Goodbye Google+, you beautiful, squandered opportunity

So what the hell happened?2011 was the year Steve Jobs died, Sony PlayStation suffered its epic hack (70 million; offline for weeks), Siri launched, Egypt shut off its internet, and Silicon… Read the original here: Goodbye Google+, you beautiful, squandered opportunityNo input file specified.

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iPhones may soon be able to automatically detect spam calls

How can a phone identify a spam or spoofed call? The patent makes clear that the phone would check against established, legitimate call parameters in order to determine the validity of a call… Read more from the original source: iPhones may soon be able to automatically detect spam callsNo input file specified.

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Facebook Groups now supports 250-person chat rooms

Facebook communities will likely enjoy this new form of direct communication. And Facebook considered pain-points users might have with notifications, and made it so that users must opt-in to a… See the original post here: Facebook Groups now supports 250-person chat roomsNo input file specified.

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Google is giving parents a toolkit to educate kids on internet safety

The kits come as part of Google and the National PTA’s new program that will provide $1,000 grants to PTAs across the country. A total of 200 awards will be given out to set up online safety… View post: Google is giving parents a toolkit to educate kids on internet safetyNo input file specified.

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Spotify reveals its most-played music for its 10th anniversary

Drake tops the list of most-streamed artists of all time, followed by Ed Sheeran, Eminem, The Weeknd and Rihanna. Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” was the most-streamed song of last year, but it was… Continued here: Spotify reveals its most-played music for its 10th anniversaryNo input file specified.

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