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Facebook permissioned you to post a GIF as your status update.

Facebook permissioned you to post a GIF as your status update.

The social network confirmed today that it is starting the rollout of supporting GIFs in its Newsfeeds. “We built support for animated GIFs to help people express themselves in fun new ways on Facebook,” a spokesperson said. Previously, there had been workarounds with apps like Giphy to post the animated images to Facebook, but they were not officially supported by the company. Facebook had been…

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The Uttar Pradesh Food Safety and Drug Administration has given its go ahead to prosecute Nestle India, which manufactures instant noodles Maggi, a batch of which was found to contain dangerous levels of lead. A complaint case against Nestle will be filed in the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court in Barabanki district, which is where the samples had been taken for testing. Last month,…

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Honor 4C review

“Huawei launched its second lot of Honor devices – Honor 4C, Honor bee and a powerbank.” Let’s Take a Review on Honor 4C  Honor 4C has been priced at Rs.8,999/-  The Honor 4C feels more compact than any of its predecessors but is chunky. The back panel features, the same texture finish that the Honor 4X comes with. The device, which weighs about 162 gm, is 8.8mm thick 143.3×71.9×8.8mm and Honor…

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AA Timex Ironman Move X20

AA Timex Ironman Move X20

With an eye on the expanding fitness wearables segment in India, watch giant Timex introduced its Ironman Move X20 fitness band at a price of Rs 8,995. Initially unveiled in August 2014, the band features 3D accelerometer technology and has a built-in display to track and show steps, distance, calories, time of day and date. The company also offers a companion app Timex phone app (compatible with…

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Now! Whats to come? Apple WWDC 2014

Now! Whats to come? Apple WWDC 2014

The giant Apple has announced the exact schedule for its World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Wednesday. Apple also choose this place to reveal its latest iOS and OS X software updates.  For the developer’s conference Apple has updated its official WWDC iOS apps. Developers who registered can add their ticket to the Passbook, in fact all the Apple developers registered to not for the event…

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Apple new Mac Pro now available, shipping starting from 30th Dec

Apple new Mac Pro now available, shipping starting from 30th Dec

Originally posted on Razer Act:

At WWDC 2013, Apple surprised all its users with a new stunning Mac Pro and now the Apple Mac Pro available for order and shipping starting from 30th December

Today, along with the availability of Mac Pro, it is also confirmed that Apple will start shipping the new devices by 30th Dec. The device pricing starts from $2,999 to $3,999.

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Arvind Kejriwal to be Delhi Chief Minister, says it's ''Aam Aadmi's'' victory!

New Delhi:  Arvind Kejriwal will be the new Chief Minister of Delhi. His one-year-old Aam Aadmi…

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South Africa on their knees against India in first Test Match.

Last day poised juicily with hosts needing another 320 to win while India will have to send back…

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Teens sharing publicly on Facebook the Privacy is not the issue.

Facebook today announced changes to its privacy rules for teenagers from the age group of 13 to 17 who are on the site. Teens in this age group can now share their posts publicly on Facebook. Previously they were restricted to ‘Friends’ or ‘Friends of Friends’ only setting. The change means that underage Facebook users can now share their posts, photos, links etc with the public setting thus making that content available to those who are not on even on their friends list. Facebook wrote in its official blog stating that, “Teens are among the savviest people using social media, and whether it comes to civic engagement, activism, or their thoughts on a new movie, they want to be heard. So, starting today, people aged 13 through 17 will also have the choice to post publicly on Facebook.” Facebook also acknowledged that “while only a small fraction of teens using Facebook might choose to post publicly, this update now gives them the choice to share more broadly, just like on other social media services.”

The decision has of course sparked off privacy concerns given that the decision affects users who are often not seen as mature, and can face possible cyber-bullying. However the fact is that Facebook is a public company now and needs to ensure that it’s youngest users don’t feel left out. Rival Twitter for instance allows all Tweets to be public ( users can choose to set tweets as private) and Facebook also needs to ensure that it doesn’t lose out the upcoming younger generation to rivals. Kathryn Montgomery, an American University professor of communications who has written a book about how the Internet affects children, told Associated Press “On the one hand, you want to encourage kids to participate in the digital world, but they are not always very wise about how they do it. Teens tend to take more risks and don’t always understand the consequences of their behavior.” Add to that the growing incidents of cyber-bullying means that the public post can ensure that a victimised teen’s online mocking is available for everyone to see on Facebook, not just a restricted Facebook friends list. Emily Bazelon, a journalist and author of the book Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy, told the New York Times, “It’s risky to have teenagers posting publicly. The kids who might be the most likely to do that might not have the best judgment about what they post.” Some view the option as another way for Facebook to ensure that more private information reaches advertisers. While there’s no denying that teens can and do face cyber-bullying on social media, one also can’t overlook the fact that the current generation is fundamentally different from the those who grew up without the Internet being a constant presence in their lives. Teens today are born digital natives in ways which the rest of us can never be. Also many teens, even pre-teens are on Facebook. They are smart enough to fill fake birth dates so that they can easily join Facebook and other social networking sites. Nor is Facebook the only social network they are on. Texting apps like WhatsApp, SnapChat, etc are popular among teens. WhatsApp has the option to broadcast a message to a larger audience. For teens, today social media is an integral part of interacting – not just online, but also off it. Some of them are perhaps already sharing photos, messages, etc that are publicly available on other social networks. To single out Facebook for changing its privacy settings is not fair. The debate should perhaps look at how teens interact with the Internet and more importantly how they view it. Some teens might already view the Internet as a great public forum, and not necessarily a private forum. For some, Facebook is probably linked to the image they wish to portray to the world. And this view isn’t limited to teenagers but also adults who use Facebook. In such cases, public settings won’t radically change anything for them. The real debate shouldn’t be around whether teen users should have the option of sharing publicly on Facebook but on what Facebook does with that information.