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With the deadly corona virus on the loose and with most countries on high alert, just like every other world emergency or major event, there is bound to be rumors and widespread misinformation about corona virus in circulation. This news is mostly spread on the social internet as this where …

Marc Benioff the CEO of salesforce has criticized facebook over their refusal to take down fake political ads.  Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff unleashed series of criticism against facebook in which he equated it to be addictive as cigarette and can be use to easily deceive Kids.  During an interview on …

Facebook is to stop using members’ phone numbers in its friends recommendation system in 2020 following concern about privacy implications. Users can choose to have a code sent to their mobile phones when logging in to make access harder for hackers. But Facebook admitted it also fed the numbers into …

Facebook has acquired PlayGiga, a Madrid-based cloud gaming startup. The company confirmed the deal to CNBC today, the week after Cinco Dias reported it was in talks to buy PlayGiga for about 70 million euros ($78 million). PlayGiga was founded in 2013 and received Series A funding from Adara Ventures, …

Social network giant Facebook is adding a WhatsApp button to crisis response tool, its disaster-reporting and communications feature where a user requests or offers help during a time of emergency. The Crisis Response tool is a disaster-reporting and communications feature that’s being used in 300 crises in more than 80 …

With tech companies diversifying their reach and expanding their scope and services, Google plans to launch checking accounts which is in line with their new banking services. The company is starting up to give individuals checking accounts, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal, starting as early as next …

Apple presents a new privacy policy update Wednesday 6th November 2019 which is in conjunction with its latest effort to distinguish itself from its data-selling competitors. The tech company released a new privacy page that makes its privacy policy easier to read and understand. The new privacy page looks more …

Everyday, over 2.2 billion people login on one of Facebook’s services daily. However, most users do not recognize the parent company Facebook Inc as a different brand from its social media platform, facebook.com. Facebook has released a new corporate brand structure. This new structure is designed to give a clearer …

In a statement made to clarify it’s policies, Twitter has said that accounts  owned by world leaders are not above it’s  rules. Making it clear that they reserve the right to take action against offending tweets from these accounts not minding the owners. In a tweet shared on Tuesday, Twitter …

Tim Cook, the chief executive of Apple has come out to debunk the rumor that Apple is set to its own cryptocurrency, in the wake of Facebook move to launch its own cryptocurrency (libra) in 2020. In a remark published on Thursday he said that companies should not be trying to …