Facebook Scans Your Phonebook To Guess Who You Are Dating Online

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><img alt="facebook-girl-boy-dating" height="320" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/facebook-girl-boy-dating.gif" width="640" /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><b>SP's: </b>In a bizarre incident, Facebook users are reportedly seeing increasing friend suggestions of the people they have dated before through Tinder. Is it six-degree separation or mere intrusion?</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In the 21st century, striving for privacy is a mind-numbing struggle. As much as SPR along with several international privacy and security-concerned platforms has stressed on the topic, there is still a huge chunk of unaware users who have no idea of what’s going on.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now, as is the latest case against the social media’s intrusion in peoples’ lives, incidents have been reported that Facebook users are getting the friend suggestions of people that they have dated previously and share nothing in common but a Tinder match. One thing to be noted is that everyone has shared their phone number on the profile. Similar instances have been noted in LinkedIn as well.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Daniel Cuthbert, COO at a security research company SensePost explains, “What Facebook does and what Tinder does is go through your phone book, upload your phone book and does cross-correlation between your numbers and anyone else’s number – and suggest people based on that”.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Google, Facebook and other apps are always monitoring us. They keep tabs on what we are up to, know our schedule and who are the people that we like and who we don’t. Now, they don’t interrogate their users directly but carefully screen the details that are given on the social media and other forums.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, don’t freak out now. You give permission to Facebook and other media and dating apps to go through your phone and make changes in it while installing them (read the agreement license next time you install such kind of apps).</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now, this could either be a simple permutation case of fabled six-degree separation, or it could be a matter of serious concern. For more information on the story, check BBC.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Have something to add? Tell your views in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

Facebook Scans Your Phonebook To Guess Who You Are Dating Online

Shivam Patsariya 0 10:52 AM

SP's: In a bizarre incident, Facebook users are reportedly seeing increasing friend suggestions of the people they have dated before through Tinder. Is it six-degree separation or mere intrusion? In the 21st century, striving for privacy is a mind-n… Read more »

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How Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Pays Less Tax than You?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><img alt="facebook-tax-less-uk--" height="406" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/facebook-tax-less-uk-.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's: </b> If you are living in the UK, you are paying more tax than Facebook. Don’t be angry, it’s nobody’s fault. Read more to know how it’s possible. </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Just when you finished calculating your yearly taxes and cursed your government enough, this happens. In the UK, Facebook has paid just £4,327 for the year 2014 as the corporation tax and generated £105 million ($161 million) in sales.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is lesser than an average UK worker who paid about £5,393 and earned just  £26,500.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, how did this happen? Did Facebook do something illegal to save the taxes?</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, you’ll be disappointed to know that the answer is NO and they didn’t make just the right kind of taxable profit.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Still confused? Let’s get into the details (I’ll be thanking <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34505151/why-do-i-pay-more-tax-than-facebook" target="_blank">BBC </a>for that)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The corporation tax, we are talking here, is only paid by companies- not individuals. According to the UK laws, the firms making more than £300,000 a year need to pay 21% tax on the profits they make.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the UK alone, Facebook has made about £105 million ($161 million) in sales.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But, then comes the part where we talk about the technical aspects and loopholes. All the money that a company makes, isn’t a taxable profit, especially when the company spends a great portion of the earnings.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Out of the total £105 million, Facebook spent more than £35 million on its UK-based staff and gave them share-based bonuses. So, as the BBC describes, before paying the taxes, Facebook made a “pre tax” loss of £28.5 million.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks to all these technicalities, Facebook manages to pay less tax that you.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even though everything is legal and well documented, Facebook is attracting some controversies. It’s being claimed that the social networking company is draining out its profits from the a country with the one of the lowest tax rates.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes, I’m talking about the Republic of Ireland, where tax rates are about half that of the UK.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a statement to BBC, a Facebook spokesperson says: “I’m not saying no comment, but there is no further comment to the statement. We are compliant with UK tax law and in fact all countries where we have employees and offices. We continue to grow our business activities in the UK.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have something to add? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

How Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Pays Less Tax than You?

Shivam Patsariya 0 11:24 AM

SP's:  If you are living in the UK, you are paying more tax than Facebook. Don’t be angry, it’s nobody’s fault. Read more to know how it’s possible.  Just when you finished calculating your yearly taxes and cursed your government enough, this happen… Read more »

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DuckDuckGo Taunts Google: “You Don’t Need To Track Users To Make Money”

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="duck-duck-go-google" height="370" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/duck-duck-go-google.jpg" width="640" /><i><b>SP's: </b>DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg takes a dig at Google in his AMA session saying, “It is a myth you need to track people to make money in Web search”.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are less evil ways to make money and the self-proclaimed privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo abides by the ethics.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Its CEO Gabriel Weinberg, in his latest <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10346268" target="_blank">AMA </a>(ask me anything) at the Hacker News platform on October 7, reassured a concerned user saying that DuckDuckGo is not sinking and is actually profitable.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Taking a dig at Google, Weiner further said,</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"It is a myth you need to track people to make money in Web search. Most of the money is still made without tracking people by showing you ads based on your keyword, i.e. type in car and get a car ad. These ads are lucrative because people have buying intent. All that tracking is for the rest of the Internet without this search intent, and that’s why you’re tracked across the Internet with those same ads."</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">DuckDuckGo search engine was launched seven years back but got a massive user base and an exponential 600% increase in traffic after ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s revelations and he warned the public to avoid Google and Facebook.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Despite all the efforts from the DuckDuckGo team, the search engine is still unheard by most of the users. Weinberg has also promised to improve content search efficiency in non-English languages as well for the users around the globe who have to sacrifice their privacy for better search results.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to a recent survey by Pew Research Center, almost over 40% US adults don’t want any kind of surveillance done on them by their search engine provider.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As there are genuine concerns among the masses for their privacy, DuckDuckGo seems to have a huge opportunity ahead and can give a real competition to Google which for more than a decade now had exerted monopoly in the industry.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Which search engine do you prefer, Google or DuckDuckGo? Tell us in comments below.</span></div> </div>

