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  • Facebook Fights for the "Largest" Government Data Request

    Facebook silhouetteFacebook, the social giant company, is fighting a U.S. court order in which it was forced to hand over data belonging to almost 400 people involved in a benefit fraud trial. While the case dates back to 2013, a judge only made the details public in the 25th June.

  • Amazon's Fire Phone: "Heating" the First 3D Perspective in Smartphones

    Amazon's Fire Phone

    Introduced as "the only smartphone with Dynamic Perspective", Amazon Fire Phone was first revealed in an event in Seattle on June 18, 2014. After months of rumors and expectations, Fire Phone distinguishes itself through an array of special software features and services that none others have. Useful?

  • Foursquare Overhauls and Introduces New Logo

    Foursquare new logoEveryone have different taste. Guided with their own unique tastes and friends, people explores the world differently. To create localized search for its users, Foursquare, the location-based social network, is rolling out a brand new version that is all about its users.

  • FIFA World Cup 2014: The Most Social Sporting Event Ever

    World Cup 2014 and social media

    According to FIFA, the Soccer World Cup is the most viewed sport event on the planet - a bold statement yet true to every bits of details. As the world opens its eyes to the World Cup 2014 in Brazil, the world is focusing on something more than the matches.

  • Facebook's Slingshot: If You Can't Buy One, Make One

    Chrome - IE - Firefox - SafariAfter accidentally rolling out and removing its Snapchat competitor app from Apple's App Store last week, Facebook, on June 17th, 2014, officially unveiled Slingshot, an app from its Creative Labs division.

  • Facebook's Victory Against Surfbook in Patent-Infringement Trial

    Facebook lawsuit illustrationThe social networking giant Facebook, on June 13th 2014, successfully defended itself against a lawsuit that claimed the social media company infringed on patents held by a Dutch programmer who launched a website called "Surfbook" more than a decade ago.

  • Feedly, Evernote and TweetDeck: Down in a Single Day

    Cyber Attacks AheadRSS feed reader Feedly and note-taking service Evernote have all faltered, at least briefly, on June 11th, 2014, as hackers took down each service in separate incidents. Both Evernote and Feedly, two services that work together, confirmed they suffered DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks.