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May 4 Tech news roundup: Arc Browser released for Windows, Netflix discontinues Basic plan, OneDrive gets an offline mode
News May 4, 2024
A new desktop browser is available for Windows 11. Netflix is discontinuing its cheapest ad-free plan. Let’s find out what else happened in this week’s tech news roundup. Netflix asks Basic users to move to other plans Netflix has begun prompting users who are subscribed to its Basic plan to…
Twitter Username Worth $50k Extorted From Owner
NewsSocial Media February 2, 2014
Recently, a twitter user extorted into relinquishing his twitter user name. To give up your well-established twitter user name is bad enough, but this one was apparently worth $50,000. The Twitter user is claiming to have been offered $50,000 for the username in the past. The user name in question is... Read more
Dumbest Criminal Award Goes To This Facebook User
InternetSocial Media January 28, 2014
You’ve probably heard it a million times – there’s no such thing as the perfect crime. Eventually every crime will be solved and the details will be spilled out into the open. Just like there are no perfect crimes, there obviously aren’t any perfect criminals, either. Now, let’s be... Read more
Courtney Love Wins Twitter Trial
NewsSocial Media January 27, 2014
A California jury recently decided that Courtney Love should not be held accountable for a tweet she aimed at her former lawyer, Rhonda Holmes. This is the first trial that will involve allegations of slander on Twitter in a U.S. court. Love originally hired Rhoda Holmes in order to deal with... Read more
Facebook Being Sued For Faking Your Likes
InternetSocial Media January 18, 2014
Facebook has recently found itself in the center of the news lately and for nothing good. In December of 2013, it was brought out into the open that user’s private Facebook messages might not have been all that private after all. That news alone created quite the firestorm, and... Read more
Facebook Buys Branch & Potluck
InternetSocial Media January 16, 2014
Social media giant, Facebook has just added 10 new talented people to its human resource pool, thanks to the acquisition of Branch and Potluck for a reported price of $15 million. Cemre Güngör and Josh Miller founded the social platform Branch, back in 2012 with backing from Twitter co-founders... Read more
Facebook Sued Over Message Scanning
InternetSocial Media January 6, 2014
Facebook has been accused of systematically scanning of the private messages of its massive user base. And, if that wasn’t bad enough, Facebook then allegedly sold the data it collected to advertisers and marketers, without getting any consent from its users, according to a class action suit that was recently... Read more
4.6 million North American Snapchat users have had their phone numbers and usernames leaked online. The revelation came from the unofficial site SnapchapDB, which allows open access to two files: an SQL dump and CSV text. These show details of the photo-sharing app’s users and their location. SnapchatDB has... Read more
Introducing Instagram Direct: Keeping Those Private Moments Private
InternetSocial Media December 13, 2013
At an event in New York, Facebook owned Instagram announced a new private messaging feature called Instagram Direct. This new feature will allow you to send videos and photos privately to specific friends, who can then discuss the image and also use the already existing like button. Instagram Direct... Read more
Facebook “No Posts” Bug Affecting Users
NewsSocial Media December 10, 2013
Facebook has had a ‘No posts to show’ bug, late last week, which the company were aware of but no fix was made available immediately, leaving users to wait and see until after the weekend for their solution. The company did not give a reason for the error, which... Read more
Invitations have been sent out to an event held by Instagram next week in New York City. The invitation for the event, which will be hosted by CEO Kevin Systrom and his team, requested that the guests “share a moment”. There are no details as to what Instagram is... Read more
Viber 4.0 Adds Stickers, Push to Talk & Android Tablet Support
MobileNewsSocial Media November 15, 2013
Viber 4.0 has just hit app stores! The updated app carries new features such as; Stickers, push-to-talk voice messaging, and it also has support for Android tablets. CEO Talmon Marco recently said, “This is the most exciting release we’ve had for Viber since we launched the platform…Today’s updated version... Read more
Facebook Thumb to be Retired, New Facebook Like Button Coming Soon
InternetSocial Media November 10, 2013
Did you know that the Facebook Like and Share buttons are seen more than 22 billion times every day and embedded on 7.5 million websites? Pretty impressive you have to agree. Facebook has released these figures, along with the announcement that it is giving the online icons a makeover.... Read more
Instagram Blocks Images Selling Drugs
InternetSocial Media November 10, 2013
The photo sharing social network Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, has blocked searches for certain terms that are associated with the suspected selling of illegal drugs. As a result of an investigation, journalists found that there were many pictures and videos that had been posted of narcotics, which... Read more
The Twitter IPO For Investing Newbies
NewsSocial Media November 6, 2013
Twitter’s IPO is the hottest piece of news in the tech scene this week. Tomorrow, the microblogging slash social media platform is going to offer its stock to the public, which is inherently what an IPO is. Some of you may have a good bit of investing knowledge, but... Read more
Instagrille Reborn As Pixsta
NewsSocial Media October 19, 2013
Do you remember way back in 1990 when the chocolate bar Marathon was renamed Snickers? Marathon was renamed after the manufacturer, Mars, decided to scrap the British brand and bring it into line with its global operation. Underneath the packaging everything about the tasty treat remained the same. Third-party... Read more
Self-Serve Ad Platform Available at Foursquare
NewsSocial Media October 19, 2013
Foursquare hasn’t been performing as well as it would like over recent years. In fact, the social check-in site actually took on $41 million of debt in an attempt to hit the aggressive financial targets the company set for itself in 2013. It seems that self-serve ads are to... Read more
Facebook Removes Privacy Setting For Searching Timeline
NewsSocial Media October 17, 2013
The Facebook security topic is one that has concerned many and with good reason. Most people do not know how to secure their information whilst using Facebook. Such as how to keep their personal details personal, how to allow others to see their information etc. Well, Facebook now has the... Read more
California Law To Allow Teens To Delete Social Media Posts
InternetSocial Media September 26, 2013
California has passed a law allowing under-18s to force websites to delete their personal information. The law takes effect from 2015 and includes content that has been posted by the individual, like photos and content. However, companies will not be made to remove content posted or reposted by others.... Read more