Android apps are more likely than iOS apps to share with a third party personally identifying information such as name (73% of Android apps vs. 16% of iOS apps) and email address (73% vs. 16%). For location data, including geo-coordinates, more iOS apps (47%) than Android apps (33%) share that data with a third party.
The UK home secretary, Theresa May, confirmed today that the UK government will seek to force all ISPs to retain a record of your Web browsing history for the previous year, even though the existence of tools like Tor and VPNs can make such data useless.
Source : In the UK, Web browsing history must now be stored for a year | Ars Technica
L’ensemble de la rédaction du journal scientifique Lingua, spécialisé dans la recherche linguistique, a annoncé sa démission, pour protester contre le refus de son éditeur Elsevier de se tourner vers un modèle en accès libre.
Source : Pour pouvoir passer en accès libre, toute l’équipe d’un journal scientifique démissionne
CEO Elon Musk, who considers safety a big selling point of Tesla cars, is not too pleased about that.
On peut lire “N‘achetez pas chez les métèques“, une référence à la propagande nazi “N’achetez pas chez les Juifs“, adressée ici contre migrants. L’une de ces personnes viole les règles de Facebook.
Source : #FreeTheNipple : Facebook préfère censurer les seins nus que le racisme – Marie Claire
Since Facebook has become a space for sharing crafted big moments such as babies, graduations and birthdays, Snapchat seems to provide users with a distinct space for sharing the small moments
Source : Snap decisions: More happiness gained by using Snapchat than Facebook | University of Michigan News
Amazon is opening its first physical bookstore, 20 years after the world’s biggest online retailer started selling publications on the internet.
Source : Amazon begins a new chapter with opening of first physical bookstore | Technology | The Guardian
En 2014, seuls 2,3 % des joueurs de Candy Crush avaient dépensé de l’argent dans le jeu. Mais en 2014, les joueurs de Candy Crush ayant réalisé au moins un achat dans le jeu avaient dépensé environ 20 dollars par mois en moyenne.
Source : Les « achats dans l’application », aubaine pour les éditeurs de jeux pour mobile
We are in the very early stages of testing new ways for more people to easily discover, buy, and sell items with other people on Facebook.
As society turns to Wikipedia for answers, students, educators, and citizens should understand its limitations when researching scientific topics that are politically charged. On entries subject to edit-wars, like acid rain, evolution, and global change, one can obtain – within seconds – diametrically different information on the same topic.
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