DuckDuckGo Taunts Google: “You Don’t Need To Track Users To Make Money”

Shivam Patsariya 0 6:30 PM

SP's: DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg takes a dig at Google in his AMA session saying, “It is a myth you need to track people to make money in Web search”. There are less evil ways to make money and the self-proclaimed privacy-focused search engine … Read more »

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“Dislike” Button is Here: Facebook Adding 6 Reaction Emoji to Like Button

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="facebook-emoji-reaction-button-dislike-" height="385" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/facebook-emoji-reaction-button-dislike-.png" width="640" /><b>SP's: </b>Facebook has finally revealed how its upcoming dislike/empathy button will look like. The social networking giant is going to add 6 new empathetic emoji alongside the “like” button and is testing the feature before official rollout.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Back at Facebook’s Town Hall public Q&A session, CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that the social network is working on some way to introduce the dislike button on Facebook. Later, it was confirmed that Facebook is working on some kind of “Empathy” button as a Dislike button would be too negative.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today, Facebook offered a glimpse at how the like button on Facebook is about to change. The social networking website is preparing the launch of “Reactions” – a feature that will add 6 empathetic emoji to the lonely ‘”like” button.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to our sources, Facebook will be testing the feature in Spain and Ireland as soon as the next couple of days.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="facebook-emoji-reaction-button-dislike" height="186" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/facebook-emoji-reaction-button-dislike.png" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The six emoji that will be added alongside the like button are: Love, Haha, Yay, Wow, Sad and Angry. Which one’s your favorite? Tell us on our<a href="https://www.facebook.com/techbyspr/"> Facebook page</a>  :) :) </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Back at the public Q&A session, Zuckerberg said, “What [people] really want is the ability to express empathy. Not every moment is a good moment. We have an idea that we’re going to be ready to test soon, and depending on how that does, we’ll roll it out more broadly.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the new Reactions feature, Facebook is now eyeing the fact that people have a variety of emotions that they wish to express on Facebook. This set of emoji will be coming very soon to your Facebook account.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How do you feel after reading about the upcoming moments on Facebook? Like, love, haha, yay, wow, sad, or angry? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

“Dislike” Button is Here: Facebook Adding 6 Reaction Emoji to Like Button

Shivam Patsariya 0 11:29 AM

SP's: Facebook has finally revealed how its upcoming dislike/empathy button will look like. The social networking giant is going to add 6 new empathetic emoji alongside the “like” button and is testing the feature before official rollout. Back at Fa… Read more »

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How To Enable Two-factor Authentication For Google, Facebook?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="two factor password enable" height="396" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/two-factor-password-enable.jpg" width="640" /><b>SP's: </b>Two-factor authentication is amongst many options, yet one of the most underestimated methods, to improve your online security. If you haven’t enabled the 2-step verification for your password protection yet, then it is time you go for it.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When Google itself recommends methods to stay safe online, then it is time you understand the gravity of the situation and adopt some security measures. As most of the news feed nowadays is filled with cyber attacks and security breaches rendering the connected users helpless, each and every effort to safeguard yourself counts.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Two-factor authentication is one of the methods to strengthen your online security. It provides an additional layer to your standard password protection system using a second electronic device. Mostly, it utilizes your phone number for verification and gives alerts whenever your account is being accessed.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Almost all the services like Google, Facebook, Yahoo, PayPal, Twitter, Snapchat, Microsoft, LastPass offer two-factor authentication. So, all you have to do is just go to the website that you have your account on and enable the two-factor authentication protection system.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here is how to enable two-factor authentication for various services.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">1. How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication For Google?</span></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Simply type Google two-step verification on Google search and go to the www.google.com/landing/2step and scroll down to Get Started. Follow the prompts.</span><img alt="Google-2-step-varification" height="350" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification.png" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2. Confirm your phone number and choose how would you like to receive the verification code.</span><img alt="Google-2-step-varification-step-1" height="363" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification-step-1.png" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">3. Enter the Six digit code that you would immediately receive and verify.</span><img alt="Google-2-step-varification-step-2" height="325" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification-step-2.png" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">4. The next question that Google will ask you is to confirm that your current machine is a trusted system like your home desktop, so it won’t ask you for 2 step verification whenever you are on that system. Else, you will get the alerts.</span><img alt="Google-2-step-varification-step-3" height="284" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification-step-3.png" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">5. Enable the 2-Step-authentication by clicking Confirm.</span><img alt="Google-2-step-varification-step-4" height="254" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification-step-4.png" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After you have confirmed for the 2-step-authentication, Google will send you additional protection features.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Verification Codes for any Back-Up options</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">App-specific passwords for your specific apps and devices.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Backup Codes</span></li> <li style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Google-2-step-varification-step-5" height="579" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Google-2-step-varification-step-5.png" width="640" /></li> </ol> </div> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></h2> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></h2> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How to Enable Two-Factor Authentication For Facebook?</span></h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sign-in to your Facebook account and go to the Settings option.</span></li> <li style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Choose Security on the left column and click Edit on the Login Approvals. </span><img alt="facebook-two-factor authentication" height="233" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/facebook-twofactor-authentication1.jpg" width="640" /></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Select “Require a security code to access my account from unknown browsers.”</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">An information window will open that explains how the login approvals and two-factor authentication works. Follow the commands and activate the protection system by submitting your phone number.</span></li> </ol> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">However, if you have already registered your number with Facebook, simply go to the Security settings and Edit the login factors.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <img alt="facebook-two-factor authentication" height="308" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/facebook-twofactor-authentication.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After editing the security options, you will get a confirmation code to your mobile number each time anyone (including you) tries to access your account.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, enable two-factor authentication for the services you use and stay ‘safer’.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you find this article helpful? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

