TECHNOLOGY MONDAY: Top 100 Breaking News, Headlines & Stories Worthy to Read/Watch & Share
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Five years ago Peter Hames had chronic insomnia. Today he’s the co-founder of Big Health, a multi-million dollar VC-backed startup that’s setting out to create a new category of healthcare — under the self-defined...
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Elected officials face a tough choice if they want to extend a popular moratorium on ISP taxes: they may have to vote in favor of the Marketplace Fairness Act.
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Cisco has launched a program to train developers to use its APIs and help them program its gear to work with products from Cisco partners. Can this program keep Cisco relevant in a software-defined world?
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Fredrick Paul of Network World last week wrote that the conspicuous absence of the Mac from Apple and IBM's landmark partnership agreement represents a huge squandered opportunity for Apple. At the same time, leaving the Mac out of the I...
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Do you find it difficult to hire and retain data scientists for your big data projects? The biggest challenge facing most organizations with big data initiatives is not software or hardware. It's a skills gap. There is a better way.
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If you fancy picking up a track where you left off on the commute upon entering your flat, and you've splurged for a Libratone speaker, you're in luck. The company's offerings (like the Loop and Zipp) are now Spotify Connect compatible, ...
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The latest episode of The Walking Dead: Season Two and Deconstructeam's Gods Will Be Watching are two highlights in a surprisingly busy July release week. The post This week in gaming: The Walking Dead highlights a busy July week appeare...
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Elliott Management will use its $1 billion stake in EMC to push for change and divestiture of federation companies, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Four months after bootstrapping a London launch, which saw its co-founders initially jumping on a scooter to deliver customer orders themselves, local on-demand delivery app Jinn has raised a modest seed round of $200,000, to be us...
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With complex threats lapping over networks wouldn’t security be improved by simply starting afresh? Fanciful perhaps but a third of experienced UK-based IT staff in a new Websense survey said they’d consider at least a ...
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While there are a number of family locator services to choose from today, ranging from those offered by the mobile operators to venture-backed startups, a nearly two-year old mobile application called Mamabear was created with a go...
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A three-part single-player DLC campaign to save Winston Churchill from assassination is the centerpiece of a DLC announcement for Sniper Elite 3. This summer will also see the release of free multiplayer maps for the game. The post Save ...
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Romain Dillet / TechCrunch : Blockchain Android app updated with new features simplying transactions, map view of merchants — Blockchain Releases New Android Wallet App To Put Bitcoin Into Everyone's Hands &mdash...
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Bennett Haselton writes My LG Optimus F3Q was the lowest-end phone in the T-Mobile store, but a cheap phone is supposed to suck in specific ways that make you want to upgrade to a better model. This one is plagued with software bugs that...
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A hack project by DIY enthusiast and gamer John Hassl has given new life to the original Game Boy, thanks to a helping hand from the Raspberry Pi, the $35 complete computer that fits in the palm of your hand. The project features H...
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Jaguar Land Rover has always been on the forefront of automotive technology, but its plan to implement self-learning technology is the British firm's most impressive venture to date. The integrated 'Smart Assistant' can predict driver de...
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Jason D. O'Grady / ZDNet : Forensic scientist identifies suspicious ‘back doors’ running on every iOS device — Summary: During his talk at HOPE/X Jonathan Zdziarski details several undocumented services (wi...
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Cornwall is a popular holiday destination for Brits, and one beach in particular has gained popularity in recent times. Its attraction? The free Lego pieces you can stuff your pockets with. It’s not […]
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Neil Armstrong, the first human being to set foot on another celestial body, misspoke his historic line. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind," as it turns out, was missing a crucial letter when Armstrong spoke it t...
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Stripe has been testing out its service in a closed beta in Australia for nearly a year now, but today the payments provider announced it was finally shaking off that beta tag and opening the doors to any businesses in the country that w...
