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Twitter Details Political Ad Ban, Admits It’s Imperfect

16Nov

By Carol WilliamsNo Comments

Twitter Details Political Ad Ban, Admits It’s Imperfect

Political commercials are no longer allowed on Twitter from Friday, 22 November. This can be, as an example, compensated marketing where individuals are called upon to assist a strategy or vote for a particular politician. CEO Jack Dorsey experienced already pointed out last month which he wished to prohibit governmental advertising. But it was not yet crystal clear during that time what types of advertising the new principle would pertain to. Now Twitter has released more details. All marketing that identifies 'a prospect, political party, elected or designated government established, election and referendum voting determine, legislation and restrictions, directive or judicial outcome' will no longer be accepted. There will also be limitations for ads that are specifically gear...

Instagram Adds An Option For Reporting Fake News

20Aug

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

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Instagram Adds An Option For Reporting Fake News

Instagram Adds an option for Reporting fake News. Users of Instagram can report photos and videos with fake information via a new option. Instagram owner Facebook also uses this feedback to improve its systems for recognising fake news. Instagram has added a new feature to report photos and videos with fake information. From now on, users can choose 'Fake information' via the three dots next to a post, under the existing options 'Reporting' and 'It is inappropriate'. Facebook uses information from the notifications to improve its systems that must use artificial intelligence to recognise fake news. Instagram works with fact-checkers to check the messages. The international rollout of the function is gradual, which means that Dutch users may not yet see it. Not deleted afte...

High Expectations Of Facebook Cryptocurrency

18Jun

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

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High Expectations Of Facebook Cryptocurrency

High Expectations of Facebook Cryptocurrency. It is anticipated that more will be known later today about the crypto-coin that Facebook wants to launch. Not that the coin that was baptised in the Libra corridor is immediately available, that will be no later than next year. Among other things, Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Booking.com, Uber and Stripe have each deposited 10 million dollars. Facebook requires to raise 2 billion dollars as collateral for the currency. Whether Libra becomes the name remains to be seen. The name GlobalCoin rotates just as often. The coin can, in any case, be used for payments for games and e-commerce, while users could also send each other money. If desired, Facebook staff can get their salary paid in the currency. It would have been six months, wit...

Amazon Proposes To Have Alexa Record Audio Continuously

25May

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

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Amazon Proposes To Have Alexa Record Audio Continuously

Amazon Proposes to have Alexa record audio Continuously. Amazon has filed a patent for its voice assistant Alexa to continuously record audio, even before a user has activated the speaker by saying "Alexa." Now Alexa only records audio once a human addresses the speaker. That audio is then sent to the servers of Amazon so that Alexa can execute commands. The patent describes a new process in which Alexa continuously absorbs all the noise in the environment. Upon hearing the word "Alexa" the smart speaker could rewind the recording to see if an order has been given. Only when that appears to be the case would the audio be sent to the servers. The rest of the recordings would be deleted regularly. 'Patent currently not in use' According to patent writers, this method can faci...

Huawei Wants To Release Its Alternative To Android This Fall

23May

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

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Huawei Wants To Release Its Alternative To Android This Fall

Huawei Wants to release its Alternative to Android this Fall. Phone manufacturer Huawei wants to launch its alternative to Android in the autumn of 2019, CEO Richard Yu told, according to the reports. The US imposed sanctions earlier this week, as a result of which Google may no longer offer its license for Android to Huawei. The sanctions were postponed later, allowing the companies to cooperate for another three months. The operating system of Huawei must absorb the final blow. New telephones from the company can then be provided with the latest software. Huawei would still be enabled to use an open version of Android, but this does not have the standard apps such as the Google Play Store and Gmail installed. The operating system of the Chinese manufacturer would have its...

Sony Wants 16,800 Dollars Of A Man Who Sold PlayStation 4

2Mar

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

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Sony Wants 16,800 Dollars Of A Man Who Sold PlayStation 4

Sony Wants 16,800 Dollars of a Man who sold PlayStation 4 with illegal Games. Sony is claiming a compensation of 16,800 dollars from an American suspected of selling PlayStation 4 gaming consoles on which illegal games could be played. It is a compensation for the alleged sale of two game consoles, for which Sony charges 800 dollars each, and 200 dollars for every illegally downloaded and installed game. According to Sony, the man used an opportunity to bypass the built-in protection against pirated games on PlayStations 4. He would then have sold the game consoles with dozens of games at the eBay online marketplace. In October, Sony filed a lawsuit against the man, who afterwards did not react to the charges. That is why the Japanese entertainment company asks the court to ...

Facebook Gives Android Users An Option Not Permanently To Share Location

20Feb

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

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Facebook Gives Android Users An Option Not Permanently To Share Location

Facebook gives Android Users an option not Permanently to share Location. Facebook now offers users on Android phones the opportunity to share their location only when they use the app, the company announces Wednesday. Android users can modify the background location option in the Facebook app to ensure that Facebook can only query the location when the app is in use. Previously, Facebook only had the opportunity to always or never collect the location. Android does not offer an option to determine per app that the location data can only be obtained, when the app is in use, something iOS offers for iPhones. Users who disable location history assure that Facebook only collects the location when the app is in use. If Location History is enabled, users will also share their loc...

YouTube Eases Policy On Violating The Code Of Conduct

20Feb

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

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YouTube Eases Policy On Violating The Code Of Conduct

YouTube Eases policy on Violating the code of Conduct. Users who violate the YouTube rules will no longer be penalised for the first offence. YouTube eases the penalties for misconduct on the platform from Tuesday. At the very first offence, the content that led to the violation is removed by YouTube, but users will only receive a warning from now on. After the first warning, all subsequent violations lead to a strike, which is in the name of the use. A channel is removed for three strikes in ninety days. A strike expires after ninety days. The first warning is not included in that system: it is only sent once and does not expire. Previously, YouTube promptly gave a strike and a live stream ban on the first offence. The first strike now indicates a ban on live broadcasts and ...

Web Browser Firefox Displays Advertisements On Tabs

31Dec

By Eunice MontjoyNo Comments

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Web Browser Firefox Displays Advertisements On Tabs

Web Browser Firefox displays Advertisements on Tabs. The Firefox web browser shows advertisements in new tabs. It is the first time that the program shows advertising in this way. According to the reports, the advertising banner is standing where the browser shows tips typically using the so-called Snippets function. Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, was in the past often critical of ads on websites. The web browser can also automatically obstruct tracking cookies posted by advertisements, to guarantee the privacy of users. By making the advertisements part of the web browser, it is more complicated for adblockers to block them. The company has not stated anything about the new advertising function. At the moment not everyone gets to see the advertisement.

Information Assurance for Small and Medium Enterprises (IASME)

27Sep

By Alan LorenzNo Comments

Technology

Information Assurance for Small and Medium Enterprises (IASME)

WHAT IS IASME? IASME is abbreviated for Information Assurance for Small and Medium Enterprise. It is a cybersecurity standard which is a government-funded project created to help reach a cybersecurity standard. It is an affordable and achievable alternative to the international standard, ISO27001. It helps small companies in the supply chain industry to assess and validate their level of cybersecurity for a reasonable cost and specifies that they are taking adequate measures to protect their business and customers information properly. IASME AND ISO27001 The IASME standard is designed to fall along the same lines as the ISO27001, but it is specifically made for small companies with a low budget. The gold standard of IASME demonstrates baseline compliance with the international standard...