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Facebook Admits 6 Million Users Affected by Bug

Facebook made an announcement on the Facebook Security page that a bug has affected approximately 6 million Facebook users. This bug allowed user's email and/or phone number to be accessed by people who “either had some contact information about that person or some connection to them”. From the Facebook post: We've concluded that approximately 6 million Facebook users had email

Feedback Results in Changes to Xbox One

It's always nice when a company listens to the feedback it is getting from consumers, and makes positive changes as a result. After E3, gamers took to the internet to express their extreme displeasure over some of the things that the Xbox One required. Many stated, very clearly, that they would buy a Sony Playstation 4 instead of the Xbox

Excellent Customer Service from LinkedIn

Good customer service has become quite rare. That's why I wanted to point out the excellent customer service I got from LinkedIn. They were incredibly helpful even though I wasn't actually one of their customers. I used to have a LinkedIn account. It wasn't something I used very much, and I had honestly forgotten that I had one. About a

Digg’s Reader is Almost Ready!

How many of you are still looking for a good substitute for Google Reader? You might want to consider the one that has been created by Digg. They have announced that their Digg Reader version 1 will begin rolling out next week. Everyone will have access to it by June 26th, 2013. That's a few days before Google kills off

MySpace, What have you Done?

When MySpace had its most recent makeover (that one that included the addition of Justin Timberlake's involvement), it created a problem for itself. New users were able to create MySpace accounts in the new system. However, for quite some time, MySpace couldn't figure out how to get the previously existing user accounts (that were now on the “old” MySpace) to

Facebook Adds Hashtags

Facebook has launched a new feature that will help users to quickly get a larger view of what is happening in the world or of what topics people are currently talking about. The social media giant has decided to make use of the hashtag. According to Reuters Facebook has rolled out the ability to use hashtags to about 20% of

Barnes & Noble Retires Nook Apps for PC and Mac

Avid readers who have been enjoying the Nook app on their PC or Mac are in for some disappointment. According to The Digital Reader Barnes & Noble has officially ended its support for the Nook app for PC and the Nook app for Mac. More specifically, this is in regards to the Nook for PC for Windows 2000, Windows XP,