How To Enable Two-factor Authentication For Google, Facebook?

Shivam Patsariya 1 11:27 AM

SP's: Two-factor authentication is amongst many options, yet one of the most underestimated methods, to improve your online security. If you haven’t enabled the 2-step verification for your password protection yet, then it is time you go for it. Whe… Read more »

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How Microsoft’s Project X-Ray and HoloLens Converts Your Room Into a Game Stage

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="microsoft-hololens-project-x-ray" height="360" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/microsoft-hololens-project-x-ray.jpg" width="640" /><b>SP's: </b>At its Windows 10 device launch event, Microsoft showed off the future of HoloLens with Project X-Ray that dealt with some amazing live gaming right in your living room.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At its Windows 10 device launch event, Microsoft showed off its first-ever laptop called Surface Book. As expected, the company moved ahead on its virtual reality journey with HoloLens and a collective Windows 10 device experience.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">HoloLens is my personal favorite Microsoft product to date. At today’s event, the company revealed a new mixed reality game called Project X-Ray for the HoloLens headset.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Holograms behave just like real objects; they can interact with environments and with each other,” said the Microsoft representative on stage about Project X-Ray.</span></div> <div id="fb-root"> </div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><br /> <div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/techbyspr/videos/1699279180309184/" data-width="500"> <div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"> <blockquote cite="https://www.facebook.com/techbyspr/videos/1699279180309184/"> Posted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/techbyspr">SPR Tech</a> on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/techbyspr/videos/1699279180309184/">Thursday, October 8, 2015</a></blockquote> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was watching the event live and the HoloLens demo blew me away. It was all about the live games where you hold a stick in your hand and your HoloLens projects a gun around your head that fires at the robots and objects in the room. You can also project a shield around you to project you.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, the headset is still isn’t available for the consumers. From today, for developers, the company has released the <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us/development-edition">HoloLens development kits, </a>that will be available from the first quarter of 2016. The kit will be costing $3,000.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the past, the company has also teamed up with NASA and planned to send HoloLens to the space.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Microsoft is betting big on HoloLens and CEO Satya Nadella wants the device to be promoted as a business as well an entertainment device.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you like the demo video? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

How Microsoft’s Project X-Ray and HoloLens Converts Your Room Into a Game Stage

Shivam Patsariya 0 10:36 AM

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Which Phones Are Getting the Android 6.0 M(Marshmallow) Update? Here The Complete List

