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Apple fires back at NSA iPhone spyware claims
After the Snowden leaks regarding the scope of NSA’s spying efforts, it shouldn’t be surprising to anyone to hear the recent claims that the NSA is able to install spyware on the iPhone via its DROPOUTJEEP program. Reports claim that the NSA currently needs physical access to the device in order to be able to…
Facebook Year in Review showcases the top moments from your friends
Mashable reports on Facebook’s Year in Review for your friends. On top of the Year in Review feature that highlights your top 30 moments, Facebook has introduced the Year in Review for your friends. Facebook uses a different algorithm than the one that surfaces News Feed content. The Year in Review is made up exclusively…
Facebook screwed online retailers
Business Insider writes about how online retailers have been hit hard by Facebook’s new News Feed. It turns out the News Feed tweak did more than just highlight “high quality” news stories. It also totally buried posts from retailers on Facebook. A source from one retailer told us that her company’s “reach” on Facebook declined…
Facebook’s News Feed update hurting social media marketers
Business Insider reports that Facebook’s News Feed algorithm update is hurting social media marketers. When the change went down, lots of people assumed it would be terrible news for publishers that write a lot about “memes” and publish other “viral” content – publishers like Buzzfeed and Upworthy. Then AllThingsD’s Mike Isaac reported that the Facebook…
Facebook might be adding a “sympathise” button
Business Insider reports that Facebook might be adding a sympathise button. When you write a Facebook status, you have the option of choosing to share how you’re feeling from a drop down list of emotions. If you selected a negative emotion like “depressed” from the list, the “like” button under your status would be relabeled…
Twitter dethrones Facebook as the best tech company to work for
The Next Web reports that Twitter is the top tech company in the sixth Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the top 50 best places to work for in the coming year. Facebook held the number one spot among tech companies for the past three years, but slipped to third place this year. Twitter…
Using Instagram as a real-time search engine
Joe Weisenthal writes on Business Insider about his use of Instagram to conduct real-time search. Instagram isn’t perfect, but for the most part you don’t get re-posts (though re-gramming is a thing on a small scale) and you can fairly quickly establish whether a person’s photo makes sense in the context of their previous images.…
Facebook runs giant stacks of Mac Minis
WIRED.com reports that Facebook employs Mac Mini farms in its data centres. Facebook’s iOS app is so complex — designed to run on so many mobile devices across the world, and built with code written by so many Facebook engineers — that the company needs an enormous network of machines to test it. “We run…
Uber might be more valuable than Facebook
New York Mag reports that Uber might eventually be worth more than Facebook. Amazon grew from selling books alone to carrying a wide range of products by leveraging the warehouse and shipping infrastructure it had established. Likewise, Uber’s plan is to outgrow its car-service roots, and become, as investor Shervin Pishevar put it, “a digital…
Facebook’s new News Feed to promote quality posts
Digital Trends reports that Facebook’s new News Feed will give priority to quality posts. “Starting soon, we’ll be doing a better job of distinguishing between a high quality article on a website versus a meme photo hosted somewhere other than Facebook when people click on those stories,” Facebook says. ”This means that high quality articles you…