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Announced back in October, Google+ is coming to an untimely demise on 2nd April, leaving many of us somewhat uncomfortable with the thought of having to move house over to Facebook. Never mind Facebook's total disregard for privacy, the user interface is complete rubbish... While Google+ may be ending, Google is making it easy to retrieve information from the service
Cable companies after fighting net neutrality tooth and nail are looking to get Congress to give them the rights of fast lanes while claiming that they do not want throttling or bandwidth limits imposed. The cable companies know where the dead bodies are buried and the want the fast lane cash. They are not stupid, but with a divided Congress
Germany's Bundeskartellamt has prohibited Facebook from combining user data from different sources. This decision is not yet final, and Facebook has one month to appeal the decision to the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court. The decision covers the following data sources: Facebook-owned services like WhatsApp and Instagram can continue to collect data. However, assigning the data to Facebook user accounts will
The tips you gave to the Instacart workers who brought groceries to your door probably did not go to them. Sometimes, it takes a class-action lawsuit to influence a company to do something it should have been doing in the first place. The result is that Instacart will stop stealing the tips that consumers give to Instacart workers. NBC News
How many things is your Gmail account connected to? It is definitely connected to Google+ (which will shut down soon). You might be using your Gmail account as a log in to apps or other websites. Google says it regularly resets the passwords of Google accounts affected by third-party data breaches in the event of password reuse. According to Google,
An Apple Watch saved a man who fell in his bathroom and became on unresponsive. I am sure in the coming weeks and months we will hear more stories like this to include ones that if he or she did not have to charge their watch it may have saved them. Your support of this show is critical become a
Slack announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed public listing of its Class A common stock. It is expected that the public listing will take place after the SEC completes its review process. Reuters reported in December of 2018 that Slack hired investment bank Goldman Sachs
Twitter has released a 2018 U.S. Midterm Retrospective Review, which can be downloaded and viewed. It was accompanied by a blog post by Carlos Monje Jr., Twitter's Director of Public Policy. The 2018 U.S. midterm elections were the most tweeted-about midterm election in history. More than 99 million tweets were sent from the first primaries in March through Election Day.
Apple has revoked Google's enterprise certificates. According to The Verge, this caused early versions of Google Maps, Hangouts, Gmail and other pre-release beta apps to stop working. It also broke Google's employee-only apps like the Gbus app for transportation and Google's internal cafe app. This comes shortly after Apple revoked Facebook's enterprise certificates. This was done because Facebook was using
TechCrunch released an extremely detailed article about the “Facebook Research” app that is well worth reading. This disturbing app was seeking teenagers (as well as adults aged 35 and younger) and paying users to install a VPN that sucked up all of a user's phone and web activity. Since 2016, Facebook has been paying users ages 13 to 35 up
Data Privacy Day is a big joke as those of us in America have no privacy. The only real privacy you may have left today is to turn off all devices in your home. Close the curtains and then maybe you will have a little privacy other than that with the tech we use we have no Privacy and it's
Brookings released a report titled: “Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places”. It focuses on areas of potential occupational change that can affect people and communities in the United States. According to Brookings, “The gravest disruptions from automation in the coming decades will affect men, young workers, and underrepresented groups.” The report states that men, young
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