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Apple’s iOS App Store spotlights the selfie

Mar14
by on March 14, 2014 at 3:11 am
Posted In: Around the Web

Want to put your best face forward? Apple is here to help with a new section of its App Store devoted exclusively to, well, selfie photo apps. The Sharing Selfies section, revealed in a tweet by MacStories’ Federico Fiticci, is visible on both the iOS app’s Featured Categories page and on the desktop iTunes Store iPhone tab.  There, you’ll find a selection of 12 selfie photo apps ranging from the familiar Snapchat to the free Selfie Cam, Samba Video Messaging, FrontFlash for low-light shots ($1.99), Facetune ($2.99), and more. Last year, the term “Selfie” gained fame as Oxford Dictionaries’ Word of the Year, so it’s only…

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PayPal tweaks its policy to address crowdfunding issues

Mar14
by on March 14, 2014 at 2:31 am
Posted In: Around the Web, crowdfunding, Insider

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PayPal has gotten itself some bad press over crowdfunding, in particular for withholding funds certain companies need to develop their projects. Now, the payments site reveals that it has put changes in place to address those problems. In a blog post today, Chief Risk Officer Tomer Barel says PayPal has started to engage crowdfunding campaign owners early on so it can understand the campaign goals and help to ensure these campaigns are compliant with its policies, as well as government regulations. To avoid the regulatory and risk issues — as well as upset customers — that crop up when crowdfunding…

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NPD: PlayStation 4 beat Xbox One for February console sales in the US, but gap is narrowing

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 10:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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Sony and Microsoft have both just shared results from NPD’s February US console roundup, but it looks like we’ve seen this story before. Just like in January, Sony declared its PlayStation 4 the top-selling console last month while Microsoft tried to tout its platforms in other ways. NPD Group: PS4 is #1 again for the month, and cumulative sales, in the United States. Thanks for your support! — PlayStation (@PlayStation) March 13, 2014 Microsoft shared a lot more data than Sony did. The company revealed it sold 258,000 units in the US, as well as overall Xbox platform numbers: Xbox…

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YouTube goes down for some users, second time in two days

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 10:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

YouTube is having a bad week. For the second time, the video sharing site is down for some users. Both DownForEveryoneOrJustMe and DownRightNow confirm the outage. A search on Facebook and Twitter shows some can’t get to the site at all while others are only able to get to certain pages, but in all cases they’re getting the amusing error message above. If today’s outage is anything like yesterday’s, it won’t be long before you’re watching funny videos again. Image Credit: gadiri

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NSA denies reports that it’s impersonating Facebook to infect PCs with malware

Mar13
by on March 13, 2014 at 9:44 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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The National Security Agency (NSA) today denied claims that it’s impersonating Facebook to carry out some of its surveillance activities. In a report by The Intercept, confidential documents supplied by whistleblower Edward Snowden detailed an NSA initiative, codenamed TURBINE, which allowed the agency to infect computers with malware and retrieve data. It said “in some cases” the NSA was able to invade targets’ computers under the veil of a fake Facebook server. In a statement, the NSA said: “Recent media reports that allege NSA has infected millions of computers around the world with malware, and that NSA is impersonating US…

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