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img height="373" loading="lazy" src="http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/wp-content/phoneimages/Motorola-devices-list-for-Marshmallow.jpg" width="640" /><b>SP's: </b>The Android 6.0 Marshmallow update party has begun and we are here with the complete list of devices that are getting the update. Confirmed devices- as well as the rumored ones- are included on this list. Take a look.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Google has recently unveiled the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update along with the brand new Nexus devices running the latest iteration of Android OS. Google and Motorola have already revealed their list of devices that will be greeted by the Android Marshmallow update.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We’ve collected a lot of online information about all the devices that are expected to receive the Android Marshmallow update to prepare this list. With time, we’ll be updating the list and adding more phones as they are confirmed.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are many reasons that could be attributed to Android Marshmallow rollout delay in the future. Just like previous Android updates, Marshmallow will face the same difficulties due to problems from your carriers and cell phone manufacturers.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If your phone’s not on the list and your manufacturer or carrier has confirmed the Android Marshmallow update, feel free to drop a comment or drop a message on our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/techbyspr">Facebook </a>page – we’ll update the list.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Which Phones Are Getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update? The Complete List</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Google Nexus Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (confirmed)</span></h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Google has already rolled out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update for its Nexus devices. See the Nexus devices that are getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update below. You can also get the factory images for these devices here for a clean install.</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nexus 5</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nexus 6</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nexus 7 (2013)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nexus 9</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nexus Player</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Motorola Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (confirmed)</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Motorola was ahead of its competitors when we were witnessing the Android Lollipop release. With Android 6.0 Marshmallow update, Motorola has once again listed the devices that are getting the update. Take a look:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2015 Moto X Pure Edition (3rd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2015 Moto X Style (3rd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2015 Moto X Play</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2015 Moto G (3rd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2014 Moto X Pure Edition in the US (2nd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2014 Moto X in Latin America, Europe and Asia2 (2nd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2014 Moto G and Moto G with 4G LTE2 (2nd gen)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">DROID Turbo</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2014 Moto MAXX</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">2014 Moto Turbo</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (Expected)</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite being the biggest smartphone seller on the planet, Samsung has failed to deliver the Android updates on time. But, it would be safe to assume that the phones released in the last six months will be getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. Here’s the list:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Galaxy S6</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Galaxy Note 5</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">HTC Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (Confirmed)</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">HTC has unveiled its plans to update some of its existing devices to Marshmallow. The company also plans to release a new flagship device running the Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The update is expected to arrive early in 2016. Take a look:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One M9 (by the end of 2015)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One M8 (by the end of 2015)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One M9+</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One E9+</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One E9</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One ME</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One E8</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One M8 EYE</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Butterfly 3</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Desire 826</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Desire 820</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Desire 816</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">LG Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (Expected)</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just like Samsung, LG could follow the same path and release the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update for its recently released flagship devices. Take a look:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">LG G4</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">LG G3</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Micromax and Devices Running Android One: Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update (Expected)</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As Google has promised to release every latest Android update for the Android One devices, Micromax Canvas A1 is an Android One smartphone that is likely to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow update soon.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lava, Karbonn, Spice and Micromax have more Android One running devices and that are Marshmallow ready. We’ll be telling you more as we get the confirmation.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Phones Getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update, According to the “Leaked List”</span></h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to a leaked list published by Gizmo China, we are getting some more information about the models that are expected to get the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update. Note that we can’t confirm the source of this information, but it provides a good idea about more companies releasing Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Galaxy Note 5, S6 Edge+, S6 & S6 Edge, Note 4, Alpha, S5, A8 and A7 will be getting the Android Marshmallow update. Along with these, Galaxy A5, A3 and E-series are expected to get the upgrade.</span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">HTC Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Marshmallow will first arrive for the HTC One M9, One M9+, One M8, One E9, One E9+ and One E8 – followed by HTC Desire Eye and HTC Desire 820.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sony Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sony is expected to roll out the upgrade for the Xperia M5, C5 Ultra, Xperia Z3+, Xperia Z3v, Z3 Compact, Z2, Xperia Z Ultra GPE (Google Play Edition). The Sony Xperia Z1 will also get the upgrade at a later stage.</span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">LG Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We know that LG G3 and G4 are getting the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update. But, the leaked list suggests that the Flex 2 will be joining the upgrade party. Models  G2, G2 Pro, and G Flex will also receive the Marshmallow at a later stage.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">OnePlus Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The OnePlus One and OnePlus 2 will be getting the upgrade in the form of homegrown OxygenOS.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Xiaomi Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to the leak, the biggest Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is making the plans to release the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update for Mi4, Mi4i, Mi Note, Mi Note Pro, Redmi Note 2, Redmi 2 (&Prime). The devices Redmi Note and Redmi 1S will be getting the sweet treat at a much later stage.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asus Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asus is expected to roll out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update for the complete Zenfone 2 series along with the Zenfone 2 Laser, Deluxe, Zenfone Selfie. The Asus phones that will be receiving the Marshmallow at a later stage are the Zenfone 6, 5 and 4.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Huawei Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update:</span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Huawei is expected to release the Android 6.0 Marshmallow Update for its Ascent P8, Mate 7 and Honor 6 Plus models.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Android-6-Marshmallow-leaked-list" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Android-6-Marshmallow-leaked-list.jpg" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">/*The leaked list*/</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Note that the information given in the leaked list isn’t confirmed. So, we’ll be updating the list from time to time. If you receive the confirmation for your device or carrier, do tell us in the comments or leave a message at our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/techbyspr">Facebook page</a>.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stay tuned for more updates.</span></div> </div>

Which Phones Are Getting the Android 6.0 M(Marshmallow) Update? Here The Complete List

Shivam Patsariya 0 10:20 AM

SP's: The Android 6.0 Marshmallow update party has begun and we are here with the complete list of devices that are getting the update. Confirmed devices- as well as the rumored ones- are included on this list. Take a look. Google has recently unvei… Read more »

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TPP Agreement Could Be The Worst Possible Thing To The Internet

