Cases of sexual abuse of minors by strangers over the internet rife in almost every part of the world. Most of the actors know and interact with the victim through Facebook. In order to prevent untoward incidents, there is a Facebook application that can detect the presence of pedophiles.
Today's teens have more virtual friends on social networking site Facebook than friends in the real world. It is common for teenagers if 1,000 people have more friends on Facebook. Most of them have never met in real life.
To
guard against any possibility of bad that can happen, researchers at
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel to develop
applications for Facebook users and parents to filter out the
possibility of many pedophiles cyber friends with just one click.
This application has three different levels of filtering your friends. The first level identifies Facebook friends that have the potential to be a threat and limited access to view profiles. Second, expanding Facebook's privacy settings based on different usage profiles. Third, warned of a number of applications installed that are supposed to access the account owner's personal information.
This
software analyzes your friends on Facebook to distinguish the relations
of friendship based on the number of messages sent, pictures that are
tagged along, the group that followed and the many friends who belong
together.
The smaller the criteria established, the lower the level of friendship relations. This application is then signed up a few friends who have very low scores and recommend to unfriend her friends suspected.
This
application was originally created to detect the presence of
pedophiles, but researchers found that these applications can also be
used to find people who have fake accounts. Researchers were inspired to make this application after seeing the profiles at several different social networking sites.
After
analyzing the image owner's account, investigators may find that the
images are displayed on the profile was derived from a different country
of origin where the account owner.
Parents and adolescents Facebook users generally find it difficult to find a way to set the privacy level. For
people who can not wait, this application can help alleviate
difficulties by limiting the interaction between friends on Facebook
directly.
"Our
application is the opposite of what Facebook wants. Service encourages
users to make friends with many people as possible, but we recommend
limiting the number of friends and give an algorithm to determine who
should be removed from the list of friends. But we believe that this
application be approved, "said Michael Fire, the originator of this application as reported by Medical Daily, Sunday (07/08/2012).
The application is called Social Privacy Protector (SPP) and is available in Mozilla Firefox browser to download. Currently, Facebook was reviewing whether the application is fit for use on the site.
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Facebook strengthens its Internet network infrastructure in Asia, particularly Indonesia as one of the largest users, by building a submarine optic fiber cable along the 10 thousand kilometers.
As quoted from Ubergizmo on Monday (09/07/2012), a project that connects the continents of Asia and the Americas was named Asia Pacific Gateway (APG). Not the value of investment to strengthen the international bandwidth.
But certainly, this cable will smoothen the flow of data from the server up in North America to be connected directly to Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, as well as to a number of other countries in Asia.
"Our investment in this project to help support the growing up in Asia, making it possible for us to provide a better experience and more for users of Facebook in countries such as India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, and Singapore," said Facebook spokesman.
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Facebook now has stopped the "Find Friends Nearby" . This was done to respect the privacy of Facebook users.
As quoted from ABCNews, Find Friends Nearby feature allows Facebook users can find other Facebook users on the same interest or interests.
But to be able to use the feature, Facebook users can log in www.fb.com / fFN on the phone. This site will prompt the user to choose an interest in something to suit other people. For example, like in shopping centers, while this feature is enabled then the other Facebook users can see who else was in the shopping center.
Actually, according to TechCrunch site, this feature has not been officially released by Facebook. But this feature can be used and only lasted for two months probation.
Facebook then stop the Find Friends feature Nearby was made by Mark Zuckerberg after the site was acquired Glancee, a mobile application that allows users to search for close friends with similar interests. Thus, the two applications is similar to its function.
"We continue to test new features, but will not share it today," said a spokesman for Facebook.
Facebook is also unreasonable termination of service is so that Facebook users are not exploited by strangers (persons unknown in advance).
"This is not a formal release. This is merely a temporary testing. If we've done a full test (for two feature) then this feature will be released in full, of course, only one will be released," he added.
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Facebook reportedly testing a new feature called the 'Want'. This button is similar to 'Like' is already there, but its function seems to be geared more for a product.
Excerpted from Inside Facebook, Saturday (06/30/2012), this information is known after one of the Facebook developer named Tom Waddington accidentally discovered the new key when searching via Javascript SDK (Software Development Kit) Facebook.
Given the public key is not listed in the row of social plugin developer site Facebook, Waddington expect these features to work on Open Graph object that has been marked as 'product.'
That is, the 'Want' is not just showing things like the user as in the 'Like', but also will be used to express the wishes of the users who click on it to buy or use a product or service.
Keys 'Want' is likely to further facilitate the utilized Facebook advertising purposes. During this time, the 'Like' is also used to mark the site, comments, photos or status updates are preferred.
But more and more users are also using the 'Like' to mark the brand or product they like. Now, with the 'Want', Facebook seems to want to allow users to actively demonstrate their desire for a product or service.
According to Inside Facebook, the 'Want' allows up to collect large amounts of data 'desire' to its users. This information would be used up in competition with Google in online advertising revenue dredge.
