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Facebook tests food delivery product in main app in push to be 'one-stop shop'

20-05-2017 13:45

Facebook is testing a new ‘Order Food’ icon into its main app that allows users to place food pickup or delivery orders using third party services without leaving the Facebook ecosystem.
The ‘Order Food’ service is available on both desktop and mobile, and allows Facebook users to place food orders and pay for them all within the Facebook app, by connecting to online ordering businesses Delivery.com or Slice.
The feature is an expansion on a previously announced deal with

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Twitter issues warning to Vine users after email addresses and phone numbers were exposed

20-05-2017 12:38

Twitter has issued a warning to Vine users to be cautious about opening unknown emails after the email addresses and phone numbers of some users were exposed to third parties by a bug.
In a mass email to Vine users, the company said the bug was only active for 24 hours and that it is not aware of data being misused in any way during that time. The social network also said that passwords were not exposed as part of the bug.
The company also posted about the bug on Medium, the online publishi

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FCC votes to repeal Obama-era net neutrality rules

20-05-2017 11:53

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by chairman Ajit Pai, has voted to overturn “net neutrality” rules that ban internet service providers (ISPs) from controlling the public's access to certain sites.
The Commission voted two-to-one this Thursday (18 May) to end the ‘open internet’ rules enacted in 2015 under Obama’s government.
Those rules banned internet service providers (ISPs) from blocking or slowing some web traffic to favour their ow

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Marlboro accused of bypassing cigarette packaging laws with branded tins

20-05-2017 10:55

Philip Morris, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, has been accused of using branded reusable cigarette tins to bypass the strict plain packaging laws that are coming into force in the UK this weekend.
Under the new tobacco laws, all cigarettes will have branding removed in favour of standardised green packaging, while over half of the packaging must be covered in health warnings that are graphic in nature.
Stores will also no longer be allowed to stock packets of 10 cigarettes or smaller sizes of

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