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Facebook’s privacy debacle over Onovo VPN app points to problem of trust

To get to the heart of Facebook’s newest controversy, you’d have to go back to 2013. That’s when Facebook announced it was buying Onavo, a mobile analytics startup based in Israel. At the time, the buyout was expected to bolster CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s efforts to wire the globe, providing web access to underserved communities through the social network’s Internet.org initiative. …

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Chow down and save the planet with Karma dining app

I’m still in the office at 7:25 p.m., but I’m feeling pumped. If I leave right now, I can get down to my local sushi joint and buy up the remaining salmon sashimi for less than half what it costs at lunchtime, and before all the other local bargain hunters get to it. My sushi joint is just one of …

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