The long-awaited Unsend feature will hit Facebook Messenger soon. The feature will give you a 10-minute time limit to take back what you said, the social network revealed in the release notes for Version 191.0 of the iOS app. “Coming soon: Remove a message from a chat thread after it’s been sent. If you accidentally …
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Politicians from five countries are demanding that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appear at a Nov. 27 joint hearing in London after he turned down last week’s invitation. The growing call — which now includes politicians from Australia, Argentina, Ireland, Canada and the UK — is led by Damian Collins, chair of the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. Collins …
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Instagram is reportedly prototyping School Stories that only allow a particular school’s students to partake. The code for these Stories, which was discovered by security researcher Jane Manchun Wong and previously reported by TechCrunch, suggests that it’ll be closely moderated to avoid bullying and inappropriate behavior. “School stories are manually reviewed to make sure the community is safe,” it notes. …
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Apple told its main phone assemblers, Foxconn and Pegatron, to stop plans for additional iPhone XR production lines, a report said Monday. The order to the two Taiwanese companies suggests that demand for cheapest of the 2018 iPhones hasn’t lived up to Apple’s expectations, according to Nikkei, which cited anonymous sources. “For the Foxconn side, it first prepared nearly 60 …
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A Google Doodle on Monday celebrated the life of Michael Dertouzos, who foresaw how the internet would change the world. Dertouzos was born in Athens, Greece on Nov. 5, 1936, and went on to earn a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined MIT’s faculty and became director of its Laboratory for Computer Science in 1974. He spearheaded …
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Pokemon Go’s latest addition lets you rack up rewards without keeping the app open. The Adventure Sync feature allows you to link the game to Apple HealthKit or Google Fit to accumulate movement bonuses even if the mobile app is off or you’re not using the Plus accessory. So, you’ll be able to earn candy and hatch eggs even on the …
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WhatsApp has reportedly confirmed that it’s putting ads in its Status feature. A senior executive of the Facebook-owned messaging service told New Delhi media on Wednesday that ads are coming, according to India’s Economic Times. “That is going to be primary monetization mode for the company as well as an opportunity for businesses to reach people on WhatsApp,” Chris Daniels, …
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T-Mobile is offering free line with for customers on its One base unlimited plan, it said Thursday. A study by Strategy Analytics showed its customers could use its free offers — which include free Netflix, an annual Pandora subscription and discounted Live Nation tickets — to save up to $1,550 per line each year, or up to $5,150 for a …
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Facebook is banning individual accounts, pages and groups linked to far-right extremists the Proud Boys. People started reporting the takedown on Twitter on Tuesday, according to Business Insider, in the wake of Proud Boys members’ arrests following a brawl on Manhattan’s Upper East Side earlier this month. The group and its founder Gavin McInnes were removed from Facebook and Instagram, …
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Politicians from the UK and Canada want to hear from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a joint hearing in London next month, the latest effort to get him to testify in Britain. The UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee and its Canadian counterpart wrote to Zuckerberg on Wednesday. Damien Collins, a member of Parliament who heads the UK committee, …
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