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LinkedIn: Here’s How to Stop Receiving Promotional Messages

LinkedIn allows its partners to send Sponsored InMail to users containing “information or promotional content that is part of a marketing or hiring campaign.” If you'd rather not receive these messages, our guide will show you how to stop receiving them. Note: These screenshots were captured in the … Read More

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Instagram

Instagram adds a portrait mode called ‘Focus’ in latest update

Portrait mode is increasingly available on smartphones, especially those with two cameras. These pics have blurred backgrounds to make the subject pop like you were using a lens with a shallow depth-of-field. Some phones do this better than others, but I think all of them do it better than Instagram, … …

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Instagram

Did Instagram Change Its Font? People Are Noticing A Difference In Their Profiles

Eagle-eyed Instagram users have noticed a recent change concerning the look of the app, and they have taken to Twitter to figure out what is going on. People are reporting a change in the app that makes it look like the font used for usernames is bolder than it used …

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Instagram

Instagram traps data without a Download Your Information tool

It's hard to #DeleteFacebook with no viable alternative, but at least you can export all your data. There's no such option on Instagram . That lack of data portability puts users at the mercy of Instagram's product and policy decisions. And it could even put users at risk as those …

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Whatsapp

Woman ICDS staff’s morphed pic goes viral on WhatsApp, case lodged

As per the FIR, one Pratap Biswal of Kanheipur Chandma area, who distributes chatua to the Anganwadi workers, posted the picture of the victim woman along with a retired male staff of her office, on his WhatsApp DP to satisfy his personal grudge. After the incident came to the notice …

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Whatsapp

Odisha woman lodges case after her morphed pic goes viral on WhatsApp

Jajpur: Morphed picture of a woman Clerical staff of Korei Child Development Project Office (CDPO) is going viral on instant messaging platform WhatsApp in Jajpur district over past few days. The victim lodged a case with police on Tuesday after it came to her notice. As per the complainant, one …

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Whatsapp

Reverse-engineering Whatsapp, to let us talk to our friends without Facebook’s oversight

When Facebook bought Whatsapp, it gave its founders a chance to cash out, and in exchange, it got the ability to surveil hundreds of millions of people, many of whom weren't living inside Facebook's walled garden, and even more of whom were on Facebook, but were conducting important parts of …

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Twitter

Twitter endorses the Honest Ads Act

Twitter endorsed the Honest Ads Act in a series of tweets on its public policy account this afternoon, saying that the Honest Ads Act “provides an appropriate framework for [political] ads.” This comes after Mark Zuckerberg endorsed the act on his personal Facebook page last Friday. The Honest Ads Act, … …

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Twitter

Twitter to support Honest Ads Act

Twitter Inc. TWTR, +3.02% said Tuesday that it supports the Honest Ads Act. Twitter stock is up 1.4% in afternoon trading and closed at $28.01 Monday. "Twitter is moving forward on our commitment to providing transparency for online ads," the company said in a tweet. "We believe the Honest Ads …

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Twitter

Twitter, like Facebook, says political ads need regulation

The social media company announced on its public policy Twitter feed Tuesday that it will follow Facebook in supporting the Honest Ads Act, a Senate bill that would require tech companies to disclose how political ads are targeted and how much they cost. The bipartisan bill is sponsored by senators … …

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