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Russian leak sheds few clues to contents of U.S. version of update
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Using the graph analytics engine MusicGraph.ai, customers can run analytics and machine-learning algorithms to discover interesting facts, including who is the most connected artist of all time (it's Frank Sinatra, by the way).
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Tango, the mobile messaging app firm that recently raised a $280 million funding round led by China’s Alibaba, is the latest chat app to make a big mobile gaming push after it announced a new $25 million fund dedicated to games. Money fr...
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Social discovery and sharing platform Shareaholic today released its quarterly report for referral traffic from the eight largest social media sites. In Q2 2014, Facebook gained share, while Pinterest, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Reddit, YouTu...
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Are you experiencing problems charging your iPhone or iPad using your Lightning cable? Before you toss away your cable or bring your phone into Apple for repair, you should take a moment and try this quick and easy fix that works for man...
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A Russian site says that the next significant update to Windows could be released roughly three weeks from now. The Windows 8.1 Update 2 may not offer many significant updates, though. The post Windows 8.1 Update 2 could be released Augu...
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This post is brought to you by Simply Measured . With the modern man attached to his smartphone at the thumb, today’s consumers often look to social media as the go-to route for customer service interactions with brands around the world...
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Verizon will upgrade its fiber-to-the-home service to symmetrical broadband connections at no extra charge for customers. That means customers get the same speeds when uploading data as they do downloading data (So my colleague Kevin Tof...
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Marvel Studios releases two, full clips from its upcoming cosmic adventure, Guardians of the Galaxy, featuring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, and Dave Bautista. The post Watch the first two clips from Guardians of the Galaxy appeared first on...
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The creators of a device designed to identify if your drink has been spiked have launched on Indiegogo with the aim of raising $100,000. Similar in size to a pack of gum, the pd.id can be dunked into a drink, blinking red after a few sec...
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Star Wars: Episode VII has a while to hash out before its planned release in December of 2015, and we’ve only received a slow trickle of vague news regarding the casting, plot, and […]
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An anonymous reader points out that even though China's internet adoption rate is the lowest it's been in 8 years, the number of people surfing the net from a mobile device has never been higher. "The number of China's internet users goi...
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Blackberry named Marty Beard to be its first chief operating officer since CEO John Chen took over the company last November.
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Cybercriminals are spreading a new file-encrypting ransomware program that's more powerful and resilient than Cryptolocker, a threat recently shut down by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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The UK government put together 5 million pounds ($8.6 million USD) for the program
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Some of the most satisfying new updates to technology are devastatingly simple. Take, for instance, Toyota’s 2015 Sienna Minivan, which will come with mic integration for the parents in the front seat to keep badly behaving c...
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It's easy for someone in your home to interrupt your Chromecast stream and play something of their own, but you can always retake control... right? Well, don't count on it. Analyst Dan Petro has built the Rickmote Controller, a proof-of-...
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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : BlackBerry Names New COO, Marty Beard, ex-CEO Of Enterprise Cloud Startup LiveOps — On the heels of news that Apple would be significantly ramping up its mobile enterprise push in a partner...
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Health and fitness monitoring is a popular function in many of today’s wristband wearables like the Fitbit or Jawbone UP, for example, but a new company called FreeWavz wants to bring those features and more to a different fo...
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Blink, a Wi-Fi-capable home security camera that's also battery powered, is a cool gadget, but it's also a chance for a chip startup to attract new buyers for its latest tech.
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Wine crowdfunding platform NakedWines has begun testing same-day delivery for orders in San Francisco. Customers will need to place their orders by 1pm Monday through Friday to take advantage of the expedited shipping. If you’re not fami...
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Starting today, The New Yorker is making its online archive available to everyone. For weekly issues dating back to January 2007, you can now read a hand-picked selection of articles free of charge. The move is part of a major revamp to ...
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Suspected "pirates" will get told they've been spotted -- but that's it. This appears to be little more than a consumer awareness campaign, with no threatened disconnections.
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Microsoft last week announced a large staff reduction tied to the acquisition of Nokia. There is actually a science to how to make layoffs, but much of that appears to have been lost over the last couple of decades. I have some theories ...
