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5 Free Messaging Apps for Windows 10
Best SoftwareMessaging June 19, 2019
It has never been so easy to communicate via the internet. Itâs getting to the point where the youth of today donât know the difference between an SMS or MMS text. Thatâs because there are so many free messaging apps for us to use when we want and how... Read more
World Blood Donor Day: How Facebook is helping to increase US donations
NewsSocial Media June 14, 2019
Facebook has announced that it is playing a part in helping to increase blood donations in the US. Today marks World Blood Donor Day. It was founded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to raise awareness about the need of regular donations. The day in itself serves as a... Read more
Leading social media platforms have announced steps to block âpraise, support and representationâ of white nationalism and separatism. A Facebook ban will be handed to anyone flouting new rules. It will also apply on Instagram, owned by Facebook, and comes into force this week. This development follows Facebookâs revised... Read more
Discussion sparked around social media community standards, following Tommy Robinson Facebook ban
NewsSocial Media March 5, 2019
The worldâs biggest social media platform has spoken out about community standards. This follows the much-talked-about removal of a profile reportedly linked to âorganised hateâ. Facebook and Instagram announced on Tuesday February 26 that the accounts of Tommy Robinson would be removed. This has been welcomed by many and... Read more
How Facebook is ‘expanding efforts’ to help protect elections in 2019
NewsSocial Media February 6, 2019
Facebook has released an article explaining how it will strengthen its platform, with this yearâs elections in mind. In a blog post, titled âExpanding our efforts to protect elections in 2019′, a number of interesting points were discussed and highlighted. The report was jointly compiled by Facebookâs Katie Harbath... Read more
The people most likely to share ‘fake news’, according to recent study
NewsSocial Media January 15, 2019
The phrase fake news was relatively unheard of a few years ago. However, its notoriety has now seen it earn a spot in the dictionary, and it is regularly referred to by the President of the United States. It is undeniable that much of the rise in so-called fake... Read more
Computer Science Education Week – why Microsoft, Amazon, Facebook and other big names are supporting young coders
DevelopmentNews December 7, 2018
Microsoft will donate $10million to Code.org by 2020, it has been confirmed. The news comes as students worldwide take part in Computer Science Education Week 2018. Computer Science Education Week 2018 is currently being celebrated around the world. Organisers hope that it will promote the importance of educating the... Read more
Facebook launches ÂŁ4.5m Community News Project to support local journalism
BusinessInternetNewsSocial Media November 20, 2018
An ambitious Community News Project has been funded by Facebook, in a bid to enhance local journalism in the UK. In the era of âFake Newsâ allegations, and digital media casting a shadow over print, the social media giant has been regarded as an âenemyâ of journalism by some.... Read more
Facebook Removes Almost 9 Million Child Nudity Images In Three Months.Â
NewsSocial Media October 30, 2018
Facebook has announced that its moderators have removed some 8.7 million images of child nudity in just the last three months. The removal of the images was aided significantly by the use of previously undisclosed AI software Facebook has been using for the last 12 months that flags and removes such images automatically. Thanks to the use... Read more
EU, Germany Propose New Tax On Tech Companies
News October 25, 2018
But will it remain temporary? For decades, wealthy businesses and their owners have relied on offshore accounts and registering companies in places like the Cayman Islands in order to avoid paying their fair share of taxes, and the tech industry is no exception. With companies like Amazon, Facebook, Apple,... Read more
Facebook Could Face Billions In Fines Over Data Breach
NewsPrivacy and SecuritySocial Media October 9, 2018
It’s more bad news for Facebook. Facebook had to announce last week that yet another cybersecurity and privacy fiasco has taken place with its users’ information. 50 million of those users were compromised, by their estimate, along with a potential 40 million more. By exploiting the tokens related to... Read more
Facebook Breach Compromises 50 Million Accounts
NewsPrivacy and SecuritySocial Media October 1, 2018
Hackers exploit vulnerability in Facebook’s ‘View As’ feature to access 50 million user accounts. In the mad rush to be the king of data collection and use, Facebook has had quite a few privacy slip ups over the years. Perhaps that’s why the public response to today’s announcement of... Read more
New Research Claims 26% Of Americans Have Deleted Facebook
NewsSocial Media September 10, 2018
The study, undertaken by the Pew Research Center (no relation to PewDiePie), is the latest in a year of bad news stories for Facebook. In worrying news for Mark Zuckerberg, the social media giant, a new study has revealed that some 26% of Americans have deleted the Facebook app from... Read more
Facebook Dumps Its Data-Gathering VPN
NewsSocial MediaVPNs August 29, 2018
A popular television commercial brought a new phrase to the public vernacular: “That’s not how this works… that’s not how any of this works.” The woman in the commercial obviously has no clue how Facebook works as she shows her friends all the photos she’s posted to her wall…... Read more
Who’s Responsible For Tech Privacy?
NewsPrivacy and Security July 12, 2018
Somehow, we’ve made it all the way to 2018 without really understanding that tech companies may or may not have our best interests at heart, specifically when it comes to privacy. This is the year that all heck broke loose for Facebook, for example, who has suffered privacy blunders... Read more
Facebook has announced the end of plans to build drones that could give sustained and stable internet access to the developing world. The ‘Aquila’ Internet Drone Project has been grounded, ending Facebook’s plans to build a network of high-altitude solar-powered drones in the skies that could have given sustained... Read more
Neo Nazis and other closely associated extremists surge to Google Plus with some âplusâ communities having hundreds or thousands of followers in their circles. At least somebodyâs still using it? News has emerged this week, that following a severe crackdown by mainstream social media outlets such as Facebook and... Read more
Facebook To Take Action On Bad Reviews
NewsSocial Media June 20, 2018
“Don’t read the comments… don’t read the comments…” By and large, the comments section of most news, videos, or social media posts can easily devolve into a cesspool of anti-humanity. However, one aspect to leaving an opinion online can actually serve a purpose for other users: online reviews. All... Read more