Facebook is reportedly behind “Project Catapult” data center
Facebook is reportedly the company that’s planning on building a $ 1.5 billion data center in Altoona, Iowa. Before, everything was kept hush-hush, and the only thing we knew about the data center was that it was referred to by officials as the cryptic “Project Catapult”. Des Moines Register stated that it spoke with lawmakers about Catapult and discovered that it is Facebook who is behind the project. Facebook was said to have been scouting sites to launch its next data center. There was a location in Nebraska that Facebook was reportedly looking at, but apparently Facebook has decided to go in another direction. According to Data Center Knowledge, official’s approved the site plan for Facebook’s data center in Iowa back in June, and by November Facebook and state/local officials had a meeting to discuss the “fine details” of the data center in order to finalize the deal. Many people [...]
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Hackers take control of several CBS News Twitter accounts
It looks like CBS is the latest victim in a series of Social Network account hacks that seem to be prevalent this year. Today, CBS stated that several of its Twitter accounts, including 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, CBSDenver, and its official Twitter account were all compromised earlier today. The hackers used the accounts and tweeted things like, “General Dempsey calls for #Obama’s arrest under new anti-terror laws #48hours”. The hackers also provided links in the tweets that led to malware infected sites. A couple of the tweets took jabs at President Obama, while others suggested that the United States was in cahoots with Al-Qaeda. CBS quickly regained access to the accounts thanks to help of Twitter. It was quick to delete the tweets, and apologized to its followers for the immature activity that took place. CBS is just one of many victims this year that have been targeted by hackers. [...]
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Facebook wants advertisers to pay $1m a day to display their movie ads
Facebook is gearing about launch movie advertisements about its network come this summer. The advertisements are expected to arrive inside June or July, plus Ad Age reports which there is 4 slots, every slot costing about $ 1 million daily for advertisers to utilize. While Facebook has yet to determine about what movie advertisement formatting it would like to utilize, sources have told Ad Age which Facebook has conferred with 3 professionals regarding the fresh product. Facebook makes these video advertisements targeted towards particular consumers. There is a category for females over 20, females below 25, males over 20, plus males beneath 20. Every advertisement is regarding 15 seconds lengthy, plus consumers usually just see a maximum of 3 advertisements a day. The advertisements is about auto-play mode, plus might either cover the entirety of the user’s Facebook page, be small advertisements found about a corner of the Facebook feed, [...]
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HTC One up for sale early at select AT&T stores
We have certain good information this Friday night to share along with you men. It appears which not only a limited, nevertheless numerous AT&T shops over the U.S. appear to be a bit confused regarding the launch date plus are marketing the HTC One now. Yes the HTC First officially goes about sale now, nevertheless we’re getting numerous reports which shops are freely providing the flagship HTC One. Basically now is HTC plus Facebook’s big day with all the HTC First smartphone – the initially Facebook Phone – plus Facebook Home both becoming accessible now. Fortunately for you the memo would have been a bit perplexing considering AT&T shops are furthermore providing up plus permitting individuals to buy the HTC One proper this time. So why is this a fuss we ask? The HTC One is arguably the greatest Android smartphone found on the world at when, plus we’ve been [...]
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HTC First versus HTC One plus additional Android phones
So today which the HTC First “Facebook Phone” is official plus hitting the streets this Friday, you figured a fast vs running down the specs plus details were inside purchase. Below we’ll go from some details you like plus don’t like regarding the HTC First, then compare those to the gorgeous flagship HTC One – plus additional Android smartphones accessible or coming shortly. First off, the First is all regarding Facebook. So when you’re a diehard Facebook consumer we would wish To read on. However, for the rest of we which don’t desire Facebook Home to completely take over the existence plus telephone, the choice should be an effortless 1. We state ought to be, considering the HTC First does have a some tips up its sleeve. As far because total specs are worried there actually isn’t any battle here. The HTC One wins inside every category except software. We [...]
