Since Apple launched Siri, iPhone's exclusive voice-activated assistant, in 2010, no other smart phone has come close to the iPhone in understanding and executing complex voice commands. But my informal look at two Android-based voice ...
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Facebook has reported fixing a flaw that made it possible to snoop on private New Year's Eve messages sent using a "Midnight Delivery" service. Facebook took "Midnight Delivery" offline temporarily to patch a vulnerability pointed out by ...
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As presidential election day unfolded on Tuesday,people spent time posting photos of long lines at polling places,tweeting about casting a vote and commenting on a viral video of a malfunctioning voting machine. Obama victory tweet ...
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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's sister evidently tripped on the social network's privacy settings,landing in the midst of a debate yesterday about"online etiquette". Randi Zuckerberg,who launched a Silicon Valley themed online ...
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In its latest attempt to boost advertising revenue as uses move to mobile devices, Facebook is trialling ads for apps in the social network's mobile news feed. The ads will appear in a limited number of beta users' feeds during the trial ...
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Watch out, Pinterest. Facebook is testing a new feature called Collections, which is designed to give businesses a venue where they can showcase and sell their products. Pottery Barn is one of the businesses participating in Facebook's ...
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Facebook seemed to answer at least one burning question about its mobile business on Thursday -- it doesn't plan to build its own smartphone -- but it's still not entirely clear how it will capitalize on its rapidly expanding base of mobile ...
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Google+ first went live at the end of June, 2011, Brandlective Communications began testing the social network almost immediately and within two weeks of its launch, the International Business Times had reported that the popularity rise of ...
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Conversionplanet,a digital content marketing publisher,has launched its first-ever fashion campaign on more than 300 news sites across the U.S.The special section,entitled"Holiday shop with a conscience,"was created for global fashion ...
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With a growing Facebook population of 33% (Forbes.com) in the past 12 months, the company has announced on Thursday, 4 October that it has surpassed 1 billion users worldwide. According to Bloomberg Business Week, Mark Zuckerberg's idea to ...
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IDG News Service - Facebook has launched a new version of its app for Android smartphones that promises users speedier access to their messages, timeline and news. The app marks a rewrite of several major parts of the Facebook software to ...
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As presidential election day unfolded on Tuesday, people spent time posting photos of long lines at polling places, tweeting about casting a vote and commenting on a viral video of a malfunctioning voting machine. This year marked the ...
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Yahoo and Facebook announced Friday they have settled a high-profile patent dispute with a deal that analysts said would likely be good for both sides. As part of the agreement, Yahoo and Facebook have signed a cross-licensing deal ...
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Ireland top least-malware-infected nations for the first time PandaLabs, Panda Security's antimalware laboratory, today published its Quarterly Report for Q3, analyzing the IT security events and incidents from July through September ...
Despite Facebook users losing out on a privacy policy vote earlier this week,the social network moved today to make its privacy tools easier for users to take advantage of. Facebook updated its privacy settings,adding shortcuts,an ...
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