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Facebook Crack Down On ‘Real Name’ Policy

October 2, 2014 By Carol Harper

Facebook is on the rampage but doing it with finesse as it cracks down on fake namesfollowing a row with the LGBT community.

The LGBT community started leaving Facebook in order to created pseudonyms. It all began when several weeks past Facebook dropped the hammer on several hundred drag performers. These performers were reported as fake. The way Facebook authenticated accounts was by asking the suspect account holder to supply identification that they were using their real name. This 10 year policy worked well. Facebook never demanded people use their real name but they support when people do. To battle the fakers however the big news is that Facebook is developing new authentication tools that should put the issue to rest once and for all.

This news should shake the foundations of Facebook and all the fake people who use Facebook to run scams and cause mischief. It doesn’t mean that everyone will have to use their real name but if they use a pseudo name they’ll have to provide credentials of some sort. The drag queen performers heralded the decision by Facebook stating that it was a good step forward.

Facebook’s bread and butter is its membership base. If that base gets compromised they risk losing them as they did with the LGBT community. Loss of members means loss in revenue and that could affect stocks. Facebook doesn’t need or want any competition to knock it off the top of the heap so this change in procedure is a smart move on their part. The big question is will it work. Facebook hasn’t disclosed the process by which they’ll do all this so it’s still up in the air what will transpire.

It might take months for anyone to see major results and it may bring about a cleaning of the house and dropping the liability that comes from fake accounts where drugs, violence, hate speech, and scams are prevalent. Making the Facebook community safe would mean greater trust, revenue, and a possible boost in stocks already high as they are.

Taking a proactive stance but being compassionate at the same time is enough left Facebook with no bruises but also opens the door to greater responsibility on their part that they have to prove.

Facebook will introduce a new people based advertisement technology, which puts ads across all over the web

September 29, 2014 By Cliff Jenkins Scott

The Wall Street Journal first declared the news on Monday that Facebook will declare its latest advertisement platform next week, the likes of which will plan to assist marketers more effectively to target the website’s viewers by supplying them with tools and statistics planned to bring profitable content to users more specificity than before.

Jack Marshall wrote that Atlas, as the platform is famous among people, which guarantees to assist marketers recognize which Facebook users have seen, cooperated with or acted upon ads that become visible both on Face book’s services and on third-party websites and apps.

This new service also provides an automatic device recognized in the industry as a ‘demand-side platform’ or ‘bidder,’ which will suggest marketers the capability to purchase ads that target Face book’s users as they move around the web,” the Journal stated.

Tim Webster, head of strategy at Exchange Lab said Face book’s main challenge is to make its own place in the marketing world against to Google, which manages the market for serving display advertisements through a contributory called a double – click and now Facebook is going head to head with Google, but it is excellent for advertisers because there will be more options to place ads on web.

Facebook is officially expected to reveal its Atlas platform, one of the largest selling points of Atlas will be that it can exactly follow people across different devices, as each Facebook member uses the same ID to log in to their desktop, cell phone or tablet, although Atlas does permit users to avoid of seeing personalized advertisements across the Web, it informs in its privacy policy that it will continue to gather information on you when you surf the Web.

Microsoft To Unveil Upcoming Windows This September 30

September 28, 2014 By Marlene R. Litten

According to the news that Microsoft verified plans for a press event on Sept. 30 where the corporation will talk about ”what’s next for Windows and the enterprise, while a number of leaks have revealed features and changes in a future release of Windows.

The information arrives from Alain Crozier, the chief of Microsoft France who, during a current live stream on the company’s French website, said the latest edition of Microsoft’s desktop OS will be publicized on Sept. 30; and a latest information from Reuters says Microsoft will reveal an innovative name of its Windows product on Tuesday, which could be Windows 9, or a totally different brand name.

At this moment Microsoft is focusing on manufacturing its upcoming Windows Threshold more palatable to commerce users who are more likely to depend on mouse and keyboards, and who desire and require to use their Win32 apps and the Softies more conveniently, Microsoft want to show that Threshold will still permit them to be productive with moderately little readjustment time.

Microsoft’s message to these consumers will be that they’ve listened to their requirements this time around before planning and planned to make a latest version of Windows, this is why because Microsoft was condemned by a number of consumers when the corporation released Windows 8 in 2012 for introducing an operating system that they didn’t feel reflected their desires and requirements.

Now Microsoft will be doing so many things in an effort to enhance their new release and moreover bringing back a start menu and allowing consumers to run Metro-Style and Win32 apps in windows on their desktops, the corporation also will be doing more to gather opinion from users throughout the Threshold progress, process and to “flight” latest features on a experimental basis with different functions.

We have no idea if Windows 9 will be free of charge for the users who purchased Microsoft’s Operating System previously, such as Windows 7 or Vista, but a free upgrade for all would make logic, this step would make it easier for Microsoft to attract as many of its customers as possible to upgrade to the newest and tag is as the supreme version of Windows.