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An anonymous reader writes If you're tired of yelling at the kids without the help of technology, Toyota has a van for you. From the article: "The latest version of the company's Sienna minivan has a feature called 'Driver Easy Speak.' I...
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The Apple logo that glows on the back of MacBook computers is basically a beacon that says “hey, I’m a person with pretty good taste in notebooks.” That signal might be making its way to the iPhone 6, too, accordi...
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Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to make the next Windows update, called Windows 8.1 Update 2, available to download for Windows 8.1 users on August 12. According to a report by Neowin , the release will be a relatively low-key affair ...
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Uber may win some and lose some, but the battles rage on in cities where it operates. Seoul, Korea has now indicated that it would outright ban Uber, calling it illegal and harmful to taxi drivers. Uber operates its UberBLACK service the...
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The MMO market is cutthroat, and any developer deciding to enter the fray has to be a little bit crazy. But in the increasingly free-to-play world of online games there is a lot […]
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Cisco is hoping that developers will create network aware software that will add value to its hardware. The goal for Cisco: 1 million developers by 2020. Today: 80,000.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Women looking to enhance their image but wary of spending money on expensive cosmetics can take the guesswork out of finding a new look, or improving selfies, with the latest beauty apps.
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A technical issue at Orange, one of EE's brands, meant some customers were sent dozens of identical marketing texts.
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Facebook needs new bodies, especially young ones, and India may be the last great hope that can supply these to the social network
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A federal judge authorized a warrant for the Gmail account of a person in a money laundering investigation.
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From EU's call for stronger in-app purchase protections to an Xbox One update, here's what you missed over the weekend.
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Venture capitalists are not funding diverse and relevant ideas with staying power.
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Sapphire glass is expensive to produce, so what if Apple offered the rugged display as an optional iPhone feature?
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This means it'll be faster to do things like upload videos and back up files online.
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Microsoft is consolidating a number of its standalone IT pro-focused tradeshows into a single unified event, slated to kick off in May 2015 in Chicago.
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The key to improving intimacy is creating a spreadsheet to document all the times you felt rejected and then emailing said spreadsheet to your partner, right? Wrong. For some reason, though, one unnamed man presumably thought it would be...
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(Reuters) - A former chief financial officer of Autonomy Corp is opposing a settlement between Hewlett-Packard Co executives and directors and the company's shareholders over HP's troubled $11.1 billion acquisition of the British softwar...
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Is New York's Silicon Alley moving uptown to an unlikely neighborhood?
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With today's increasingly complex network environments it's often hard to pinpoint the exact cause of problems. According to a new survey by network specialist Emulex this often leads to incorrect reporting to management. The study of 54...
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Facebook has unveiled a new standalone app it's calling 'Mentions,' which is designed to help famous people manage their presences on the site.
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Verizon Wireless launches rewards program, requires location tracking for ad-targeting
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The Twitter accounts of the Kenya defence forces and its spokesman are hacked by activists protesting about corruption.
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No 'Jaws' panic here: Frenzy over shark sightings off Cape Cod are a boon for tourism, sales
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Verizon raises FiOS upload speeds to match downloads, exploiting tech advantage over cable
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We're constantly being told that the PC market is in terminal decline, but sales figures from different parts of the world continue to defy the predictions. The latest figures from market intelligence provider IDC for the Asia/Pacific re...
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Microsoft has brought in a former Best Buy exec to head its Consumer Channels Group, which handles sales and marketing relationships with OEMs, operators and retail partners.
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Declassified documents show the US discussed detonating a nuclear weapon on the Moon, and using it as a listening post.
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Links masquerading as posts about the recent Malaysia Airlines crash lead users to pornographic sites and spamming scams, experts warn.
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Research into the gap between customer expectations and their experience have profound implications for IT and the CIO.
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Gamers are competing for a share of a $10.9m (£6.3m) prize pot in the world's most lucrative gaming tournament.
