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We have not collected data on any facebook users, via facebook apps, other than for the purposes of in game mechanics. what they did with facebook apps, said in a statement mail.ru, one of the top five largest internet companies in the world has built apps for the facebook platform and for other major platforms, including ios and android for years. we found no indication of misuse with mail.ru. >> doesnt matter what the original intent was from the company which may well be benign. once that dat...

With its facebook apps and said, that its one of the top five largest internet companies in the worl has built apps for the facebook platform and for other major platforms. including ios and android for years and we have found no indication of misuse with mail.ru. >> doesnt matter what the original intent was from the company, but once that data is in their possession, its then under the per view of the russian intelligence services. >> erin in another blow to facebook, the british government is...

Of threat? >> bullying sucks period. i was bullied all through school. when i went home i got away from it. with online bullying it is worse. you cant ever get away from it. there are plenty of places and resources to go for help on that issue but just ignore it. it is noise in the signal that you dont need -- >> sandra: what you may not ignore is your samsung phone may be sending out text messages and photos. >> a little glitch in samsung today. the newer versions of the samsung phones are rand...

Are over thanks to mods, a google designer tweeting this update from the android removing the egg on the salad emoji. the change makes it more inclusive vegan salad. jillian: that is not the only change. it will be a little less angry. the turtle gets a hug and the uneven face get some anti-anxiety medicine. i looking for a plain pizza and white wine emoji. >> this is not a laughing matter. they are irritated about the mod. royal wedding fever hit nashville. >> look who has appeared in the proce...

That they have with google. that deal allows their devices which run on the android operating service to use the android messaging service to send texts and other media. they want to know if that deal has any information sharing. joining me now, an early and current investor in facebook skpk an early investor in google. you seem to be precious end. you seem to foresee where these problems are going to be. i am not going to get ahead of ourselves here because there is more to come possibly. but y...

Created a culture that accepts this mechanism so its a real challenge to create alternatives that i do not even. alternatives to microsoft have been around for a long time theyre based on a fundamentally different principle called open source. in contrast to the proprietary software sold by microsoft and other companies open source software uses a source code thats publicly available. thats why hundreds of thousands of programmers around the world can improve it expand on it and fix bugs. the co...

In any of the -- i mean, is it easy to get a zte device in the states? or would you need to travel overseas to get one and bring it back? >> no, you could get one. they are cheap. they are less expensive than i-phones or android devices. you can get them but i wouldnt get one myself. >> the president is trying to very clearly use this as a negotiating tactic or at least thats what folks are saying. what could be the ben 50s using this in order to get what he wants? >> well, you will recall, pres...

Microsoft have been around for a long time theyre based on a fundamentally different principle called open source. in contrast to the proprietary software sold by microsoft and other companies open source software uses a source code thats publicly available. thats why hundreds of thousands of programmers around the world can improve it expand on it and fix bugs. the collective work carried out by this swarm of programmers identifies and closes security gaps and efficiently produces state of the ...

Google, which we sort of take like the air we breathe. >> yes. on the issues of privacy with google are a thousand times greater than facebook and its not that facebook is not a problem. people just have no imagination of the amount of data that they collect in google. what the difference is, is that facebook is one app. google tracks all apps. it tracks everything that goes on the internet. it literally crawls the web constantly. and it tracks you when youre not on the web. when youre moving ar...

The facebook data privacy scandal has put a spotlight on the data collection practices of social media and other online platforms. while facebook has a lot of access to information about you, consider how much google could know about you. google has many products and services under its umbrella. the search engine, google maps, youtube, chrome internet browser, google play, google assistant and cell phone operating system android. it gives google all huge reach. the android operating system is us...