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MoviePass is a movie theater subscription service that allows its members to attend unlimited* movies for a monthly fee (monthly fee allows members to see one 2D movie per day in theaters that accept major credit cards).
The company has launched a new proprietary payment card technology available on smartphones (iPhone, soon on Android). This new geo-location based technology, available for MoviePass members, acts like a debit card.

Using the MoviePass mobile app members check-in at the theater of their choice, select a movie and a showTime, then they can retrieve their tickets at the theater kiosk using their MoviePas membership card, just like they would use a credit card.

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We know that by using one login name and one password for all your accounts is just a great way of letting hackers gain access to all your accounts in one fell swoop, but Mozilla thinks otherwise and has launched the official beta of Persona, the company’s identity management system. Basically what it does is that instead of having websites authenticate the user, the authentication will be based on a decentralized system and by choosing one password, you will have the option of logging in to multiple websites.

In a way it’s kind of like how by signing into your Google account, you can access your mail, calendar, Google+ account and etc., although in Persona’s case it will let you log into different websites that aren’t necessarily owned by the same entity. Of course websites will need to support Persona and so far Mozilla has listed The Times Crossword, OpenPhoto and Voost as some of the sites who currently support Persona logins. It sounds like a pretty convenient solution, although we’d hate to think of the mess and chaos that will ensue if hackers gain access to user passwords, but if you don’t mind giving the beta try, head on over to Mozilla’s website for the details.

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A queer practice in a number of organizations cause quite a hue and cry on the web recently. It was that numerous organizations were demanding from prospective employees to provide their social media passwords. This was apparently done to get a ‘better idea’ of the persons before the company could decide to hire them.

The rather unfortunate part is that it was found that the practice was also prevalent in a number of universities. These universities were asking applicants to provide passwords to their Facebook accounts so that the reviewers could judge them more ‘intimately.’  (more…)

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Although Dropbox is predominantly known as a cloud storage service, it has also come about to be known as a file-sharing tool. File sharing using Dropbox accounts is not new and the company has been making encroaches into the social media with that feature.

Apparently, it has now partnered with the undisputed champion of the social media, Facebook, to bring Dropbox file sharing straight to Facebook Groups. The feature becomes available once you link your Dropbox account to your Facebook account. (more…)

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If you have a spouse who travels often, or if your child is traveling overseas for the first time, foursquare has an update for you that allows you to receive notifications for select profiles even if they check into locations that aren’t near you, such as in other countries or in different states. According to foursquare’s blog, this feature will work even if you have turned off notifications, which we guess in a way would be like putting those select friends/family on an exclusion list. To enable it, all you’d have to do is log onto your foursquare profile on their website, surf on over to your friend/family’s profile and select “Always On” from the drop down menu. While we’re sure that this was designed with good intentions in mind, we can’t help but feel that stalking just got a whole lot easier.

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