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Meta subsidiary Instagram: Still no iPad app for you

Monday, February 28, 2022 5:06 pm3 Comments

Hundreds of millions of iPad users are still no closer to getting an app from Meta subsidiary Instagram that works well on their devices…

Facebook-parent Meta falls off the list of the world’s 10 most valuable companies

Friday, February 18, 2022 1:48 pm7 Comments

Shares of Meta (FB), parent to societal cancer Facebook, slid past a major milestone on Thursday when the company unceremoniously fell off…

Meta’s threat to pull Facebook and Instagram from Europe seen as gift by German and French ministers

Monday, February 7, 2022 4:48 pm12 Comments

Meta Platforms’s threat to pull Facebook and Instagram from Europe because of blocked talks over privacy rules is being met with enthusiasm…

Facebook stock plummets 26%, sheds more than $230 billion in market value in single day

Thursday, February 3, 2022 4:27 pmThursday, February 3, 20225 Comments

Facebook parent Meta’s stock plunged some 26%, more than $230 billion in market value on Thursday after the company forecast weaker…

Apple’s user privacy controls damage Facebook’s ad tracking biz

Thursday, February 3, 2022 9:08 amThursday, February 3, 20224 Comments

On Wednesday, Facebook owner Meta Platforms posted disastrous quarterly results, blaming privacy safeguards for users from Apple…


Americans trust Google and Amazon more than Apple to handle their personal data

Wednesday, December 22, 2021 12:41 pmWednesday, December 22, 202113 Comments

According to a Washington Post-Schar School poll conducted November 4-22, 2021, Americans trust Google and Amazon more than Apple…

Instagram now supports Apple ProRAW photos

Friday, December 18, 2020 5:20 pmFriday, December 18, 20207 Comments

Instagram is rolling out support for Apple ProRAW photos that are able to be captured with the iPhone 12 and the flagship iPhone 12 Pro Max…

U.S. states plan to sue Facebook over antitrust violations next week

Thursday, December 3, 2020 11:38 am4 Comments

A group of U.S. states is investigating Facebook for possible antitrust violations and plans to file a lawsuit against the social media giant…

Facebook hit with lawsuit over illegal harvesting of biometrics via Instagram

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 3:32 pm4 Comments

Facebook is facing new allegations that it illegally harvests the biometric data of users, this time in a lawsuit that targets the…

US government using cellphones to track Americans’ movements during coronavirus pandemic

Monday, March 30, 2020 4:07 pmWednesday, April 15, 202016 Comments

US government officials are using location data from cellphones to track American’s movements during the coronavirus pandemic and how they may be…

How governments could track social media posts to enforce COVID-19 lockdowns

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 1:01 pmWednesday, March 25, 20203 Comments

The prospect of governments tracking social media posts to enforce COVID-19 lockdowns is a real possibility. Government actions that would be considered…

Instagram begins hiding ‘like’ counts in the U.S. as test expands

Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:31 pm4 Comments

The testing in the US will include a limited amount of users as it rolls out…

Apple removes Instagram stalking app from App Store

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 3:36 pmTuesday, November 12, 20193 Comments

The ‘Like Patrol’ app promised to keep tabs on other peoples’ activity on Instagram. Apple says the app violated its guidelines and pulled it…

FTC chairman says he’s willing to break up Big Tech companies

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 9:30 amWednesday, August 14, 201922 Comments

The head of the US Federal Trade Commission said he’s prepared to break up major technology platforms if necessary…

Apple pulls iTunes pages on Facebook and Instagram ahead of WWDC

Sunday, June 2, 2019 9:31 am5 Comments

Apple has abruptly removed all social media content from its iTunes page on Facebook, including posts, photos, and videos. This appears to have happened within the past 24 hours…

Chimpanzee using Apple iPhone to browse Instagram goes viral

Thursday, April 25, 2019 2:53 pmThursday, April 25, 201912 Comments

The video shows the chimpanzee scrolling, swiping, and browsing Instagram with precision…

Linus Torvalds blasts social media as ‘a disease’

Friday, April 5, 2019 2:33 pm16 Comments

Linux don Linus Torvalds has spoken of his dislike of social media in an interview…

Know when malware tries to access your Mac’s camera or mic with this app

Saturday, March 9, 2019 12:02 pmSaturday, March 9, 201913 Comments

I started covering the camera on my laptop around five years ago…

Facebook really is spying on you – just not through your phone’s mic

Friday, October 19, 2018 9:30 amFriday, October 19, 20188 Comments

Facebook is now so good at watching what we do online — and even offline, wandering around the physical world — it doesn’t need to hear us…

FBI solves mystery surrounding 15-year-old Fruitfly Mac malware

Friday, September 28, 2018 12:55 pmFriday, September 28, 201814 Comments

The FBI has solved the final mystery surrounding a strain of Mac malware that was used…

Class action lawsuit accuses Apple, other tech firms of suppressing political content

