Big-shot bank executives. They’re almost always portrayed as the bad guys, but are they just misunderstood? Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), wants the public to believe in it, so Dennis Tan, the company’s head of consumer financial services in Singapore, agreed to be Facebook livestreamed taking a lie detector test. “Stay True is our promise to …
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Now playing: Watch this: Facebook tools aim to combat revenge porn 1:25 Revenge porn is the scourge of the social internet — emotionally distressing at best and a downright life-ruiner at worst. Facebook is stepping up its game when it comes to protecting victims of the practice. The social network announced a new tool on Wednesday that will prevent people …
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It’s game on for Amazon. The internet retail giant has reached a deal with the National Football League to stream 10 “Thursday Night Football” games during the coming season, an Amazon representative said Tuesday. The one-year pact is reported at about $50 million. Amazon was in a bidding war for the NFL streaming rights with Facebook, YouTube and Twitter — …
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Facebook has been packing in new features recently, and it looks like WhatsApp is following suit. The Facebook-owned app is working on launching a person-to-person payment service soon in India, reports The Ken, citing sources with knowledge of the matter. As the publication points out, WhatsApp’s career page hosts an advertisement that says the company is hiring a digital transaction …
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New York state’s highest court has rejected Facebook’s challenge to bulk search warrants that require the social media giant to turn over information from hundreds of user accounts in connection with a fraud investigation. The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld lower court rulings finding that under New York law, Facebook lacked standing to challenge search warrants in a …
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Enjoy putting funny stickers and comments on your photo then sharing it with your friends? You’re probably using Snapchat to do it, but if you want to branch out, Microsoft‘s new Sprinkles app offers a new option. The app, for iPhones right now, tries to figure out what’s in the photo then come up with apt witticisms and attach stickers …
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Well, it happened. Your phone is lost. Or broken. Maybe even stolen. And because your entire life is contained in that thing, now you’ve got problems. Your passwords — gone. Contacts, gone. Trip details, appointment calendar, photos from the wedding, that book you were reading — all gone. Thankfully, you planned ahead. Nearly all your data is synced to the …
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Did you get a golden ticket to the new Facebook icon? It’s a little rocket ship that appears in the apps of select Facebook users, next to the News Feed button, and is part of Facebook’s latest global experiment. The icon takes you to a separate feed that pushes popular content customised to your interests from pages you haven’t liked, …
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Yes, we are still talking about the Samsung Galaxy S8, but there’s a good reason! Samsung’s latest phone is the first device that will be able to reach Gigabit LTE speeds, meaning you could download the first “Lord of the Rings” movie in less than 30 seconds. But it’ll take some adjustments first from your carriers, which will have to …
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A 14-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault last month of a 15-year-old Chicago girl that was livestreamed on Facebook Live. The unidentified suspect faces felony charges of aggravated criminal sexual assault, manufacturing of child pornography and dissemination of child pornography, police said Sunday during a news conference. More arrests are expected in connection with the …
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