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It has become common for people to post selfies, and photos of friends and family, online. Professional photographers who use models may post their photos in an online portfolio. Unfortunately, photos that include people's faces are being used without permission by researchers who want to create facial recognition algorithms. NBC News reported that, in January of 2019, IBM released a
Twitter announced the launch of twttr, a prototype app that will allow users to test out new features before those features go live. The purpose of twttr is to enable users to advise Twitter about how to make conversations easier to read, understand, and join. Those who want to apply to the Twitter Prototype Program can fill out an application
Apple is having an event that is entitled "It's Show Time" which can only mean that it is going to be a media event surrounding Apple TV and there news division. We will likely also get to see details on upcoming iOS releases. Well my travel schedule continues but I should be home for a few weeks. But as I
This is a salutary warning to all geeks out there....even with all the year's of experience, it's still possible to make a rookie mistake and forget that all microUSB cables are not the same. Last week at work, I needed to present an Android tablet screen via a data projector. The tablet only had a microUSB port, so connecting up
Senator Elizabeth Warren said that if she is elected president in 2020, her administration will break up the giants of the tech industry. This was announced at SXSW in Austin, and in a detailed post on Medium. In that post, Senator Warren mentioned Amazon, Google, and Facebook. Senator Warren's plan would classify any company that runs a marketplace and makes
Fitbit has announced a handful of new wrist-worn trackers; the Versa Lite, the Inspire, the Inspire HR, and finally for kids, the Ace 2. The Versa Lite is available now for GB£150 with a choice of four different colours - white, lilac, marina blue and magenta - and differs from the more expensive Versa by dropping a few features. Missing
Facebook announced a plan to tackle vaccine misinformation on Facebook by reducing its distribution and providing people with authoritative information on the topic. Here is what Facebook plans to do: They will reduce the ranking of groups and Pages that spread misinformation about vaccinations in News Feed and Search. These groups and Pages will not be included in recommendations or
The Wearable Technology Show is back next week in London, UK, but sadly I'm not going to be able to attend this year. Co-located with both the AVR360 and Digital Health Tech shows, it's a great event to see some of the latest innovations from and for the UK market. Over 3,000 people will attend so it's not CES, but
Edison Research and Triton Digital posted “The Infinite Dial 2019”. It is the latest report in a series dating back to 1998 that covers consumer usage of media and technology and has tracked many new mediums as they develop. The Infinite Dial is the “gold standard” of nationally representative survey research. Regarding social media, the latest study finds the number
Mark Zuckerberg wrote a lengthy post on Facebook titled: “A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking.” In it, he provides some information about things Facebook will do to protect the privacy of its users. Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged that Facebook doesn't have a good reputation regarding privacy. I understand that many people don't think Facebook can or would even want to build
Chronicle, a new Alphabet company, announced the launch of Backstory. It is a global cloud service where companies can privately upload, store, and analyze their internal security telemetry to detect and investigate potential cyber threats. Chronicle is focused entirely on enterprise cybersecurity. Their mission is: “Give Good the Advantage”. That mission is fueled by their ability to leverage significant resources
Did you give Facebook your phone number when it asked you to set up two-factor authentication? Be aware that Facebook is allowing people to look up user profiles based on the phone number the user added to their Facebook account. There is no way to completely hide your phone number. TechCrunch summarized this horrifying, privacy-breaching, Facebook problem this way: Last
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