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Finally, Twitter is now showing users’ images properly

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Twitter is now showing users' images in a grid format, answering many users' wishes & showing that the site is committed to being a rich media destination

Social Media

Posting Facebook status updates & photos by email is antiquated but still useful

Piers Dillon Scott7 years ago

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Facebook secretly lets you post comments and photos by email, here's how it works and why you'd want to use it.

Social Media

Facebook gets drag-&-drop photo uploader & new privacy controls, & changes one iconic feature

Piers Dillon Scott7 years ago

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From a new drag-and-drop image uploader to more security options and added personalization, here are the latest changes Facebook has made to the site.

Mobile

Scan old photographs effortlessly with new Shoebox mobile app

Darren McCarra8 years ago

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A new mobile app, Shoebox, lets you scan and archive old photographs using your phone's built-in camera. The app has been released by 1000memories, a service that allows users to collect and share memories online.

Technology

Ground-breaking system for quickly rendering synthetic objects into legacy photographs

Darren McCarra8 years ago

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A group of students from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated a ground-breaking system that allows a user realistically insert synthetic objects into legacy photographs quickly and easily.

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

According to 99 firms, 293.6 billion emails are sent every day. That figure probably doesn’t surprise you given the number of emails sitting in your inbox, hundreds if not thousands… Right? But among these emails are numerous malicious emails, designed to trick, scam and hack.

These emails are known as phishing emails, which in its simplest form can be described as a fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.

But there is good news, as we now have a guardian angel ready to look out for us. My guest today is the president and founder of Pixm, a company that provides real-time anti-phishing on log-in pages and shuts down an attack at the point of click, Arun Buduri.

And for our Neuron to Something piece, where we discuss a story relating to psychology and technology, we will look at a recent Pew Research Center survey, analyzing Americans’ feelings and perceptions relating to data collection.

Video from Buduri: Amazing mind reader reveals his ‘gift’