Snapchat wants even more real estate on your phone. The disappearing photo app, owned by parent company Snap, on Tuesday launched a quicker way to start chatting with your friends on the app. With Snapchat’s Bitmoji widget, you can pick a few friends and see their avatars right from the “Today” screen on iOS and …
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Heavily nudged by the ACLU, Facebook on Monday said it has updated its policies to explicitly ban developers from using its data for surveillance tools. “Today we are adding language to our Facebook and Instagram platform policies to more clearly explain that developers cannot ‘use data obtained from us to provide tools that are used for surveillance,'” Rob Sherman, Facebook’s …
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Now playing: Watch this: CNET asks New Yorkers: How do you Venmo? 3:29 When Sarah Mellema wanted to shoot a quick, encouraging message to her friend Sam, she didn’t open Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat or WhatsApp. She didn’t email, text or call. She used Venmo. “Miss you boo. Here’s a kiss and some money,” the 26-year-old Chicagoan wrote, attaching a …
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US soccer fans will soon be able to get their kicks from stars Kaká, Clint Dempsey and David Villa live on Facebook. The social network said Friday that it will be partnering with Univision to stream at least 22 Major League Soccer matches this season. The games will be shown in English on Univision Deportes’ Facebook page. The first match …
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Now playing: Watch this: Facebook Messenger copies Snapchat Stories to stay hip 1:46 Social media content that disappears in a puff of smoke after 24 hours is hot right now, and Facebook can’t ignore it. The social network introduced a new feature on Thursday as part of its standalone Messenger app that lets you tell the story of what’s going …
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Now playing: Watch this: Facebook Messenger copies Snapchat Stories to stay hip 1:46 At some point, you have to feel bad for Snapchat. WhatsApp and Instagram each have released a feature that’s nearly identical to Snapchat’s Stories feature, which lets you post photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours. Now here comes Facebook Messenger with a new feature called …
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Want to view immersive, 360-degree Facebook photos or videos in your Samsung Gear VR headset, like this White House tour? It hasn’t been particularly easy — you’ve had to browse the social network first on a 2D screen, then save a video or hunt for a button before popping it on your head. That may change with the introduction of …
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Republicans are doing all they can to make sure the Federal Communications Commission can’t tell broadband companies how to handle your personal data online. In the latest move, Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona on Tuesday evening introduced a resolution that would kill rules the FCC passed in October to regulate consumer privacy for internet service providers. The measure, which …
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Now playing: Watch this: Google Home spouts crazy talk with fake news in answers 2:10 Don’t believe everything you read on the internet. Google acknowledged Monday reports that it inadvertently allowed false information to spread over the weekend. “Unfortunately, there are instances when we feature a site with inappropriate or misleading content,” a Google spokeswoman said in a statement. On …
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Facebook Live gives people an easy way to broadcast live video, but it has also reportedly given Facebook a real live headache: how to decide when to censor video depicting violent acts. In the year since its launch, the feature has been used to broadcast at least 50 acts of violence, according to the Wall Street Journal, including murder, suicides …
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