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Apple Puts the Smackdown on Facebook Apps

Things are getting more heated between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple CEO Tim Cook.   According to TechCrunch, Facebook had long been paying people $20 a month to download an app called Facebook Research that essentially gave the company full access to collect data from their phones, including which websites they visited, the messages they sent, and all the apps they used.   However, the Facebook Research app wasn't […]

todayFebruary 4, 2019

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Facebook’s plan to get those Teens… LOL!

Facebook’s seemingly never-ending quest to make itself appealing to younger, teenage smartphone owners has now resulted in an app called LOL, a simple piece of software featuring a feed of memes and GIFs categorized by topics like “animals” and “pranks,” and Facebook is currently testing it with 100 high school users (with the consent of their parents). LOL’s design feels a lot like Snapchat’s Discover tab, and it will offer […]

todayJanuary 25, 2019

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Facebook Takes More Drastic Measures

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is trying to tackle the rabid spread of sensational content on its site by taking “more drastic measures.”   In a conference call with the media last week, Zuckerberg stated, “People naturally engage with more sensational content. What we see is that as content gets closer to the line of what is prohibited by our community standards, people seem to engage with it more.” By […]

todayNovember 19, 2018

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Facebook Wants to Lasso You

So, you like to sing and dance around your bedroom, do ya? Maybe video yourself and share with your friends? Facebook knows all about it, and wants to help you get ready for your next lip sync battle. “Anonymous” sources from inside the social media giant say that Facebook is about to launch “Lasso,” a standalone app designed to win over that coveted millennial crowd, that allows users to record […]

todayNovember 8, 2018

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