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eBay is today sharing a information with marketers
It looks like eBay is seeking to join Google, Facebook, plus Amazon inside delivering the customer information to advertisers. Stephen Howard-Sarin, eBay’s Head of Digital Display inside North America, reported at AdExchanger’s Programmatic I/O meeting which eBay is “now commercializing which capability for the advantage of alternative marketers that like to reach consumers.” Howard-Sarin addresses concerns of eBay consumers whenever he states which they anticipate eBay to not present to anybody “who they are”, however, he moreover states which which doesn’t always indicate which eBay can’t, for illustration, “create segments of shoe shoppers” plus allow marketers target their ads towards them. He claims which advertisements usually constantly be relevant to what you’ve bought, like a big telecommunications firm launching targeted advertisements to individuals who’ve bought the telephone inside the last 2-3 years. On the bright side, eBay can act because the median between marketers plus a information. Meaning, marketers are [...]
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Facebook dislike button on the way?
Some say it could be, others that it won’t as Facebook might run the risk of alienating advertisers The much wished-for Facebook ‘dislike’ button could soon become a reality, if changes to Open Graph are anything to go by, according to SEO specialists QueryClick. Following the much publicised F8 conference, it has emerged that changes to Open Graph have “opened up a whole lot of opportunities for users to express their opinions on their friends’ posts.” Christopher Liversidge, QueryClick’s Managing Director comments: “For a very long time, Facebook users have been able to ‘like’ their Facebook friends’ posts – this means that they could show their appreciation for something that a friend had posted on Facebook by hitting a ‘like’ button.” “But for as long as the like button has existed, users have been asking for a ‘dislike’ button, where they can show their disapproval or simply their negative feelings [...]
Facebook Home confidentiality concerns are addressed inside Q&A
Excited regarding Facebook Home yet thinking what the confidentiality aspect of it really is hunting like? Facebook has published a Q&A-format reaction to the most commonly known concerns which have been asked thus far, addressing aspects like what info Home may gather plus exactly what it could see. We’ve got a full run-down of the confidentiality info, that you will go look at following the jump. First points initially, Facebook claims to not worry: we don’t need to utilize Home should you don’t like to, plus may rather continuing to utilize the standard Facebook application because when nothing has changed. Additionally, in the event you install Home or buy the device about that it happens to be preinstalled, just to find that we don’t like it, you are able to turn it off below “Settings” or eliminate it from a lockscreen, whatever we like. Home “is a brand-new method to [...]
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Microsoft rolls out new version of Outlook.com calendar with sharing options
Those who remember the hotmail days and how Sabeer Bhatia made millions from selling it to Microsoft know that Microsoft has started winding down Hotmail. Extremely popular during its time, over the period, I stopped using my mail account there and moved to other providers. Microsoft first launched the Outlook.com email service in last July and as of February, is said to have 60 million users. It got great response and upto a million users signed up in less than a day so that is less surprising. Back to what we are letting you know is: Microsoft has rolled out out a major redesign for its Outlook.com calendar. In the new fresh looking design, adding and editing events on the calendar is easier with one-click access. Day view is presented just by selecting the date. You can also share the calendar with friends and family (using new “Share” menu to [...]
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HTC Myst ‘Facebook Phone’ software leaks before 4 April event
1 April 2013 17:41 GMT / By Jake Smith A program dump of the “Facebook Phone” from HTC as well as the social media giant has leaked, offering you an indication of what is announced at the 4 April media event. Android Police was capable to score the program, however was unable to signal into several key regions provided its pre-release nature requiring Facebook worker credentials. What you have learned still, is the fact that the rumoured HTC Myst is indeed real plus is running Sense four.5 with unique Facebook integration dubbed “Facebook Home” which usually run over Android four.2.1 plus Sense. Given references inside the program, the Myst may have specialized access to images, messaging, plus contacts to tie into Facebook’s existing services. Code for Facebook Home additionally reveals it could function about equipment different than HTC’s, because references to TouchWiz were found. This will recommend Facebook Home is accessible to [...]
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