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EU Code of Conduct Hopes to Tackle Hate Speech Online
Every time you go online you risk many things, from companies taking your details and advertising to you with ads from all over the internet or at the worst cases, the people online can leave rather hateful comments. With harmful comments appearing on pages and forums all over the internet…
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Microsoft to Allow Cross Platform Gaming
Microsoft is announcing a massive new feature for all Xbox owners today, Cross-platform gaming! The giant tech corporation has been hinting at the addition of this for the past few years and today it seems to have become reality. PS4, Xbox One and Windows 10 will be able to support the…
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Facebook Chief Operating Officer Suggests Like Attack On ISIS
Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg wants us to use make love and not war when it comes to dealing with pro-ISIS users on Facebook. This message comes as Facebook admits defeat in the effort to stop the tide of Islamic State accounts and propaganda that is appearing on the…
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Has Facebook Suffered From a 46 Year Old Bug?
Facebook is certainly a phenomenon which has travelled to huge swathes of the globe and, in turn, gained huge adoption. From celebrities being able to instantly update followers regarding their latest escapades to Mr and Mrs Blogs posting various life events, including cat pictures, the tech giant has certainly been…
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Is There a Connection Between ISIS and UK Government IP addresses?
Information has been both circulating and updating over the last 48 hours concerning a possible link “that a number of Islamic State supporters’ social media accounts are being run from internet addresses linked to IP addresses from the Department of Work and Pensions” This possible connection has been traced and…
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EU lawmakers Propose Banning Under 16s From The Internet Without Parental Consent
Well this is, err, something, reports are circulating that under 16s could technically be banned from online services that include Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat unless they get permission from a parent. This quirk of fate if you will is all down to proposed new EU data protection rules which look…
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Activision Buys Creator Of Candy Crush
On the train, in the car and even at work, people enjoy games on their mobile phones. From the days of the first game boy, the idea behind mobile gaming devices was always to let you play what you wanted, where you wanted and with mobiles phones becoming as powerful…
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New Craze Called ‘Extreme Phone Pinching’ Trends On Social Media
Ok, I will say it, what in the hell is going on these days? You have heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge, which was certainly for a good cause, well here is a new “challenge” and I use this word loosely, which is trending on social media whereby consumers are…
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IBM Wants To Teach Robots Some Social Skills
The exploration and development of Artificial intelligence is a boundary which is consistently being pushed, the scientific and academic communities are furthering their studies into robotic interactions in many different directions. One such path is focusing on IBM and their efforts to incorporate “machine learning to teach robots social skills…
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Facebook Is Sued (Again) This Time For Storing a Billion Face Prints
Facebook’s business model is a paradox for consumers who yearn for privacy yet share their selfies, intimate images and sometimes bizarre postings within its borders. How much privacy would you expect from a company built on making a substantial profit from your data? Facebook has decided to push the storage…
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News Corp CEO Lashes Out At Google and Others at Event
Robert Thomson, who is the News Corp CEO and right hand man to dark lord Murdoch has lashed out at Google for “piracy, zealotry and kleptocracy” Let me for a moment check Google for definitions of these words, Piracy is well-known so I won’t be checking that. Zealotry – right…
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Reddit Launches New Harassment Rules
Reddit is banning a handful of its worst communities. “Our goal is to enable as many people as possible to have authentic conversations and share ideas and content on an open platform,” “We want as little involvement as possible in managing these interactions but will be involved when needed to protect…
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Florida Public Schools to Spy on Students’ Social Media
The Orange County Public Schools District have chosen to monitor people’s social activity in their area, the district announced on Thursday that it has signed up with a service called Snaptrends, which bills itself as “Pioneering Location-Based Social Media Discovery.” It promises to “quickly identify actionable insights.” The public schools…
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Well This gives ‘Meat Spin’ a New Meaning
The internet is a sinister place people, only very hardened folk delve into what the internet has to offer and make it out unscathed… well mostly. I won’t name it directly, but who remembers the horrible trolling event when dual female participants organised something down right nasty with a plastic…
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Deekit May Be the Brainstorming Tool You Need
If you’re someone who’s like me and is tired of spending money buying countless whiteboards for your projects, Deekit might be for you. Deekit is an online tool designed for just about everyone from developers and engineers to students and freelance designers. The concept focuses almost exclusively on simplicity to…
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