Instagram launches “Focus” camera for portrait Stories
Instagram is launching a new bokeh camera mode as part of its Stories camera UI. The camera mode is called “Focus” and sits right next to “Superzoom”. To access it, head to the Stories camera and swipe to the left twice. If the camera sees your face, it will blur …
US senators show they know what’s up (even if they don’t know WhatsApp) during Zuckerberg …
(CNN) – Mark Zuckerberg sat down for a joint Senate committee hearing today — the first of two days on the Hill for the Facebook CEO. Though they didn't quite go full “series of tubes” with it, many observers quickly pointed out that the technological illiteracy of lawmakers was on …
WhatsApp puts blame on users for the huge security flaw in its Group Chats feature
WhatsApp, in particular, is important in the Indian context, as this is the go-to messaging app in India with a significant number of users. Over 200 million, to be precise. With WhatsApp features such as calling, group chats and more recently payments, it is slowly but surely on its way …
Twitter critics highlight casualties of Toronto’s slow real estate market
As the greater Toronto housing market continues to show slow sales volumes and declining values for some home types, the pressing question for many has been: how brutal was the price correction of 2017? Home prices dropped 14.3 per cent in March, compared with March of last year (the market … …
This exchange between two Twitter users who share names with famous people is glorious
Perhaps the confusion is due to both the famous and non-famous people in these situations being verified by Twitter, and thereby having the hallowed blue tick displayed next to their name. Or people take Twitter's auto-suggestions for granted without checking the profiles of those they are tweeting to. Read More
Study: Twitter users unaware researchers using their tweets
Most Twitter users remain unaware researchers collect and analyze their tweets — including deleted ones. Most Twitter users believe this shouldn't be allowed without their consent and wrongly assume it would be a violation of Twitter's terms of service, according to the results of a new study conducted … Read More
Zuckerberg’s boring testimony is a big win for Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg ran his apology scripts, trotted out his lists of policy fixes and generally dulled the Senate into submission. And that constitutes success for Facebook. Zuckerberg testified before the joint Senate judiciary and commerce committee today, capitalizing on the lack of knowledge of the … Read More
Mark Zuckerberg’s Privacy Shell Game
Mark Zuckerberg appeared before Congress Tuesday, and for five hours, senators who appeared to have halting grasp of the company's intricacies questioned the Facebook CEO on topics ranging from Russia to artificial intelligence. Zuckerberg for the most part gave considered answers to their … Read More
Congress tried to crack Zuckerberg – but Facebook still has all the power
If there was one moment that crystallized the absurdity of Tuesday's marathon Senate grilling of Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, it was the tweets. Two tweets, one each from Senators Richard Blumenthal and Kamala Harris, who urged their constituents to follow a link to their own Facebook … Read More
EPA monitoring social media to justify Pruitt spending: report
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is tracking social media posts in an attempt to justify spending on security for agency head Scott Pruitt · Edward (Scott) Scott PruittOvernight … The senators also wrote that the social media monitoring had uncovered “no evidence of a direct threat” to Pruitt. Read More