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If you are a company will millions of users, it is usually expected that you would ensure fool-proof security of your user’s accounts. A developer has now claimed that Virgin Mobile USA entirely fails on this front, citing a very basic security vulnerability in the company’s website.

Kevin Burke says that when he first came across the vulnerability, he contacted Virgin Mobile USA directly. However, after numerous to-and-fro communications, the company didn’t do anything to eliminate the vulnerability. It was then that Burke took to venting on his own blog. (more…)

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The “Likes” of our friends on photos, pages, links, and etc. on Facebook are a good way to seeing what our friends have been up to and also a great way to find out about new stuff. It seems that Facebook has picked up on that fact as well and according to its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference a couple of days ago, it was hinted that Facebook could be looking at developing a social search engine of its own. Instead of trawling through the internet for relevant information based on your search query, what Facebook has in mind is something very different and will search among content generated by Facebook users instead.

If this sounds familiar, it’s because this is pretty much what Google had in mind when they developed Google+ (socially relevant data), but given Facebook’s larger user base, we guess Facebook might have an advantage here. In an example given where a search query for a sushi restaurant is entered, instead of just spitting results back at you based on your location and restaurant reviews, this new social search engine will take into account the preferences of your friends and family. So perhaps a place that has been checked into often by friends or family will rank higher than just your regular search results. No word on when Facebook will launch this, but it does sound pretty interesting. What do you guys think?

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Social media is one of the most powerful tools today to rally people to any cause. We saw that happen frequently during Occupy movements. However, when the cause that is rallied to disagrees with the law or the government, it leads to a legal battle, both for the social networks as well as for their users.

A case in point is that of Malcolm Harris who allegedly used Twitter to rally people to an Occupy Wall Street demonstration on Brooklyn Bridge. The Manhattan District Attorney had asked Twitter to hand over Harris’ tweets as part of a case against Harris, to which Twitter refused. (more…)

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Tweets are basically characters on our screen which can be further enhanced by uploading photos to accompany our tweets. However if you’re looking for a more novel way to tweet, perhaps in song, well Sony has announced their #TweetSinger online app. Basically what it does is that it takes your 140 characters and turns it into a song. Users will be able to select from different song styles, such as Chill, Funky, Upbeat, Swagger or Rave, and have their tweets read back to them in song. When the song has been created, users will then get the choice of sharing it via Twitter, Facebook or Google+. So if you’d like to shake things up a bit on your Twitter account, head on over to Sony Mobile’s website to try the app out for yourself! Granted turning every tweet into a song could get annoying, it certainly has some novel value for now, so get creative! Feel free to share your creations in the comments below as well.

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Skype has pushed out Skype 5.11 for Windows beta which comes with a number of improvements and new features. It arrives with support for 6 languages as well as the ability to watch all of the profile pictures you’ve previously used on Skype.

However, the most exciting feature of the new beta is that it allows you to sign in your with Microsoft account as well as your Facebook account. This essentially means that you don’t have to create a new Skype account to start using the service – you can simply punch in your Facebook credentials and start using the beta client. (more…)

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