every month. Download it here from Windows Store for free. via: mackins  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/msftnws/~4/PQjaQxEBdT4
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The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Facebook's $16 billion acquisition of WhatsApp based on privacy concerns, according to a document released Thursday. EPIC and CDD's problems with the
Privacy groups, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), have approached the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to hold the Facebook’s $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, until privacy concerns are worked out.
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http://static.techspot.com/images2/n...-thumbnail.jpg Last month, Facebook acquired the world’s most popular instant messaging service. And it seems not everyone is delighted with the move. Fearing that the social networking giant might use Whatsapp's user data for advertising purposes, two consumer privacy groups on Thursday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) stating...
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http://hothardware.com/newsimages/It...ebook_logo.jpg Facebook’s blockbuster $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp has raised a lot of questions--such as “Why?”--but among those unanswered queries is a concern that Facebook will collect user data for advertising purposes, which some privacy groups argue cuts against expectations that WhatsApp users previously had about what their...
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Almost a month after announcing Facebook’s plan to acquire it, WhatsApp today published a blog post titled “Setting the record straight” in which CEO and co-founder Jan Koum attempts to address concerns about how the transaction will impact the popular messaging app. Koum starts off by thanking everyone who covered the news but quickly moves to discuss the “inaccurate and careless information circulating about what our future partnership would mean for WhatsApp users’ data and privacy.” Koum explains that private communication is personally important to him since he grew up in the USSR during the 1980s, where his family couldn’t...
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Mark Zuckerberg is angry that the National Security Agency is violating Facebook users’ privacy, which is a bit like the Silicon Valley equivalent of “Get your government hands off my Medicare.” He thinks users should be upset about this, too. But you know what? I’m not particularly fazed
Jan Koum, WhatsApp CEO, has penned a strongly-worded post over on WhatsApp’s blog to set “the record straight” about data and privacy post Facebook’s acquisition.
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http://static.techspot.com/images2/n...-thumbnail.jpg WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum is hoping to put to rest any concerns about member privacy in light of the pending Facebook acquisition. Koum used a recent blog post to help clear up what he described as a lot of inaccuracies and careless information that’s been circulating about the future partnership. ...
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Facebook has again created waves in the tech world after announcing a $2 billion deal to acquire Oculus VR, the virtual reality gaming company that began life as a Kickstarter project less than two years ago. The deal has created controversy among Oculus VR’s loyal fanbase, many of whom are wary of Facebook’s ad-based business model and its track record on privacy. These responses to the Oculus VR blog post_announcing the deal are ironically made using Facebook’s comment system — although, on a more serious note, the creator of Minecraft has canceled talks with Oculus as a result of the...
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Facebook has been in the news a lot recently. Mark Zuckerberg bought the What's App company in February for a staggering, mind-blowing, huge – I'm running out of adjectives here – $19 billion. Then the company bought a little-known virtual-reality headset maker, Oculus VR, for $2 billion. Those
http://static.techspot.com/images2/n..._thumbs142.jpg Facebook’s proposed acquisition of mobile messaging startup WhatsApp was given the green light by the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday despite objections from two consumer privacy groups. Approval from international regulators is still needed before the deal is finalized but it’s certainly a step in the right direction. ...
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http://hothardware.com/newsimages/It...ends_thumb.jpg Some might consider it to be a major breach of privacy, but Facebook sees it as a major feature. With "Nearby Friends", the Facebook mobile app will be able to tell you if any of your contacts are - as you'd expect - nearby. This feature was first rumored just over a year ago, and at the time, many were up-in-arms - oblivious as to how Facebook...
Facebook is rolling out a new feature that alerts you about friends in your network who are nearby. Depending on how you feel about privacy, Nearby Friends may be helpful or creepy. Facebook stressed that Nearby Friends was an “optional” feature that the company is adding to its mobile app
General Mills, one of the world’s largest food companies, made headlines when the New York Times reported_that its new legal terms meant those who liked Facebook pages belonging to its brands, bought a product or interacted in other ways waived their right to take legal action against it. Now, days later, it is reverting to its original privacy policy and claiming it was all a big misunderstanding. “Those [new] terms – and our intentions – were widely misread, causing concern among consumers._So we’ve listened – and we’re changing them back to what they were before,” a company blog post, which...
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The social media giant that pioneered the concept of sharing too much now wants to protect your anonymity. Facebook is testing a way for users to sign in to a mobile app without divulging their identity, a feature that could appeal to members worried about privacy. The Menlo Park company also
WASHINGTON — The White House, hoping to move the national debate over privacy beyond the National Security Agency’s surveillance activities to the practices of companies like Google and Facebook, released a long-anticipated report on Thursday that recommends developing government limits on how
http://static.techspot.com/images2/n..._thumbsacd.jpg Just a few days after it was acquired by Facebook, the always-on fitness tracking app Moves has updated its privacy policy to allow broader sharing of user data with the social network and other affiliates. The Wall Street Journal was the first to spot the change yesterday.
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Anonymous logins have been around for quite some time now, but with Facebook deciding to provide this feature the web is abuzz with pros and cons of such an option.
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Facebook is changing the default privacy setting for new status updates from Public to Friends. Whereas before all status updates were publicly visible – unless you remembered to change the setting – new users will now see that their first post is set to the Friends option. In addition, first-time posters will be reminded that this feature exists at all. It’s a hidden nugget of Facebook that’s not widely publicized, so the company is increasing its exposure with a revamped on-boarding process. When the user begins writing their first status update, a small window will appear to explain the privacy...
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For years people have been complaining that Facebook’s privacy controls are too confusing, and Facebook made several changes to these policies on Thursday that indicate it agrees. For new users’ first post, Facebook’s default setting will be to share ...
http://static.techspot.com/images2/n..._thumbs958.png Facebook is changing the default privacy setting for posts so that they’re viewable only by Friends. Until now, when new users sent out photos or status updates, these were publicly available to anyone on or off Facebook unless they manually change the default or restrict the audience for a particular...
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