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PrivateCore, the Cybersecurity Company Acquired by Facebook

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Vineesh Mohan

Facebook announced that it has been acquired encryption startup PrivateCore, which specializes in protecting servers from malware threats, unauthorized physical access, and malicious hardware devices. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. PrivateCore, which received $2.25 million in funding

Facebook faces action over ’emotion contagion’ study

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Mini Soji

US privacy group Electronic Privacy Information Centre (EPIC) has filed a formal complaint with the Federate Trade Commission (FTC) over Facebook’s use of user data in its “emotion contagion” study. “The company purposefully messed with people’s minds. Facebook conducted the

Facebook has released Mentions app for celebrities

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Social networking site Facebook has launched a new app called ‘Mentions’ for Facebook-recognised or verified celebrities to help them manage their public figure pages. “We are introducing Facebook Mentions, a new Facebook Creative Labs app that makes it easy for

Facebook tests new ‘buy’ button for online purchase

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Facebook Inc is testing a new “buy” button on its website that will let consumers purchase products that are advertised on its social network. The new service, which Facebook described on Thursday as a test with a “few small and

Google+ Removes Need to Use Real Name

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Google+ apologized Tuesday and stopped requiring people to use their real names while mingling in the online social network, as it looks to gain ground on market leader Facebook. “When we launched Google+ over three years ago, we had a

What Happens in Just ONE Minute on Facebook

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Sibi Antony

As thousands of new social media users log on every week, the numbers relating to the flow of information on Facebook become ever more staggering. This infographic from SumoCoupon illustrates just how much data is generated in a mere 60

Twitter Now Supports Animated GIFs

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Twitter has finally announced an awesome change to its social network. Now it supports animated GOF images. This new change is now live on website, Android and iPhone app. Twitter has announced this new update via a tweet containing the

Facebook Chat app for iPad

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Facebook’s dedicated chat app, has finally arrived for the iPad. It has already been available for Android, iOS and even Windows Phone smartphones. There is no word on support for Android tablets yet though. Facebook Messenger for iPad can be

Facebook Testing ‘Missed Call’ Ads in India

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Facebook has created a new “missed call” product for advertisers in India, marking the first time that the social network has designed a special ad format for a single country. When a mobile phone user clicks on one of the

Google is saying goodbye to Orkut

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Sibi Antony

Google Inc will shut down its early social-networking service, Orkut , which was launched ten years ago but has failed to put Google ahead in what has become one of the Web’s most popular businesses. Google said it will shut