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGX1h21bp4Tyf-chEqVAHCJxucdR1JxyNsEJaZbZ8UUhKcXPNCo_7I-Ckuq3R2MDetv0wcQACCR2dQ1IyLG3jOGyY-AR2ra1Fe_8JLwF9GCYIn0cR7qFoX4qguTWhwY1RCMWJc6DJxGIg/s1600/tpp-map.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGX1h21bp4Tyf-chEqVAHCJxucdR1JxyNsEJaZbZ8UUhKcXPNCo_7I-Ckuq3R2MDetv0wcQACCR2dQ1IyLG3jOGyY-AR2ra1Fe_8JLwF9GCYIn0cR7qFoX4qguTWhwY1RCMWJc6DJxGIg/s640-rw/tpp-map.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's: </b>The landmark TPP agreement has been announced by the trade ministers in Atlanta. But the pact is causing a serious concern over infringement of the Internet principles among the people.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, or TPP, which had been pushed on for several years and hailed as the 21st-century pinnacle for trade liberalization, is set to threaten the Internet sovereignty as well as the world wide web’s liberty. The campaigners against the TPP are questioning the secret negotiations being part of the deal in almost all its areas including the principles of information sharing.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The TPP deal which has been announced on Monday in a press conference in Atlanta will supposedly cover 40% of the world’s economy and claims to create a unified economic bloc.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The proposal in the pact makes it a crime to reveal any violation by the corporates through a computer system. That means no more whistleblowing and no responsible journalism on the subject anymore.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>A big headache for the startups and individuals, the TPP requires the content providers such as YouTube and Facebook to take down the content on a single complaint. This would further increase the monopoly of certain groups over the Internet and copyright violations for a minimum of 120 years for corporate generated content choking small-time innovators.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Also, the ISPs are asked to monitor the users under the TPP agreement to scout for any infringement of the new law of the Internet, subsequently cutting you off from the service of the user-generated content.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Most of the stringent rules have been taken from the US copyright laws and would serve as a nightmare in the countries partaking in the deal.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>The US Congress has time and again been approached by the tech experts to be more transparent in the deal, but to no avail.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Stay updated on the Internet infringement laws with us on fossBytes.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Tell us your opinion on the TPP agreement in comments below.</i></span></div> </div>

TPP Agreement Could Be The Worst Possible Thing To The Internet

Shivam Patsariya 0 9:33 AM

SP's: The landmark TPP agreement has been announced by the trade ministers in Atlanta. But the pact is causing a serious concern over infringement of the Internet principles among the people. The Trans-Pacific Partnership deal, or TPP, which had bee… Read more »

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World’s Top Most Valuable Tech Brands: Apple, Google, Microsoft and IBM

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVO-YV9orroKljLlkl9KxP8BxcZyW-j0RdnvbNoiEWhnOWS_0GX1TgkYMNAHWjCkqdXVbBRibCN5_UIGOsOdIVVsjnJCoYQa2ikcNTLhkiutwR1MyPnuz13pkpWc9bHtfKInkioBOLpnk/s1600/most-valuable-companies-apple-google-ibm-microsoft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVO-YV9orroKljLlkl9KxP8BxcZyW-j0RdnvbNoiEWhnOWS_0GX1TgkYMNAHWjCkqdXVbBRibCN5_UIGOsOdIVVsjnJCoYQa2ikcNTLhkiutwR1MyPnuz13pkpWc9bHtfKInkioBOLpnk/s640-rw/most-valuable-companies-apple-google-ibm-microsoft.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>SP's:</b> Inter-brand's list of world’s most popular brands is out and it reaffirms the notion that technology companies are dominating the world. Take a look at the most valuable tech companies list here.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The renowned consultancy firm Inter-brand has rolled out its new report of the world’s most valuable tech brands. As expected, several technology companies have found a place in this list and it shows the influence of technology companies’ influence.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The likes of Apple, Google, Microsoft and IBM have found the place at the top of the charts. Apple and Google have captured the top spots for the third year in a row.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some other notable technology companies in the charts are:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Microsoft (#4)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">IBM (#5)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Samsung (#7)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Amazon (#10)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Intel (#14)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cisco (#15)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oracle (#16)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">HP (#18)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Facebook (#23)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">eBay (#32)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Adobe (#68)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Huawei (#88)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">PayPal (#97)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Lenovo (#100)</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Out of the 100 listed companies on the Interbrand’s list, 28 are the technology companies. PayPal and Lenovo have appeared on the list from the first time.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Take a look at the complete list here:<a href="http://interbrand.com/best-brands/best-global-brands/2015/"> Interbrand</a></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Willing to add something? Tell us your views in the comments section below.</span></div> </div>

World’s Top Most Valuable Tech Brands: Apple, Google, Microsoft and IBM

Shivam Patsariya 0 9:23 AM

SP's: Inter-brand's list of world’s most popular brands is out and it reaffirms the notion that technology companies are dominating the world. Take a look at the most valuable tech companies list here. The renowned consultancy firm Inter-brand has r… Read more »

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Facebook Will Provide Free Internet From Space, Starting from Africa in 2016

