LinkedIn Refresh Creates New Professional Communities for Business

A month after announcing the redesign of its Groups platform, LinkedIn unveiled Groups Experiences to build a shared space for professional communities.LinkedIn Groups RelaunchOn its blog, LinkedIn said the new platform was built from the ground up after hearing how important Groups was for its users. The improvements will bring connectivity, communications, and collaboration...

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50 Million Facebook Accounts Compromised, Is Your Business Page Safe?

The security breach which was discovered by Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) engineers on September 25 allowed the attackers to take direct control over user accounts; around 50 million of them to be exact.The Latest Facebook Security BreachIn addition to the 50 million, Facebook also said there were another 40 million accounts which were potentially vulnerable. All said, the company logged...

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Google Launches a Dedicated Street View App

Street View is the latest Google service to get the dedicated app treatment, launching today on both iOS and Google Play. With Google’s new app you can view 360-degree panoramas, which allow you to get a better look at an outdoor space, or tour the interior of a hotel or restaurant. If you find a location that doesn’t yet have its own panorama view, you can upload your own photos...

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YouTube Launches YouTube Newswire, A Feed Dedicated to Eyewitness Video

As more people turn to eyewitness video to keep up with breaking news events as they happen, YouTube has launched a site to help people follow this kind of content more closely. In partnership with social news agency Storyful, YouTube has launched YouTube Newswire — a curated feed of newsworthy eyewitness videos of the day, vetted by Storyful’s editorial team and embeddable from...

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Google Launches Google News Lab, A New Home on the Web for Reporters

Google announced the launch of a new site called Google News Lab, which is designed to be a home on the web for reporter resources.With this initiative, Google explains that by working directly with journalists it hope to have a lasting effect on future media:“That’s why we’ve created the News Lab, a new effort at Google to empower innovation at the intersection of technology...

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Facebook’s News Reader App, Paper, Launches Today on iOS in the US

Facebook Creative Labs have launched their first ever product, a curated visual news reader app called Paper. If you live in the US and own an iPhone, you can download it now from the App Store. Paper is already being lauded by the tech and mobile app community, receiving rave reviews and high praise for its design and user experience.Most are saying its unlike anything Facebook...

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