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Native Instagram App for BB10 Not on the Horizon, Says Source

Owners of the new BB10 phones are going to have to look elsewhere for a means of capturing, editing and distributing photographs of their duck wraps and Thai chilli fish cakes, as sources claim Instagram is currently steering clear of the new OS and not working on a custom native app. Read More >>

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Is Mega Working for You?

Right after the launch of Mega yesterday, a whole bunch of us here at Giz decided to check it out so we could share a whole wealth of PERFECTLY LEGAL files, just like everyone else does. That said, there's been issues getting confirmation emails and blistering upload speeds of 0 b/s for hours on end. Read More >>

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Instagram “Sluts” Account Triggers Swedish Riot

Whinging over Instagram has been taken to new heights in Sweden, where hundreds of teenagers gathered at a local school to attack the alleged founder of a photo sharing account. Read More >>

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networks
Vodafone and O2′s Buddy-Buddy 4G Sharing Alliance Is Go

While Orange and T-Mobile did the dirty and got hitched, Vodafone and O2 are looking lovingly into either other's mast-shaped arms. OK, it's nothing as extreme as EE's love-in, but the OFT's approval should see both O2 and Vodafone get a signal boost, for both 3G and any new 4G networks. Read More >>

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piracy
Team GB a Disappointing Fourth in Global Pirate Bay BitTorrent Traffic Tables

Research into the locations of the most prolific torrent uploaders has placed the UK in fourth place when it comes to the number of highly trafficked torrents generated, with the US, Canada and Australia beating our brave file uploaders to the piracy medals. Read More >>

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Hands On Instagram 3: The Single Coolest Way to Browse Your Friends’ Photos

There's a new Instagram out today—and because the Instagram team is smart, they're keeping the app simple. But there's one major change: you can see where all your friends have taken their pictures, all across the world. Awesome. Read More >>

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Facebook Finally Fights Back Against Auto-Sharing Spam With New Rules

Apps that auto-share your activity on Facebook can be a pain in the arse, and Facebook is taking steps to block the worst offenders. New rules require that apps that auto-share information about articles you read or videos you watch can only do so if you engage with the content for at least 10 seconds. Read More >>

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networks
Everything Everywhere Completes Orange/T-Mobile 3G Network Assimilation

Everything Everywhere, the annoyingly named, pain in the arse to type, new network formed by the merger of Orange and T-Mobile, has completed its technical fiddlings, meaning users of both companies can now switch, seamlessly, between the two networks when using 3G services. They have now become one. Read More >>

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Facebook Is Testing a Pay-For-Promotion System Everyone Can Use

If you don't feel people pay enough attention to your Facebook status updates, here's some news you've been waiting for. Facebook is reportedly testing a scheme which will allow any user — not just businesses — to promote their status, in exchange for cold, hard cash. Read More >>

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Google Drive a Privacy Nightmare of Facebook Proportions?

The special group of people who actually read and digest terms and conditions have been getting upset about Google Drive, claiming Google's use of blanket permissions mean it can do pretty much whatever it likes with your stuff once you've thrown it up into the Google cloud. Read More >>

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cloud
Dropbox Morphs into Megaupload With Direct Sharing of Anything in Your Account (Updated)

There's no more fussing about with shared folders when using Dropbox any more, as the cloud storage service has just added the ability to share ANY file in your Dropbox account. Read More >>

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The Easiest Way to Share Dropbox Folders Is with Your Facebook Friends

If you use Dropbox and Facebook, which is probably most of you, you can now easily share your Dropbox folders with your Facebook friends. Combining two frequently used things together either makes life easier or continues to prove that we're all just living in Facebook's world. Read More >>

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There’s One Very Important Time You Should Always Lie Online

Using the internet is only worthwhile if you can show off the perverse and wonderful things you've found on it. So, now that we're always online and always in touch, we're constantly sharing links. But what if you've seen it already? Lie. Read More >>

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Sharing with "Friends of Friends" on Facebook Exposes You to 150,000 People

Well this is mildly terrifying: according to a new Pew study, the Facebook privacy mode a lot of us rely on for photos and status updates is, on average, anything but private. Time to reconsider your settings, everyone. Read More >>

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Is This the End of “Don’t Be Evil” For Google?

In a privacy policy shift, Google announced today that it will begin tracking users universally across all its services — Gmail, Search, YouTube and more — and sharing data on user activity across all of them. Read More >>