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gltzHFLX7BFj6mXSN_9jBUjPg7da9zOcANtGRiXJyLv93MV6ApeE7dcCvQdPVuqXDDLtZrskM0HiWwHn-zPEm56Rey5UMlwdMIoV6Dek0FGlVAjvEyrtf3rHWNx_YdOLIy_4JdzvYs4/s1600/internet-from-space-facebook-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8gltzHFLX7BFj6mXSN_9jBUjPg7da9zOcANtGRiXJyLv93MV6ApeE7dcCvQdPVuqXDDLtZrskM0HiWwHn-zPEm56Rey5UMlwdMIoV6Dek0FGlVAjvEyrtf3rHWNx_YdOLIy_4JdzvYs4/s640-rw/internet-from-space-facebook-11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>SP's: </b>In another step to boost its Internet.org initiative, Facebook has joined hands with Eutelsat to deliver the free internet from space using satellites. This free satellite internet service will be rolling out from late 2016 in Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">         Facebook has been trying hard to provide free and “controversial” internet to the people using its Internet.org initiative. In the past, the company has explored the option to beam free internet from space with the help of its giant drones.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The company even plans to provide the internet using its own satellites in the future, but Mark Zuckerberg is ready to team up with others to fasten this process. According to a new agreement, Facebook has teamed up with Eutelsat to provide free internet in Africa using the existing satellites.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">           The company is planning to bring this ambitious plan to life in late 2016. Eutelsat, Facebook’s new-found partner will be delivering the free internet from space with a satellite to offline parts of sub-Saharan Africa from next year.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">              From late 2016, Eutelsat and Facebook will use the satellite AMOS-6 to beam direct internet to the smartphones in West, East and Southern Africa. This satellite is being made by Israeli company Spacecom and is expected to be launched by the end of this year.</span></div> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <div dir="ltr" lang="en"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/satellite?src=hash">#satellite</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/broadband?src=hash">#broadband</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Africa?src=hash">#Africa</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Internet?src=hash">#Internet</a> > Eutelsat is now friend with <a href="https://twitter.com/facebook">@Facebook</a> <a href="http://t.co/7h4kKTJwIO">http://t.co/7h4kKTJwIO</a></div> — Eutelsat (@Eutelsat_SA) <a href="https://twitter.com/Eutelsat_SA/status/650911345475518464">October 5, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">              “Facebook’s mission is to connect the world and we believe that satellites will play an important role in addressing the significant barriers that exist in connecting the people of Africa. We are looking forward to partnering with Eutelsat on this project,” said Chris Daniels, VP of Internet.org.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">             With its controversial Internet.org initiative, Facebook wants to bring more and more people online and serve them its own version of the internet.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">             Commenting on the agreement, Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat Chairman and CEO, said: “We are excited by this opportunity to accelerate the deployment of our broadband strategy and to partner with Facebook on a new initiative to provide Internet access services in Africa.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">            It should be noted that Facebook has rebranded its free Internet.org service as “Free Basics by Facebook” to make it more identifiable as a free service.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have something to add? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

Facebook Will Provide Free Internet From Space, Starting from Africa in 2016

Shivam Patsariya 0 9:10 AM

SP's: In another step to boost its Internet.org initiative, Facebook has joined hands with Eutelsat to deliver the free internet from space using satellites. This free satellite internet service will be rolling out from late 2016 in Africa.         … Read more »

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Your Stolen/Hacked Identity is Sold Just For $1 in The Dark Web

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"> <img height="425" loading="lazy" src="http://www.guardian.co.tt/sites/default/files/field/image/2013-03-14%20Technology%20Matters%20-%20Responding%20to%20a%20Hacker%20Attack%20Bevil%20Wooding.jpg" style="text-align: left;" width="640" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's:</b> Increasing data breaches have made the personal identifiable information (PII) market very hot. A latest report outlines the different aspects of data breaches. Read more here.</i></span></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>          Just yesterday I wrote a piece describing the ways to know if your identity was hacked/stolen in some recent data breach. Many of you are unaware of the risks these data thefts pose and what cyber criminals aim to do with your data.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In this article, I’m going to highlight the facts that stolen data is of great important in the underground of the internet. But, how much does it costs to get someone’s stolen data in the Dark Web. Well, not more than $1.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>         The data breach at the Hacking Team would be still reminiscent in your memories that revealed many dark secrets about this complex network. The recent hack at Ashley Madison gives us more hints how desperate cybercriminals are to compromise millions of user accounts and personal information.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>         In the latest report of Trend Micro, named Understanding Data Breaches, the firm outlines some important details about the data breaches. The report explains how data breach takes place and what happens to this stolen intellectual property.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>              The firm’s research shows that only 25 percent of data leaks are caused due to some malware or hacking attack- instead, the insiders are a common reason behind these data losses. Other reasons include the use of physical skimming devices and loss/theft of storage devices.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>             The report contains other information regarding the most affected sectors and the damages done to an organization. However, one interesting aspect deals with the Dark Web and the worth of your personal identifiable information (PII).</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>              For those who wish to learn more about the underground internet, you can learn it from these useful links: The Dark-Deep Web and Everything about Tor.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>          The PII sales are made in the Dark Web on a per-line basis of approximately $1. When I’m mentioning per-line basis, this means that each line of data contains a name, a date of birth, an address, a social security number and other personal information. So, if someone knowledgeable buys this data, he/she can cause serious damage. The report says that with the recent increase in the data breaches, the supply has increased and thus the prices have decreased.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>        The price of other information like credit card details ($25), bank account details ($200-$500) and PayPal($300) accounts goes much higher. The compromised Amazon, Facebook, Netflix and other accounts are also up for sale and you can even grab an account belonging to the US mobile operate for as low as $14.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>         Talking about other personal information, scanned documents like passports, driver’s licences and bills could be purchased from $10 to $35.</i></span></div> </div>

Your Stolen/Hacked Identity is Sold Just For $1 in The Dark Web

Shivam Patsariya 0 9:06 AM

SP's: Increasing data breaches have made the personal identifiable information (PII) market very hot. A latest report outlines the different aspects of data breaches. Read more here.           Just yesterday I wrote a piece describing the ways to kn… Read more »

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Steve Jobs Advised Zuckerberg To Visit Indian Temple

