Facebook to Stop Using Phone Numbers for Recommending Friends

Facebook to Stop Using Phone Numbers for Recommending Friends Social media giant Facebook will soon stop using its users’ phone numbers to recommend friends to them. The move comes following the company’s$5 billion settlementwith the US Federal Trade Commission earlier this year, and will see the company cut back on practices that raised a number of privacy concerns around the company. The company had started asking for users’ phone numbers in order to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on their accounts to ensure higher security and for preventing hackers from gaining access to user accounts on the platform....

December 21, 2019 · 2 min · 383 words · John Vaughn

Flickr Appeals Users to Upgrade to Paid Tier to Save the Company

Flickr Appeals Users to Upgrade to Paid Tier to Save the Company Flickr is reportedlysending out emailsto users, urging them to subscribe to its paid tier if they want the popular photo-hosting service to survive. In a distress message believed to have been sent out to millions of users, Don MacAskill, the CEO ofFlickrowner, SmugMug, said that the service is“still losing money”and desperately needs the help of caring users to survive....

December 21, 2019 · 2 min · 331 words · Stephanie Stout

Foldable Motorola Razr 2019 Launch Postponed Indefinitely

Foldable Motorola Razr 2019 Launch Postponed Indefinitely Lenovo has postponed the launch of theMotorola Razr 2019folding smartphone indefinitely, ostensibly, because of high demand. The company hasn’t revealed when the phone is now expected to launch, but claimed that the timing won’t be very different from its original timeframe. The device was supposed to go on pre-order on December 25th, with sales slated to begin January 9th. In astatement to Gizmodo, the company gave an unconvincing reason to postpone the launch, saying that it was due to unexpected high demand....

December 21, 2019 · 2 min · 292 words · Brittany Cohen

How to Regain Access to Locked or Disabled Apple ID: 4 Methods Explained

How to Regain Access to Locked or Disabled Apple ID: 4 Methods Explained Tosafeguard an account against potential hacking, Apple immediately locks an Apple ID whenever anyone enters passwords incorrectly multiple times. Then, a popup appears on the screen saying something like“Your Apple ID has been locked for security reasons. To unlock it, you must verify your identity.”Thankfully, there are multiple methods to verify identity and regain access to a locked or disabled Apple ID....

December 21, 2019 · 4 min · 660 words · Mark Torres

How to Set Up Communication Limits for Children on iPhone and iPad

How to Set Up Communication Limits for Children on iPhone and iPad Looks like Apple is paying close attention to every criticism that is directed upon it unlike ever before. And that is turning out very good for consumers. The latest such addition from Apple is a more powerful parental control system. WhileScreen Timealready offered reliable parental controls, it lacked the tool to restrict communication for children. But with the release of iOS 13....

December 21, 2019 · 3 min · 584 words · Steven Carr

Huawei P40 Pro Could Feature Periscope Camera with 10x Optical Zoom

Huawei P40 Pro Could Feature Periscope Camera with 10x Optical Zoom Huawei P40 series is confirmed to launch in March 2020 at an event in Paris. That’s still far away but we got ourfirst look at CAD rendersfor both the Huawei P40 and P40 Pro earlier this week. The flagship P40 Pro is rumored toarrive with a quad-curved display panel and a massive rectangular camera bump. Though we got to know that the P40 Pro will feature a massive camera bump, the details for the different sensors it will carry was still unknown....

December 21, 2019 · 3 min · 472 words · Benjamin Contreras

Instagram PWA Coming to the Microsoft Store Very Soon

Instagram PWA Coming to the Microsoft Store Very Soon Microsoft is aggressively pushing ahead with its plans to serve Progressive Web Apps via the Microsoft Store. Twitter released its PWA app last year, and now Instagram is joining the fray with the launch of its own PWA app on the Microsoft Store, as per a report fromAggiornamenti Lumia. The report suggests that Instagram is finally switching out its old OSMeta (a startup that Facebook acquired long ago to bring its iOS app to Windows) port in favor of the popular PWA app....

December 21, 2019 · 2 min · 426 words · Nathaniel Long
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