Category: Social
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Beware: Robbers are using Pokémon Go to lure victims
Pokémon Go the famous location-based reality games which were developed by Niantic for both iOS and Android platforms was released in July 2016 in select countries and has climbed high on the popularity charts. The game has made its way into the Google Play Store and Apple App Store after an exhaustive process of testing.…
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Google, Telcos offer free calls to France following Nice attack
Telecommunication Companies Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile and also Google has announced that calls and messages to France will be free due to the attack at Nice, France. Google has declared that calls made through Google Voice, Project Fi and Hangout to France will be not charged at all. This is applicable for people from all…
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Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook to retrain Apple Store managers: Will it make them LESS RACISTS though?
Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook issued an official statement forwarded to all Apple employees regarding the incident that took place in Australia. The unfortunate event involved a group of high school students of Somalian and Sudanese origin, who were asked to leave their local Apple Store from the respective employees. The latter justified the reason of their action…
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YouTube video claims that Facebook Inc. is ‘STEALING BILLIONS OF VIEWS’ from content creators
A video that was recently uploaded to Google’s YouTube that accuses Facebook of stealing billions of views annually has started going viral on the web, while it also receives support from content creators and front running names of the tech industry. The aforementioned video that was produced by Munich-based YouTube channel and design studio Kurzgesagt,…
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SHOTS FIRED: Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook calls Microsoft Corporation Surface Book laptop ‘DILUTED’
Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, made a rather provocatory remark regarding Microsoft’s first laptop, the Surface Book, during an interview with the Irish Examiner, where Cook mainly discussed his company’s business plans in the country. More specifically, Cupertino’s chief statement read as following: “It’s a product that tries too hard to do too much. It’s trying…
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Facebook Inc. BLOCKS Tsu.co rival social network: Here is why
The social networking giant, Facebook, has recently blocked startup rival social network, Tsu.co, which essentially led users of both platforms wondering why this action took place. In case you are not familiar, Tsu.co is a social network that was founded a year ago, allowing users to make money from producing their own content (i.e photos,…
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Facebook adds ‘celebrating Back to the Future’ feeling for the movie’s 30th anniversary
PALO ALTO, CA- Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) The social networking giant has added a ‘celebrating Back to the Future’ feeling as part of the movies 30th anniversary. Back to the Future is a comic science fiction film that has managed to include itself in the most favorable films of all time, since it was offering a…
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Facebook to offer free Internet to Africa with satellites
PALO ALTO, CA- Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) The social networking giant is set to beam free internet to Africa using satellites orbiting around Earth. Facebook keeps its focus straight and is now closer than ever to its goal, which is connecting people by providing internet to underdeveloped countries and distant parts of the world. Yesterday,…
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The new Stonehenge called “superhenge ” has been located in UK
UNITED KINGDOM- The Stonehenge Hidden Landscapes, a team of archaeological researchers that has been creating an underground map of the area in a five-year project, located this Monday a new Stonehenge counterpart approximately two miles from the original one. The new site that was discovered, is on “an extraordinary scale” as research mentioned – hence…
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Facebook Moments Encounters Problems In Europe
Facebook has announced that the company would not be launching Facebook Moments in Europe due to privacy concerns about the service’s facial recognition technology. Moments is a new photo-sharing app that uses facial recognition technology to find your friends in your old pictures. European regulators have stated that users should be able to opt out…