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"> <img alt="s_jobs_m_zuckerberg_a_l" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/s_jobs_m_zuckerberg_a_l.jpg" />Mark Zuckerberg revealed that he went to visit India when he got lost on the road to his Facebook mission on the advice of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.</div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In a highly anticipated townhall session last weekend that included the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that he took a trip to India when he was in his lowest morale.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Among the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Mark-Zuckerberg-says-that-visiting-an-Indian-temple-at-the-urging-of-Steve-Jobs-helped-him-stick-to-Facebooks-mission/articleshow/49130605.cms">highlights of over 50 minute Q&A session</a> at the Facebook headquarters at the Menlo Park, California, Zuckerberg confessed that he visited a temple in India following the advice of Steve Jobs. Zuckerberg said,</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Early on in our history when things weren’t really going well – we had hit a tough patch and a lot of people wanted to buy Facebook – I went and I met with Steve Jobs and he said that to reconnect with what I believed was the mission of the company, I should go visit this temple in India that he had gone to early in the evolution of Apple, when he was thinking about what he wanted his vision of the future to be."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> And the result, Facebook is one of the biggest brands today and has declined billion-dollar offers to reach the top.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> India being one of the favorite places for the spiritual wanderers, Mark was urged by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to visit Kainchi Dham Ashram in Nainital, in the Indian state of Uttrakhand. The temple is an ashram of Baba Neem Karoli who was looked upon as an incarnation of Lord Hanuman.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Zuckerberg reminisces that it was in India he saw people being connected to each other and learned the importance of what he was doing at the moment- developing Facebook to connect the world.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As it is well known that the current target of Facebook is to connect everyone and its ambitious but highly criticized Internet.org (some say it intends to monopolize the Internet) is a step towards achieving that goal.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Now, it seems a bit skeptical that Zuckerberg chose to tell this particular story while he was with the Indian PM as the incident meant so much to him. So either Facebook’s Internet.org will really do people some good, or this could this be another shrewd strategy from America’s one of the richest men.</div> </div>

Steve Jobs Advised Zuckerberg To Visit Indian Temple

Shivam Patsariya 0 11:46 AM

Mark Zuckerberg revealed that he went to visit India when he got lost on the road to his Facebook mission on the advice of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. In a highly anticipated townhall session last weekend that included the Indian Prime Minister Nar… Read more »

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Digital India Profile Pic Tool Confusion Was an Engineer’s Mistake, Facebook Says

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="google-mobile-app-indian-governemnt-pm-modi-digital-india" height="340" loading="lazy" src="http://fossbytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/google-mobile-app-indian-governemnt-pm-modi-digital-india.jpg" width="640" /><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After facing widespread criticism over the tri-color profile picture tool and its relation to<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">internet.org</span>, Facebook has said that it was a Facebook engineer’s mistake.</em></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">F</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">acebook’s recent</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s;"> tri-color profile picture tool</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;"> to show support to the Digital India initiative is </span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s;">facing criticism</span> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">as it was claimed that the company plans to use them to show support for the controversial</span><span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;"> initiative.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, in an expected move, Facebook has denied the charge and called it a Facebook engineer’s mistake.</span></div> <div class="code-block code-block-9" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 8px auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For those who don’t know, yesterday it was revealed that the<span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s;">source code of the Facebook page</span></span> showed that these pictures were named <em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">internetOrgprofilepicture </em>and it was said that it could be used in the future by Facebook.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Denying the claims, Facebook has said: <em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“There is absolutely no connection between updating your profile picture for digital India and <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span>.”</em></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“An engineer mistakenly used the words “<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span> profile picture” as a shorthand name he chose for part of the code. But this product in no way connects to or registers support for <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span>. We are changing the code today to eliminate any confusion.”</span></em></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The mistake has been corrected by Facebook and the picture is now named <em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">digitalIndiaProfilePicture.</em></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However, Facebook’s explaination sound fishy as every software engineer is given a description before doing a project. The fact that the string <em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">internetOrgprofilepicture </em>comes to his/her mind on the Digital India project couldn’t be just coincidental.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, the truth remains to be uncovered but it would be harmless to assume that Facebook is definitely gaining something in return of this support to Digital India campaign.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It doesn’t prove anything but it says one thing loud and clear: <em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark Zuckerberg will try to prove <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">internet.org</span> as one of many ways in which Digital India can be achieved.</em></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have something to add? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

Digital India Profile Pic Tool Confusion Was an Engineer’s Mistake, Facebook Says

Shivam Patsariya 0 3:46 AM

After facing widespread criticism over the tri-color profile picture tool and its relation tointernet.org, Facebook has said that it was a Facebook engineer’s mistake. Facebook’s recent tri-color profile picture tool to show support to the Digital I… Read more »

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For the 3rd Time in Less than 2 Weeks, Facebook Went Down

