When you use a messaging service like Facebook Messenger, you have a reasonable expectation that what you say is private and secure. But due to a quirk in how Facebook handles certain pieces of information, just about anyone who knows how to use Facebook’s developer API can view links that others have sent over Facebook Messenger. More from this latest update from PCWorld.com
Facebook is becoming ever more aggressive at pushing users toward its expanded universe of services. First, it worked to push users toward its Messenger app instead of using the chat feature in the standard Facebook mobile app and site. Now, it’s coming for your synced photos. Check out this article from PCWorld.com
Here’s a Facebook hack straight from the pages of the novel 1984: A way to rewrite the record of the past.
“Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past,” went the ruling party’s slogan in George Orwell’s dystopian novel. Check out this article from PCWorld.com
Google started testing a Material Design makeover on YouTube earlier this year, and now it’s doing the same for the company’s search engine on the desktop. A small set of Google users noticed their Google.com searches displaying material design touches and shared the news on Reddit and Twitter, as first reported by Engadget. More of this article from PCWorld.com
A fresh Snapchat redesign makes is significantly easier for you to browse for videos and images from the increasing number of publishers that are competing for your attention. Check out this latest from PCWorld.com
Facebook, at its core, is a social network. It’s not just a place to interact with the people you know, but also to connect with people who you might have a lot in common with. While “friends of friends” is one way to expand your social circle, joining a Group is the easiest way to find people with like-minded interests. Check out this article from MakeUseOf.com
If it wasn’t clear already, Facebook would really like it if you used its Messenger app.
TechCrunch reported Friday that the company is currently working to remove the Messenger function on the mobile version of its website, pushing users instead to use the separate Facebook Messenger app. Check out more of this article from PCWorld.com