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Reddit finally bans stolen pornography, after years on the fence

Feb24
by on February 24, 2015 at 7:11 pm
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In what amounts to a monumental announcement, Reddit changed its privacy policy today to explicitly ban pornography that’s posted without the consent of those depicted. Late last year, Reddit came under fire for being one of the hotspots for sharing leaked celebrity nude photos. The site reacted by banning them and taking down posted links, but that didn’t cover those affected by revenge pornography. Fast-forward to today and the site has made a change to its privacy policy which will come into effect on March 10. It’s now pretty black and white: reddit is committed to your privacy. If you believe that someone…

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Facebook and Internet.org release the 2014 State of Global Connectivity report

Feb24
by on February 24, 2015 at 6:50 pm
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Internet.org is Facebook’s push to offer internet access globally especially to developing nations. Today, it released its 2014 State of Connectivity. The report shows that only 37.9 percent of the global population use the internet at least once a year. The largest percentage of those without internet access (78 percent) are located in developing nations. The report also shows that the adoption rate of internet access has slowed to 6.6 percent in 2014 which is down from 14.7 percent in 2010 — something the organization is hoping to reverse. To get those number back up again, Internet.org names three items that…

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Google celebrates 1,000 Chrome experiments… with a new experiment

Feb24
by on February 24, 2015 at 6:17 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider

Chrome Experiments, the nifty site that showed off the power of the browser, has today reached a big milestone: 1,000 experiments. To celebrate in the most fitting way, Google has released a new experiment that provides an interesting way to browse the available experiences. You can filter by tag and see what different technologies are able to do and how they impacted the experiments. In an announcement of the milestone today, Google said that the site started out with just 19 experiments in 2009 and grew to what it is today. The Chrome Experiments site also got an update to use…

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Last chance for 92% off the Full Stack Hacker Bundle – ends Wednesday

Feb24
by on February 24, 2015 at 6:12 pm
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Microsoft launches a new API for OneDrive

Feb24
by on February 24, 2015 at 6:05 pm
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Despite recent partnerships with Dropbox, Box and other cloud storage solutions, Microsoft isn’t giving up on OneDrive: the company is today launching a new API for the platform. The new tool lets developers integrate OneDrive right into their apps; the API supports Windows, iOS, Android and the Web.  It also brings some new features, such as: Allow apps to retrieve new changes to files and folders with minimal sync calls Resume uploads of files up to 10GB Customizable file thumbnail images for better design integration Previously, developers had to use the Live SDK in order to integrate OneDrive into their apps; though that will still…

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