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="facebook-down" loading="lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODdhAQABAPAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAEACAkQBADs=" /><img alt="facebook-down" height="375" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/facebook-down.jpg" width="640" /><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Things aren’t going well at Facebook HQ. For the third time in less than two week, Facebook went down.</em></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">T</em><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">oday, at about 12:00 p.m. PDT (3:00 p.m. EDT), Facebook went down for the third time in less than two weeks.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Multiple users from all over the globe received “something went wrong” message and some users got a blank page with service unavailable message at the top left corner.</span></div> <div class="code-block code-block-9" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 8px auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Facebook is generally very reliable, but three downtimes in a month are very unusual. The first outage earlier this month lasted for five minutes for most users and the second one took 10 minutes. It should be noted that today’s outage appears is the longest.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Update: </span>After 45 minutes of outage, Facebook is back online.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Facebook has confirmed the problem via its <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s;">developer site</span></span>, “A Facebook-wide issue is causing the Facebook Graph API to be temporarily unavailable. We’re working with our core infrastructure teams to identify the issue and will update you when we have more information.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you face the outage? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

For the 3rd Time in Less than 2 Weeks, Facebook Went Down

Unknown 0 3:44 AM

Things aren’t going well at Facebook HQ. For the third time in less than two week, Facebook went down. Today, at about 12:00 p.m. PDT (3:00 p.m. EDT), Facebook went down for the third time in less than two weeks. Multiple users from all over the glo… Read more »

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Here’s Why You Should NOT Change Your Profile Pic to Digital India Tricolor

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you check the source code of Digital India profile picture, you’ll realize that your new picture is being called as “internetOrgProfilePicture__prideAvatar” by Facebook. Read more to know why it sounds fishy.</span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></em></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-style: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">t the Facebook HQ, Indian Prime Minister</span><span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-timing-function: ease; vertical-align: baseline;"> Narendra Modi and CEO took part in a public Q&A</span><span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; transition-duration: 0.2s;"> </span><span style="font-style: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;">and vowed their support to the Digital India initiative. Both of them changed their Facebook profile pictures to </span><em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Digital India filter</em><span style="font-style: normal; line-height: 28.7999992370605px;"> and people are following the same course.</span></span></em></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="code-block code-block-9" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 8px auto; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">By converting your Facebook profile pictures into the hue of Indian flag, you are unknowingly casting your vote to support <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span>. <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span>  defies the<span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s;"> </span>basic idea of net neutrality</span> (read free and open internet).</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While Digital India program aims to transform the Indian economy and empower it digitally, <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span> is a different story. At fossBytes, we support the Digital India initiative, but Mark Zuckerberg’s <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span> policies are way too shady. The social network has faced much flak over the issue and we don’t support it either.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Digital India profile picture tool, with the URL <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s;">http://fb.com/supportdigitalindia</span>,</span> is there to support your support the “Digital India” campaign, but there’s something more to this story. Behind this, there’s a hidden story that hints that Facebook CEO is promoting his<span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s;">controversial internet.org initiative</span></span>.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you check the source code of the Digital India profile picture page, you’ll realize that your new picture is being called as “internetOrgProfilePicture__prideAvatar” by Facebook. Just open <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s;">this link</span>, </span>press ctrl+U to open the source code and search for the same.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvp7qjV_eoQS__NQBdA_LHzf62HNs_iEJp9pyOhf5-p2PdKC_Rc_cmCbRIcYX3L2z8ymj_skZsRbtxeMirxN9w0_Q0aNxqp6xucqlEMzVT45Lh28Zi1gMkFYZ8xNQP-rM7o6REaMOQeo/s1600/2.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" loading="lazy" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvp7qjV_eoQS__NQBdA_LHzf62HNs_iEJp9pyOhf5-p2PdKC_Rc_cmCbRIcYX3L2z8ymj_skZsRbtxeMirxN9w0_Q0aNxqp6xucqlEMzVT45Lh28Zi1gMkFYZ8xNQP-rM7o6REaMOQeo/s640-rw/2.PNG" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="-webkit-transition-delay: initial; -webkit-transition-property: opacity; border-color: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-radius: 2px; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; transition-delay: initial; transition-property: opacity;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Zuckerberg’s <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span> is under the vigilant eyes for its anti-net neutrality nature. The mention of <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">internet.org</span> sounds fishy in the HTML source code as it counts as your approval to <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span> and its anti-net neutrality nature.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Digital India is a great initiative, but this hidden agenda of Facebook is nothing less than evil. It’s possible that Facebook is using this stat as a measure to gain some information about your net neutrality stance and use this data in future.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It doesn’t prove anything but it says one thing loud and clear: <em style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mark Zuckerberg will try to prove <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">internet.org</span> as one of many ways in which Digital India can be achieved.</em></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Update:</span> Later Facebook spokesperson tried to handle the situation with this statement: “There is absolutely no connection between updating your profile picture for digital India and <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span>. An engineer mistakenly used the words ‘<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span> profile picture’ as a shorthand name he chose for part of the code. But this product in no way connects to or registers support for<span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Internet.org</span>. We are changing the code today to eliminate any confusion.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read more on<span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="-webkit-transition-duration: 0.2s; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; transition-duration: 0.2s;"> </span>Reddit.</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></em></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 28.7999992370605px; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What are your thoughts? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

Here’s Why You Should NOT Change Your Profile Pic to Digital India Tricolor

Shivam Patsariya 0 3:40 AM

If you check the source code of Digital India profile picture, you’ll realize that your new picture is being called as “internetOrgProfilePicture__prideAvatar” by Facebook. Read more to know why it sounds fishy. t the Facebook HQ, Indian Prime Minis… Read more »

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