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Cyber Culture: The warped economics of the text message

Source: The Telegraph UK, Dec 12 2012, 2:37pm CST

Many of us have been tweeting from mobile phones for years, barely denting our monthly data allowances, while similar messages sent via SMS have incurred wildly disproportionate charges. The old statistic – a 5p text message is more tha ...

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Facebook eyes Samsung to boost mobile ad sales

Source: Times of India  |   Jun 20 2013, 12:34am CDT

WASHINGTON: With the growing mobility of internet, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed potential partnership with Samsung president Shin Jong Kyun. According to Bloomberg report, the partnership would reportedly focus on adva ...

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Not Using WeChat Yet? You Might Be Soon

Source: Time Magazine  |   Jun 20 2013, 12:02am CDT

The icon of mobile messaging app Weixin, or WeChat, of Tencent, center, is seen on the screen of an Apple iPhone smartphone in Shanghai, China, 5 April 2013. Facebook Messenger. WhatsApp. Viber. Skype. Th ...

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Why WhatsNew? Well, Your App/Product Users Need to Know WhatsNew

Source: pluggd.in  |   Jun 19 2013, 11:51pm CDT

So you have a product/an app and you launched a new feature. How do you tell the world? You blog about it and share the blog update with the social world (Tweets/Facebook). But what about your existing app users/s ...

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Hands-Free Texting While Driving Still Dangerous

Source: FindLaw: Attorney Blog  |   Jun 19 2013, 11:15pm CDT

By now we all know that texting while driving is dangerous. We know that taking one hand off the wheel is not wise. We know looking away from the road for even a second can cause an accident. But what about Bluetooth? ...

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Facebook has never been stronger since IPO, says COO Sandberg

Source: Firstpost  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:46pm CDT

A year after Facebook Inc's fumbled IPO, Wall Street remains slow to recognise what Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg argues has been an across-the-board improvement in its business. Facebook's ability to deliver ads to mobile phones, improveme ...

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Is iCloud keychain better than a password manager?

Source: The Age  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:42pm CDT

Password managers help keep you secure. Photo: Kerrie Leishman Of the many announcements Apple made last week, the news about iCloud Keychain seemed fairly minor. After all, senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi spent ju ...

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Facebook designing network fabric to meet massive performance needs

Source: PC World  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:25pm CDT

The social network moves about 1,000 times as much data between the servers inside its data centers as it does from its servers out to end users, company executives said Wednesday. They talked about the challenges ...

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Facebook Photo Comments Introduced To Spice Up Your Replies

Source: The Inquisitr  |   Jun 19 2013, 7:17pm CDT

Facebook photo comments are the latest in the social media giant’s drive to offer ever more options for their users to express themselves. Why write a thousand word comment when a picture is worth just as many? Previously a text-only ...

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Facebook Plays Catch-Up in Video

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:52pm CDT

By Evelyn M. Rusli And Shira Ovide When Twitter Inc. acquired the video-sharing app Vine in October, it was largely viewed as a consolation prize after the company missed out on photo-sharing app Instagram, which was snapped up by rival Facebook I ...

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Facebook Event: If Vine-Like Vids Hit, Cash Will Follow

Source: CNBC  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:36pm CDT

Facebook may be about to make a push into short-video-sharing, which could mean big money. The social network is hosting a press event at its headquarters Thursday. While Facebook hasn't confirmed what product it w ...

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