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Gamers used to play Diablo III, World of Warcraft or the like simply can not be satisfied with the game offered up. Seeing this social network was ready to clean up the game to bring more quality and challenging.
Yes, as long as it does only offer up dozens of casual games, call it the Mafia Wars, Poker, Angry Birds, Farmville and the like. Number of users who play the game already hit number millions, but unfortunately not the majority of gamers who love to play the "advanced" games.
"Advanced" games in question is, who attended the game with stunning graphics quality, the storyline is a little complicated, but interesting, and able to present a challenging game. Well, Facebook was reportedly soon to bring the game like that.
To create a game that Facebook has been collaborating with Wooga and Kixeye, both companies claimed to be able to bring a class game Diablo III or World of Warcraft in the Facebook platform.
"This team (Wooga and Kixeye) will focus on developing a hardcore game, a game that actually encourages itensitas quality so that it can play is amazing," said Matt Wyndowe, Games Product Manager for Facebook, as quoted from the Game Industry, Saturday (23 / 6/2012).
In addition Wyndowe also informed that the game will be more types of Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) with the best quality in Facebook. Of course with the added social element style social networking site.
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Facebook re-acquisition action. Largest social networking site in the world announced the purchase of Face.com, a start up technology from Israel that makes facial recognition software.
Face.com offer API (Application Programming Interface) to a third-party developers to integrate facial recognition software to a particular application. They have released two Facebook apps, Photo Finder and Photo Tagger.
"People who use Facebook love sharing photos and memories with friends, and Face.com technology to help provide the best experience it," said Facebook spokesperson who quoted from Cnet, Tuesday (19/06/2012).
No mention is how much it cost to be incurred to make up for Face.com Facebook. Reportedly, the range in rates USD 80 million to USD 100 million.
Face.com party believes this acquisition is a good step. "By working directly with Facebook and join their team, we will have a better chance in making a wonderful product," said Gil Hirshc, CEO of Face.com.
Facebook has recently also been purchased Instagram worth USD 1 billion. Website is just getting into this stock is actively expanding it.
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Apple has just introduced a new operating system for their mobile devices, IOS 6. Many new features are present in this OS, but how sophisticated when compared to Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), which was already present?
Indeed, IOS 6 will bring a myriad of reforms than previous versions. But unfortunately all the features it offers is not really new, at least when juxtaposed with the Android ICS which was introduced late last 2011.
In IOS 6 users now can use the map to navigate to every curve alias turn by turn. Fun again, in IOS 6 you can also enjoy 3D map in an attractive dish.
Well, for Android users ICS maybe it was not new. On maps offered by Google users can not only offer a turn by turn navigation, but also the mode of walking, biking, and transit. Even so about the 3D capabilities that already exist.
Another feature that Apple introduced in IOS 6 is about the integration of Facebook. Hmm ... If the problem is probably Android has been around since a few versions ago, and not just Facebook, almost all social networking applications and cloud services can be immersed in it.
Besides the two features mentioned above, the following is a complete comparison between the IOS-6 when compared to Android ICS in a table. As quoted from ZDNet, Monday (06/18/2012).
If seen from the above data it can be concluded that what Apple has to offer tomorrow by IOS 6 was already on the Android today, especially ICS. But no doubt also if IOS often offer a stable operating system with better security system than Android.
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Stretching in the realm of photography more festive with the birth of the startup sequence that makes the photo as the main selling point. In addition to Instagram, do not forget also the presence of Pinterest, a virtual pinboard that allows users to create a collection of favorite photos.
Well, then what if both services are combined? Then be Pinstagram, a service that combines the layout of a typical feed Instagram Pinterest.
Now, Pinstagram spread its wings to explore Apple's application store. Quoted from Mashable, Thursday (06/14/2012), Pinstagram has released an application for the iPad. Interestingly, these apps are available on the iPad first before they bring it on the iPhone.
"If people are already using Instagram in iPhone, then it might as well imitate Instagram effort," said the Co-creator Pongpaet Pek. "We will not be able to be better than Instagram, compared Instagram own," he added.
Pinstagram for rumored iPad application is not much different from the desktop version. Users can still browse and feed Instagram popular photographs, to put a keyword search like and comment.
Because the added feature of Pinterest, then Pinstagram also allows user to pin on those photos and add them to the board (board) and then divide it into Facebook or Twitter.
Apparently, Pongpaet take advantage of the retina display iPad's newest apps is that they gush. Apple's gadget of the retina display offers high resolution, so users will be pampered with a photo display with sharp colors.
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Beware of scam new way of staking your Facebook account. Fraud is happening on Facebook at this time give notice to register your account activity to be encrypted by the Facebook team prior to the date of June 15, 2012.
Content of the announcement of the scam was also the lure that was memproteksikan self Facebook scam will attack from the law Sopa (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act).
Then, you are required to login account up to the mark. But after you press the button, then direct this scam will make an announcement to claim U.S. $ 1 million in coins and spread the news throughout your Facebook friends.
This trick has several times applied to several social media sites and actors deliberately use a name brand as well known brand to convince the victim to spread false announcements.
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