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Facebook is almost coming back to face a Cambridge Analytica-sized scandal, as an advertising agency has infiltrated the personal data of millions of users. The company-colossus blocked the Hyp3r ad following a revealing report by Business Insider, which said the company violated Instagram’s Terms of Use, collecting significant amounts of Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
In times like the one we live in, digital and very fast, if not all of us have accounts that are never used by anyone. They are accounts for sites that we were very interested at first, but after a while we forgot them. Or accounts for free trials, which Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The language used on Facebook posts can help to identify cases of people with various diseases, such as diabetes, anxiety, depression and psychosis; according to new U.S. scientific research. The way in which the posts are written by users, could be an indicator of disease and, with the consent of Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The commercial launch begins for the virtual reality helmets of Oculus, which belongs to Facebook. Oculus Rift S and Quest VR have been around for quite some time, but now it seems that the time has come for their commercial launch. Oculus Quest is a complete virtual reality system that Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook reported that in the first quarter this year disabled 2.19 billion fake user accounts. In total, in the October 2018-March 2019 half, it deleted more than three billion accounts. Overall, around 5% of the 2.4 billion active monthly users are estimated to be fake, which have not yet been Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
According to a very widespread metaphore, if the internet we use daily was an iceberg it would only be the top of it. Beneath the surface, most of the internet is sunk and is called “Dark Web”. There -deep in the big nowhere- there is a galaxy of “sites” devoted Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Nearly two months after the terrorist attacks in New Zealand, Facebook has announced measures that it hopes will stop the live broadcast of similar content. The announcements came through a blog post by Guy Rosen, vice president of the company and content officer, who said the platform would punish users Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
The reasons for others are professional and for other purely personal, but today more and more people choose to have two phone numbers. Usually the solution to this is buying a smartphone with dual sim, but this is not always desirable. After all, the choices are very limited. Sure, therefore, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook “mistakenly” put “in hand” email contacts of its 1.5 million users. As the BBC reports, data leakage occurred through an application used to identify new members of the social media. According to the procedure, Facebook asked its new users to give their e-mail account password to connect, while creating Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook’s “Stories” feature is not yet widespread, but the company seems determined to invent new ways of introducing it. As revealed by software engineer and researcher Jane Manchun Wong, on the TechCrunch website, Facebook is testing a new feature that basically combines “Stories” with the “News Feed” features of the Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
For many, Messenger was an application that necessarily downloaded when Facebook decided to unsubscribe from the official page. Since then Messenger has changed character and adds more and more interesting features to those who use it. In the following album we will mention some of the most special ones, which Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Several Facebook and its affiliates Instagram and Whatsapp users around the world faced more than ten hours of difficulty accessing and running their applications. The problem began at around 18:00 GMT on Wednesday, and many users were unable to post. After many users complain, via Twitter, Facebook -also through message on Twitter– recognized the problem, said that Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook sets in active mode the dark function of Messenger, called «dark mode», which had already announced last year, following the trend of the times. What does this mean; Messenger experimentally attempts to replace the white background with black. The font remains white to be legible, and some fields, such as the search Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Instagram, the very popular new social networking site, has decided to ban photos showing self-harm, thus participating in the fight against self-harm and suicide, announced today the platform belongs to Facebook. Very recently: “We found that, as far as the issues of self-harm and suicide are concerned, we are not there and Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
According to TechCrunch, Facebook paid its new users to watch indiscriminately everything they do there. Facebook users were between the ages of 13 and 35, who took a $20 fee a month to install a Virtual Private Network on their Android or iOS mobile called Facebook Research. Through this software, Facebook could receive detailed information about what Facebook users are doing using the social networking Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …
Facebook plans to unify Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger applications. Although they would retain their autonomy, on a deeper level it is now possible users’ messages to “travel” between the three services. As Athens News Agency (ANA) broadcasts, Facebook has made a point about the begining of a “long process”, Διαβάστε Περισσότερα …