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Facebook testing a new Highlights feature on iOS to showcase your friend’s life events

Feb22
by on February 22, 2014 at 1:43 am
Posted In: Around the Web, facebook for ios, facebook for ios highlights experiment, facebook highlights

Facebook is testing out a new way to organize how you keep track of your friends on its iOS mobile app. TechCrunch reports that the social networking company has added a new feature called Highlights into version 7.0 of its app. With it, users can easily parse through things happening to their friends without having to find out about what they’re posting to the site, including Upworthy videos, cat photos, and other non-personal pieces of content.

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If you’ve downloaded version 7.0 of the app, the one way to find out if you have Highlights is by looking at the main navigation bar at the bottom of the screen. If ”Requests” has turned into “People”, then most likely you’ll be able to use Highlights.

The People section has been broken up into three sections. As TechCrunch discovered, the first is Highlights, which breaks things down by birthdays, new relationships statuses, jobs, and anything else generated via Facebook’s Life Events creator.  The second is “History”, which shows the people you’ve interacted with in various capacity in reverse chronological order. Lastly is ”Everyone”, which shows all your friends in alphabetical order.

➤ Facebook Tests Mobile “Highlights”, A Cheat Sheet To Your Friends’ Lives (TechCrunch)

Photo credit: THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images and screenshots via TechCrunch

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You should update your iPhones and iPads to iOS 7.0.6 for a crucial SSL security fix

Feb21
by on February 21, 2014 at 11:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

Apple’s release of iOS 7.0.6 might seem like a routine update, but you’ll definitely want to install it, as it contains an important security fix that addresses a flaw with SSL encryption.

A support document about the update notes that a validation problem with Secure Transport could potentially allow attackers “with a privileged network position to capture or modify data in sessions protected by SSL/TLS.” We’ve reached to Apple for more information, but in the meantime, you should assume that the issue is as serious as it sounds.

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Apple also released an Apple TV update and iOS 6.1.6 today to address the same issue. You can find the iOS updates in iTunes or in the device’s settings pane. The Apple TV update can be found under Settings > General > Update Software.

Since SSL is often used to transfer sensitive data like payment information, personal details and logins, any potential compromise to the authentication process is a critical vulnerability.

➤ iOS 7.0.6 | iOS 6.1.6

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Medicare Advantage plans face 3.55% cut in 2015

Feb21
by on February 21, 2014 at 10:59 pm
Posted In: Affordable Care Act, Around the Web, Dan Coats, Joe Donnelly, Obamacare, Rob Portman

Health insurers participating in the Medicare Advantage program for elderly Americans, including Humana Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc., face a payment cut of about 3.55 percent next year, the government said Friday. The payment reductions proposed are subject to negotiations with the industry and aren’t expected to become final until April 1. Insurers had expected […]

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Free mini-workshop set for chronic pain sufferers

Feb21
by on February 21, 2014 at 10:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, chronic pain, Cincinnati

   A series of local workshops are planned for sufferers of chronic pain.  “Pain as Spiritual Teacher,” the first in the series, is scheduled for Saturday, March 15 at Grace Tree Yoga and Growth Studio in West Chester and Wednesday, April 16 at Turtlebox Stories & Studio in Milford, both dates from 1 to 4:30 p.m […]

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Free mini-workshop set for chronic pain sufferers

Feb21
by on February 21, 2014 at 10:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, chronic pain, Cincinnati

   A series of local workshops are planned for sufferers of chronic pain.  “Pain as Spiritual Teacher,” the first in the series, is scheduled for Saturday, March 15 at Grace Tree Yoga and Growth Studio in West Chester and Wednesday, April 16 at Turtlebox Stories & Studio in Milford, both dates from 1 to 4:30 p.m […]

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