Facebook is a place where people share their thoughts, ideas and beliefs. Which means Facebook has become a go-to source of information for government organizations like the NSA. Sefa Riano, a suspected militant, didn’t try to hide his ideas and beliefs either, as authorities took interest in his recent status updates apologizing to his parents… Continue reading Facebook Foils Terror Plot in Indonesia
Month: June 2013
Will these New Vine Features Knock Instagram out of the Water?
Vine, Twitter’s mobile app that allows you to create and share 6-second videos, seems to have a few more tricks up its sleeve. Weeks after adding Android support, Vine is poised to enhance the app’s video-taking capabilities. Yesterday Vine co-founders Dom Hofmann and Rus Yusupov tweeted out three mysterious Vines videos that seem to offer a… Continue reading Will these New Vine Features Knock Instagram out of the Water?
Social Media Engages the World in the #ChangeBrazil Movement
Recent citizen demonstrations in cities across Brazil have created not only the largest protests in the country in over 20 years but also a surge of chatter on social media. Hashtags such as #vemprarua, #protestorj, and #changebrazil are trending on Twitter and Instagram, and memes and protest recordings are spreading like wildfire on Facebook. The… Continue reading Social Media Engages the World in the #ChangeBrazil Movement
Facebook Announces 15-Second Videos For Instagram, Boasting 13 New Filters and 130 Million Active Users
Facebook finally put an end to the video for Instagram rumors, by making that feature official today. The social network held a press event at its Menlo Park headquarters to unveil “something big” and to share a cup of coffee with a few shortlist invited reporters. In an unprecedented move, Facebook sent out paper invitations… Continue reading Facebook Announces 15-Second Videos For Instagram, Boasting 13 New Filters and 130 Million Active Users
It Took Just One Day for Adobe’s New Photoshop to Be Pirated
Adobe released the newest version of Creative Cloud on Monday, offering Creative Suite upgrades only to monthly subscribers for the first time. Despite the fact that the new Photoshop no longer functions as a standalone desktop-based application, hackers were still able to pirate the software and make it make it available for download on the… Continue reading It Took Just One Day for Adobe’s New Photoshop to Be Pirated
Facebook Introduces New Open Graph Tags for Media Publishers and More
Facebook has launched two new Open Graph tags to make it easier for people follow their favorite media publishers and journalists. Facebook has also added several new requirements to review your app and Open Graph submissions. They’ve included a few updates to using Facebook Android SDK with ProGuard and the Graph API for event pages… Continue reading Facebook Introduces New Open Graph Tags for Media Publishers and More
REPORT: Why Instagram and Vine Video Usage Looks Bullish in the App Market
Today Facebook unveiled a new Vine-like feature for Instagram, its photo sharing service, which will allow users to create short, 15-second long videos to share online. Video functionality would be the first major change to Instagram’s core services since it was acquired by Facebook for an estimated $1 billion. This new video upload feature is… Continue reading REPORT: Why Instagram and Vine Video Usage Looks Bullish in the App Market
The Eye in the Sky: Why the NSA Needs Facebook and Google
It turns out when it comes to snooping on the affairs of citizens’ in the digital era, Big Brother is just an amateur compared to his Facebook and Google brethren. Sure the NSA has been collecting the phone records of millions of Verizon customers and can tap into pretty much anything they’d like to. But… Continue reading The Eye in the Sky: Why the NSA Needs Facebook and Google
