The government of Pakistan imposed a ban on video sharing site YouTube after an anti-Islam video turned up on the site and caused riots in the Muslim world. Pakistan lifted the video ban on Saturday only to discover that the offensive material was still available on YouTube. The lifting of the ban lasted approximately 3 minutes.
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Facebook works to fix confirmed privacy flaw with New Year’s message service
Social network Facebook has confirmed that there is a privacy flaw with its New Year's messaging service called the Midnight Delivery feature. This feature was billed as a way to allow users to send messages automatically to all their friends at the stroke of midnight. Since some the messages could be private in nature, the service was supposed to allow messages to be read by the intended recipients. UPDATE: A spokesperson for Facebook has reached out to us to assure the world that this situation has been rectified - rest easy!
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Foursquare and NASA launch new Curiosity Explorer badge
If you're familiar with Foursquare then you know all about the "badges" that the service awards its users for checking into specific types of places multiple times. This time around, though, NASA and Foursquare have teamed up and launched a Curiosity rover-themed badge that users can earn for checking into science-related places frequently.
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Nextdoor is Facebook for your neighborhood
I'd wager most of you are on Facebook and I'd also bet that you have more than a few of your neighbors who live in your neighborhood has friends on Facebook. You may have never heard of a social network called Nextdoor. This is a network that focuses on the entire country or world; rather Nextdoor focuses on your neighborhood.
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Netflix to introduce social features in 2013
Just days after a bill passed through the Senate that removes previous restrictions that prevented companies from sharing customer video rental history, a Netflix spokesperson has confirmed that they "plan to introduce social features" for US customers sometime in 2013. After President Obama signs the bill, Netflix will flip the switch on the new features.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s sister becomes victim of Facebook privacy issues
Facebook has long been getting criticism for its privacy practices on its users, and it looks like the CEO's own sister is having issues of her own with the social networking giant. Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, complained on Twitter when a photo she posted that was meant to be set as private ended up being public somehow.
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Facebook testing new service that charges for messages sent to strangers
Facebook announced today that they're testing out a new feature in Facebook Messages that will allow you to pay $1 to have a message sent to someone that you're not connected to go straight to their inbox instead of the "Other" folder. This might seem like an intrusive approach to talking to someone you aren't friends with, but it could come in handy if you need to get a hold of someone that's friends with a friend.
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Facebook updates iPhone app with rebuilt Timeline, promises faster speeds
Hot on the heels of a big performance update for the Facebook Android app yesterday, the social network has also released an update of their iPhone app today. The update brings a rebuilt timeline and a faster-loading news feed. The app is technically only an incremental update, but the speed improvement makes it feel like a brand-new app.
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Facebook for Android goes native, is twice as fast
Facebook released a native version of their app for iOS back in August, but Android was left in the dust at the time. Finally, after months of waiting, Facebook is rolling out a native app for Android today. The app ditches HTML 5 in favor of native code to speed up loading times and improve overall performance.
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Judge finds “no obvious deficiencies” in Facebook Sponsored Stories settlement offer
Social network Facebook found itself at the heart of a lawsuit having to do with its Sponsored Stories advertisements. Facebook was sued by users of the social network after their names were used in Sponsored Stories advertisements without their express permission. This week a federal judge has given preliminary approval to a negotiated settlement for the class-action suit.
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Facebook Messenger for Firefox launches
Back in October, we mentioned that Firefox was looking for users to help the test its new Firefox Social API. At the time, the testing involved using the Facebook Messenger for Firefox add on that was in beta. This week Facebook Messenger for Firefox is officially available for all users.
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Americans spend over 2 billion hours on social media per month
It's really not a surprise when you're told that people spend a lot of time on social media. We all know that Facebook has over a billion users, and that all these statistics that get thrown around of how many photos users share on social networking sites are just a fancy way of saying, "people are using social media." However, it turns out that Americans are collectively spending over two billion hours on social media, every month.
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