BlackBerry’s launched its latest Square passport Smartphone

September 27, 2014 By Marlene R. Litten

We have well-known about the gadget for some time, but the Blackberry has launched the Passport smartphone, a handset that directly goes down as one of the most exceptional on the market and this gadget has a 2.2 GHz, quad-core processor, 32GB of storage (and a micro-SD card slot), 4GB of RAM, a 13 MP camera and a huge 3,450 mAh rechargeable battery which BlackBerry says is able of giving 30 hours of usage on a full charge.

The latest arrangement “touch-enabled” keyboard/touchpad placed just below the screen proposes what BlackBerry hopes is a superior experience than with earlier models. The keys are assembled into three rows as an alternative of the common four row design and it has better the audio quality of the phone and has generated a device switch application to assist move a user’s files from all other mobile phones or even older BlackBerry OS 10 phones.

The latest Passport smart phone runs OS 10.3, the newest version of the BlackBerry’s recent operation system. It features BlackBerry Assistant a competitor to Siri and Google Now and its characteristic is said to be dissimilar from its rivalry by offering three separate modes: understands vocalization requests, dealing with typed requests when a consumer is in a meeting and giving an absolutely hands-free mode for when the user is driving.

So, we know why Blackberry has followed this shape and gone “stylish to be square”. It is stylish, advance and really very excellent too, in that sort of professional and functional way that all Blackberry’s are, while it feels good in hand thanks to its stainless steel border (noticeable on the sides) and soft touch rear plate.

The latest Iphone6 bent, reported by nine customers

September 27, 2014 By Carol Harper

Unexpectedly, only nine customers complained of a bent iPhone 6 Plus and Apple said that it is “very rare” and it doesn’t usually happen during everyday use.

The visible design of iPhone 6 is flawed, which has been called “bend gate” on social media, causes the devices to bend near the volume down button.

The company supported the latest phone’s design as both “beautiful and powerful noting that its enclosure has been created of a unique anodized aluminum that is tempered for additional strength and subjected to exact testing.

Apple told on his statement that “We selected these high-feature materials and manufacture very cautiously for their strength and stability, and also perform accurate tests during the whole development phase, together with 3-point bending, torsion, pressure point cycling, sit, and customer studies. The company also said that iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, meet or beat all of our high quality standards to continue every day, true life use.

Apple is tackling reports that the latest iPhone 6 Plus was bending when people sat with the phone in their pockets and many videos of people bending the jumbo-sized iPhone with their hands rapidly made the rounds on social media

Apple said that it’s exceptional for one of its smart phones and too hard to bend and just a small fraction of the 10 million next-generation iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices sold have reported a problem; however the company advised consumers to contact Apple if they experience a trouble.

Chinese Smugglers Making Big Bucks on iPhone 6

September 27, 2014 By June Harris

In Hong Kong, two days after the new iPhone went on sale, custom officers see some people loading boxes into speedboat in one of the remote area.

When the officers approached, the men jumped into the boat and sped off, leaving behind 15 boxes packed with new iPhones.

It has been reported that, the smuggling act is only a small linkage in such a huge network, which is especially formed to satisfy the substantial demands of the iPhones in China. Just remember, it’s the place where authorities have yet needed to consent the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus.

As per the recent report, Apple AAPL, Tech30 has not yet announced that when they are going to sell the latest smartphones in its second largest market. Last week, the state media reported that iPhone 6 has not yet got a key license in China.

All this is done by smugglers, for the purpose of dropping the prices of iPhones which are lawfully bought in Apple stores in New York. This is considered to be big issue, for iPhone supporters who pay millions of dollars for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6+. CNN found few sellers outside an Apple stores in Beijing, reported on Wednesday.

According to a report, officers found smugglers selling a new iPhone 6 at 1800 dollars. It was a big question mark, from where did these phones come? According to the report, these iPhones are shipped from Hong Kong and in this scenario the smuggler would be making over 1000 dollars per phone.

Hong Kong is considered to be a key hub of apple iPhones and three stores of Phones are running, these iPhones are designed in china for avoiding taxes on import. This Smuggling movement appears to be efficient. On Monday, customs officers found 20 new iPhones concealed in containers in a truck leaving for the mainland.

Authorities across the border in Shenzhen seized more than 600 iPhones over a three day period, reported by local media. Nearly 40 mafias working on this have been caught at the city’s ports.

Chinese market is considered to be very important for Apple. But the iPhone maker has tripped up there in recent years, losing ground in the Smartphone race to rivals, including Xiaomi, that offer cheaper phones. Apple signed a contract last year with China Mobile to offer the iPhone, in a bid to enlarge its way. China Mobile is the world’s largest transporter by subscribers, with around 700 million users or more than twice the population of the U.S.

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