Thursday, August 30, 2018 10:25 amThursday, August 30, 201846 Comments

In the wake of mounting proof that social media giants are illegally restricting free speech of conservatives, and promoting free speech from leftist sources such as CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post and others…

How to prevent Mac apps from using your FaceTime camera and microphone without permission

Thursday, August 16, 2018 10:32 am3 Comments

macOS Mojave strengthens user security and privacy by barring apps from using…

Man charged over ‘FruitFly’ Creepsterware; spied on users via infected Windows PCs’ and Macs’ cameras and microphones

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 3:03 pmWednesday, January 10, 201811 Comments

At the time, it was unclear just what the spy tool was for, though it appeared to be used for…

In bid to curtail ‘revenge porn,’ Facebook wants you to send your own nude images via Messenger

Wednesday, November 8, 2017 9:28 amWednesday, November 8, 201718 Comments

If you’ve had a nude photo taken, you might be nervous about where it could end up…

Google engineer proves any iPhone app with camera permission can spy on you

Thursday, October 26, 2017 10:57 amThursday, October 26, 201780 Comments

Google engineer Felix Krause has detailed an alarming privacy setting in Apple’s iOS…

Apple launches first Instagram account

Monday, August 7, 2017 9:57 amMonday, August 7, 20173 Comments

Apple on Monday launched its first Instagram account, exclusively featuring photos and videos…

Mac malware undetected for years allows webcam photos, key-logging, and more

Tuesday, July 25, 2017 12:06 pm10 Comments

A mysterious piece of malware that gives attackers surreptitious control over webcams, keyboards, and other sensitive resources…

How to completely disable your Mac’s FaceTime camera

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 5:32 pmWednesday, March 1, 201716 Comments

Some of the more privacy conscious Mac users out there might put tape over their webcam or use apps…

Why you should cover up your Mac’s iSight camera

Monday, February 6, 2017 4:50 pmMonday, February 6, 201734 Comments

As it happens a few high-profile folks have been spotted covering their webcams, including F.B.I. Director James Comey…

Newly discovered Mac/Linux malware ‘Fruitfly’ watches your every move

Thursday, January 19, 2017 10:26 am17 Comments

A Mac malware that’s been spying on biomedical research centers may have been circulating undetected for years

Android and iPhone reject female nudity app

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:02 pmTuesday, December 13, 201626 Comments

Google Play and Apple have rejected an app designed to help women post nude photos…

How to keep your Mac’s camera from spying on you, no tape required

Thursday, December 8, 2016 12:03 pmThursday, December 8, 201617 Comments

You’re being watched through your hacked computer or phone or through a hijacked surveillance camera feed…

How to get an alert in macOS when an app accesses the webcam or microphone

Friday, October 7, 2016 3:29 pmFriday, October 7, 201613 Comments

Malicious websites and apps can gain access to your webcam and microphone…

Former NSA staffer demonstrates Mac malware that can tap into live webcam and mic feeds

Thursday, October 6, 2016 10:31 amThursday, October 6, 201620 Comments

Security researcher and former NSA staffer Patrick Wardle is this afternoon demonstrating a way…

Apple needs to forget chasing Snapchat and go after the Augmented Reality industry

Thursday, August 25, 2016 2:25 pmThursday, August 25, 201619 Comments

Apple is a secretive and protectionist beast most of the year but around September leaks and…

Apple said to be creating its own Snapchat in social networking push

Thursday, August 25, 2016 8:57 am10 Comments

Apple Inc., seeking to capitalize on the popularity of social networks, is developing a video sharing and editing app…

New Mac malware in the wild: ‘Backdoor.MAC.Elanor’ can control FaceTime camera, steal data, more

Wednesday, July 6, 2016 10:55 amWednesday, July 6, 201617 Comments

Bitdefender Labs has found what it tells us is only the second example of true Mac malware to enter circulation this year…

Mark Zuckerberg covers his MacBook’s camera and microphone with tape

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 12:03 pm23 Comments

Zuckerberg appears to wear fancy tape over the camera and microphone of his MacBook Pro…

You can now post photos to Instagram from any app on your iPhone

Tuesday, June 7, 2016 4:55 pmTuesday, June 7, 20165 Comments

It took a while, but it finally happened: Instagram now has a convenient way of uploading pictures…

Twitter users now trust social media influencers nearly as much as their friends

Wednesday, May 11, 2016 5:30 pmWednesday, May 11, 20166 Comments

Respondents said they’ve purchased an item online after seeing it used by an influencer on Instagram, Twitter, Vine or YouTube…

Instagram said to test next-gen ads that leverage Apple’s 3D Touch, Apple Pay; Instagram denies

Friday, November 6, 2015 3:30 pm2 Comments

Facebook-owned Instagram is reportedly testing ads that exploit two of Apple’s most recent technologies, 3D Touch and Apple Pay…

Study: Frequent social media use linked to poor mental health in teens

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 4:59 pmWednesday, July 29, 201516 Comments

Most members of Generation Z can’t imagine life without Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter…

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