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Joel Fernandes (G+) is a tech enthusiast and a social media blogger. During his leisure time, he enjoys taking photographs, and photography is one of his most loved hobbies. You can find some of his photos on Flickr. He does a little of web coding, and maintains a tech blog of his own - Techo Latte. Joel is currently pursuing his Masters in Computer Application from Bangalore, India. You can get in touch with him on Twitter - @joelfernandes, or visit his Facebook Profile for more information.

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Last year Twitter implemented a security feature that allowed its users to browse the site via a secured HTTP connection (HTTPS). This feature was not enabled by default and users had to go to their Settings and enable the feature. However, Twitter now wants to secure user profiles and has made the feature enabled by default.

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Fans around the world have been left shaken after the sudden death of Whitney Houston. Now, they’re all panicking about a rumor stating that actor Keanu Reeves has also died. The rumor about the death of Keanu Reeves is spreading all over the Internet. Facebook users are reportedly sharing messages indicating that Keanu Reeves died in a snowboard accident. This has also become one of the trending topics on Twitter.

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Welcome Cyfe, a cloud based service that enables bloggers to monitor their blogs in one single dashboard. Cyfe offers an integration of a series of third-party services under one roof and prepares a report, while you can sit back and monitor every service all at once!

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A new scam has been spreading on Facebook enticing users to install a rouge application program. The scam titled – “What does your name mean?” will be updated on the user’s Facebook profile automatically after the user has clicked on the link provided in the message.

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Yet another scam is reportedly spreading like wildfire on the social networking giant, Facebook. The latest scam is circulating with the title – “THIS WEEK ONLY! $100 Applebee’s Gift Card Giveaway!” followed by a message – “Visit our site to get a complimentary $100 gift card and enjoy your favourites at any Applebees in the country. Have a great start to the new year!” is enticing people to click on the message link, which will direct them to a bogus web page.

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Google to Unify Privacy Policy Across All Services

In a recent blog post, Google announced that it is planning to replace policies of 60 of its Web services to a unified privacy policy. This would allow the company to share data between any of the services the user is using. In other words, it will begin tracking users universally to gather information from its services, including Gmail, calendar appointments, location data, search preferences, YouTube, contacts, device information and search queries.

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Google Celebrates 63rd Republic Day of India

Google India is celebrating India’s 63rd Republic Day by featuring a Google Doodle on its homepage highlighting the theme of Indian Tricolor – Saffron, White and Green. The logo depicts the National Bravery Award winning children riding on the backs of decorated elephants holding (tricolor) umbrellas, much like the actual parade on Rajpath, New Delhi. The Google logo, however, appears in the background with the ‘O’ of Google appearing like the Ashoka Chakra.

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Facebook India has teamed up with U2opia to allow its Indian user base to access the network for free without requiring any Internet connection. Yes, you can now use Facebook with your old Nokia phone (Including Nokia 1100). The application has been developed using Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) technology. Technically, USSD is a protocol used by GSM telephones to communicate with the service providers.

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We have noticed a new scam spreading on Facebook, enticing users to click on the scam link, which leads them a bogus Web page. The scam titled – “SCANDAL – Ramgen Revilla & Janelle M@nahan – S3XTAPE [VIDE0]” has a message – “WTF!! I never expected this” along with a link to a bogus site.

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The Sigma APO Macro 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM is the world’s first 180mm macro lens that offers a magnification ratio of 1:1 and a large maximum aperture of F2.8. The lens is a successor to the older 180mm F3.5 EX DG macro. The new lens features Sigma’s proprietary Optical Stabilizer (OS) technology and the wide aperture features faster shutter speeds in low light and a narrow depth of field.

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According to a report from the Kaspersky Lab, a new phishing attack on Facebook has been discovered that primarily attempts to steal account information of Facebook users and compromise the account. The attackers then attempt to gather the financial information including credit card data and other sensitive information from the victim.

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Reports indicate that a new scam on Facebook has been spreading like wildfire. The scam titled – “Eat at McDonalds for FREE! (limited time only)” has been circulating across the social network with the following message – “McDonalds is currently giving away free meal vouchers to all Facebook users!”

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Facebook announced that they have now extended its comments plugin (the Comment Box) to work on mobile supported websites. Websites with the Comment Box plugin embedded in them will enable its mobile visitors to use the plugin to add their comments and views.

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Yet another scam is reportedly spreading like wildfire on the social networking giant, Facebook. The new scam claims to show a leaked video of Katy Perry. The scam message has a thumbnail image showing Katy Perry partially clothed, which is used to entice users on Facebook to click on the message. The scam is spreading across the network with the title – “Katy Perry Tape Finally Leaked (LEAKED Tape)”, along with the description – “You Will Hate Kety Parry After Watching This. Strictly For 18+”

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A new scam message is underway on Facebook claiming to show a video. It also challenges users to watch the video for more than 25 seconds. The scam message titled – “95% 0f All People Cant even Watch This Video F0r More Than 20 Seconds,” and has a description that reads – “i dare you to get past the 25 seconds. Just click play.”

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