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Microsoft to ban ‘offensive language’ and monitor private data to ‘investigate’ users
Microsoft is cracking down on what people say while using their services online…
Apple to prevent Siri from reading hidden notifications on lock screen in upcoming update
Apple has confirmed it will fix a privacy issue in which Siri can read aloud hidden lock screen notifications…
Oops! Siri will read hidden lock screen notifications from third-party apps to anyone
As of iOS 11, you can set message notifications to be hidden on your Lock screen…
Facebook asks users: Should we allow men to ask children for sexual images?
Facebook whether pedophiles requesting sexual pictures from children should be allowed on its website…
Study: Facebook is for old people
Facebook lost 2.8 million users under the age of 25 last year…
Twitter sort of denies allegations of employees reading direct messages
On Monday, conservative activist and filmmaker James O’Keefe published undercover footage of Twitter engineers…
Mark Zuckerberg is fighting to save Facebook; announces major change to News Feed
On Thursday, Facebook announced a major change to News Feed, its central feature…
Facebook developing ‘Portal’ gadget which will let it put microphones and cameras in people’s homes
The oppressive rulers of Oceania used devices called telescreens to closely monitor and repress citizens…
Facebook is giving the US government more and more data
Every year, Facebook gets tens of thousands of requests for data from governments worldwide…
Skype vanishes from Apple’s App Store, other app stores in China
One of the last foreign-run tools for online communication in China…
Facebook plans to spend as much as Apple, up to $1 billion, on original shows in 2018
Facebook Inc. is loosening its purse strings in its drive to become a major hub for video…
Young people are leaving Facebook
This marks the first time eMarketer has ever predicted a decline in Facebook usage for any age group…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple likely to launch all-new 10.5 inch iPad Pro and Siri Speaker at WWDC
Apple’s WWDC conference kicks off on June 5th and whilst it is predominantly a software conference…
Microsoft’s ‘me too’ smart speaker
First there was Amazon’s Echo, which I characterized as an attempt to advance home automation…
How to delete your online existence, while saving your data
Sick of Snapchat? Tired of Twitter? Fed up with Facebook?
Facebook wants to start selling TV ads via Apple TV and Roku boxes
Next week, Facebook will start delivering video ads on apps that run on set-top boxes like Apple TV and Roku…
Facebook begins tracking non-users around the internet
Facebook will now display ads to web users who are not members of its social network…
EU to probe Google, Amazon, other US sites over data use and search
Brussels is set to widen its front against US tech companies just two weeks…
European Commission: Don’t use Facebook if you don’t want to be spied on
EU citizens should close their Facebook accounts if they want to keep information private…
Microsoft ends Skype support for Macs running OS X 10.5.8 and below
Microsoft’s Skype no longer works with older versions of Apple’s OS X…
Why Microsoft’s Skype still can’t compete with Apple’s iMessage
The one Microsoft platform that both needs native Skype integration..
Edward Snowden seen as whistle-blower by majority of U.S. registered voters
The view of Snowden as a whistle-blower rather than traitor predominated among almost every group…
How Microsoft handed U.S. NSA, FBI, CIA access to users’ encrypted video, audio, and text communications
Microsoft has collaborated closely with US intelligence services to allow users’ communications to be intercepted,,,
DuckDuckGo search engine surges 33% in wake of PRISM scandal
The ‘anonymous’ search engine DuckDuckGo is getting a boost off the PRISM scandal…
Yahoo: Since December 2012, we have received up to 13,000 U.S. gov’t requests for customer data
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Ron Bell, General Counsel, have issued…
Apple: Since December 2012, we have received U.S. gov’t requests for customer data for up to 10,000 accounts
Two weeks ago, when technology companies were accused of indiscriminately sharing customer data…
Nine companies, including Apple, tied to PRISM, Obama to be smacked with class-action lawsuit
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said during a Sunday appearance…
PRISM: Do Apple, Google, Facebook have an ethical obligation not to spy on users?
Many Americans are outraged at the government for mining user data…
Obama administration defends PRISM data-collection as legal anti-terrorism tool
The Obama administration confirmed the existence of a classified U.S. government program…
Report: Intelligence program gives U.S. government direct access to customer data on Apple servers; Apple denies
Apple: We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers…
The Microsoft Tax: Malicious worm on Skype lets hackers hold Windows PCs for ransom; Macintosh unaffected
Yet another ‘malicious worm’ that infects Windows PCs…
Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 Billion in cash
Microsoft Corp. and Yammer Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement…
AT&T considering data-only subscriber plan
At an investor conference today, the CEO of AT&T Inc. said that data-only…
Can FreedomPop destroy pricing for AT&T And Verizon?
FreedomPop is on its way to launching a free mobile Internet service for U.S. users this summer…
Microsoft’s Skype for Mac 5.4 beta adds Facebook integration
Announced on the Skype Blog, Microsoft-owned Skype now integrates with Facebook…
Anonymous claims DNS attacks against Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Symantec, and others
The Sri Lankan branch of Anonymous claims to have hacked into the DNS servers of Apple…
Skype for iPad goes live, briefly
Skype’s Internet phone and video chat application for Apple’s iPad…
Microsoft patents spy tech for Skype; ‘Legal Intercept’ will allow company to secretly record VoIP communications
Microsoft’s “Legal Intercept” is designed to silently record communications on VoIP networks such as Skype…
Skype suffers worldwide crash, users question Microsoft buyout
Skype has crashed throughout the world and continues to crash on login…
Did Microsoft blow $8.5 billion on the wrong Skype?
When a company is acquired, the price paid is usually higher…
How Microsoft caused the DotCom Bubble and why their Skype ‘Hail Mary’ is irrelevant
Microsoft the rich, uncool fat kid at school, trying desperately to buy their way into some popularity…
