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• Security researcher: Anyone can see links you share using Facebook Messenger

  11-06-2016 20:05
  
  When you use a messaging service like Facebook Messenger, you have a reasonable expectation that what you say is private and secure. But due to a quirk in how Facebook handles certain pieces of information, just about anyone who knows how to use Facebook’s developer API can view links that others have sent over Facebook Messenger.
  In a post published to Medium, security researcher Inti De Ceukelaire explains how this works. Without getting too technical, every link you share—as
  
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• Facebook’s video comments could draw in younger users

  11-06-2016 18:15
  
  Facebook is trying to ride the wave of interest in videos by allowing users to upload videos into their comments and replies.
  Bob Baldwin, an engineer at Facebook, announced in a blog post on Thursday that the company is letting users post video in their comments on other peoples' posts.
  The new feature is available worldwide immediately.
  To try it, click the camera icon next to the comment field.
  "This adds to the suite of multimedia features within comments including: links, photos, stickers,
  
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• DynaOptics promises a better lens for smartphone photography

  11-06-2016 01:41
  
  A Silicon Valley startup says it's developed a better lens for smartphone photography -- one that produces clearer images without the distortion often seen in photos from competing lenses.The secret to DynaOptics' Oowa lens is a proprietary manufacturing process that produces what the company calls a freeform lens."What we are able to do with this freeform lens is essentially create a rectangular-like image so that it maps exactly onto the rectangular shape of the image sensor that's in the
  
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• 5 questions for Apple to answer at WWDC

  11-06-2016 00:08
  
  Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is coming to San Francisco next week, giving CEO Tim Cook a chance to get developers fired up over the latest that Apple has to offer.Don’t expect a new iPhone. WWDC is all about software and services, but we'll also get a general update on the state of Apple. Here are some questions Apple needs to answer at the event.How will Siri compete with Cortana and the Google Assistant?
  When Siri launched in 2011, it was one of the first virtual assista
  
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