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If I had to buy an Android phone today, I'd would run to the store and pick up an LG G3. It is, without question, the best Android-powered smartphone available today, July 20, 2014. This may or may not be true tomorrow or in a week or a ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Stripe launched in Australia and began testing in three Scandinavian countries on Monday, as the three-year-old payments startup backed by a trio of PayPal co-founders slowly enlarges its global footprint.
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The tools are aimed at involving citizens in the upcoming elections in October.
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Protons have a constant spin that is an intrinsic particle property like mass or charge. Yet where this spin comes from is such a mystery it’s dubbed the “ proton spin crisis .” Initially physicists thought a proton’s spin was the sum of...
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With Version 3.1 of its security app, Splunk said the IT teams of its enterprise customers gain more access to security and analytics tools.
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Still procrastinating about installing a whole house audio system? The choices continue to grow, and one of the best known is Libratone, a Scandinavian company that brings a unique design to its networked speakers. Now the manufacturer h...
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Family pets may be cuddly friends, but their gradual transition from the wilds to the hearth offers a sobering message: tampering with mother nature can have totally unexpected consequences.
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The supply-chain cyber-attack infiltrated logistics firms and robotics manufacturers for more than a year, according to new details provided by TrapX Security.
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By Vanessa Quirk ( Read the original story here ) Courtesy of Cristian Ehrmantraut "Plastic is an extremely durable material, taking 500 years to biodegrade, yet it’s designed to be used for an average of 5 minutes, and so it’s thrown aw...
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(Reuters) - CBS Outdoor Americas Inc said Monday it would buy the billboard business from Van Wagner Communications, a privately held company with outdoor advertising in New York's Times Square and on buses on the Las Vegas strip, for $6...
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Start-up Agilic hopes to bring young creators into the digital age with the Tiddlybot - a robot which delivers a range of investigative skills on its user.
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The holy grail of marketing is to be able to understand what your customers want and then to adapt your communications accordingly to make them more effective. Achieving this of course isn't easy so companies are always on the lookout fo...
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It is summer time, and the living is easy. You can, at last, indulge in what is surely the most enjoyable of human activities—doing absolutely nothing. But is doing nothing really enjoyable? A new study in the journal Science shows that ...
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Businesses and their clients can benefit greatly from electronic signature software and services. The question is, why aren't they doing it? The technology isn't that new and it's way past time to step into the present.
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VC funding in health IT more than doubled with $1.8 billion raised in 161 deals, a 104 percent increase compared to the $861 million raised in Q1.
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Prior to LiveOps, Beard was an executive at Sybase during John Chen's tenure as the company's CEO.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Mobileye N.V., which makes software and cameras that help cars avoid accidents, said on Monday it has launched a road show for its U.S. initial public offering of around $500 million.
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When you look at the raw dollar numbers, the Chromebook wins over the Mac in the lab scenario.
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TAIPEI (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's No. 2 telecom equipment maker, said on Monday it will achieve sustainable growth in 2014 after posting a 19 percent jump in first-half revenue to 135.8 billion yuan ($21.88 billi...
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IT asset managers should help CIOs adapt to the need for shorter, more flexible contracts to deliver short-term digital initiatives.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Limited named Marty Beard as its chief operating officer on Monday, filling a position that had been vacant since November following a management reshuffle.
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More than a quarter (27 percent) of 1,000 American respondents to a My.com study said they had lost sleep due to stress related to emails.
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CHASHAN China (Reuters) - Production has been indefinitely halted at a Chinese supplier to Samsung Electronics Co Ltd after the factory was suspected of using child workers.
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Modern programs are so complex that bugs are pretty much unavoidable, but Microsoft is looking at ways of reducing coding errors as much as possible, including trialling an experimental approach that involves monitoring developers as the...
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So, like every other one of the world's 1.28 billion monthly active Facebook users , you blindly agreed to Facebook's Terms and Conditions without reading the fine print. You entrusted your photo albums, private messages and relationship...
