Media pickups are part of AT&T and Verizon plans for tracked ads

In addition to acquiring programming and platforms, there are also customers to have as well. That's more data and that's more ads.

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T-Mobile website features a plug-and-play hack that could expose customers’ details

All hackers had to do is find the site on a search engine, input a customer's phone number and reap the data. A similar sort of bug was found last fall and back in 2015 at this company.

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Apple to make personal data download tool available globally eventually

For now, the tool is available to Apple ID account holders in the European Union and a few other countries. Now all we have to do is wait for the data to come out and get sorted.

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WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum departs Facebook, exodus expected

Koum left a cordial note as he left the door and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg returned the same. But reporting says that the tensions have been deep over the direction of WhatsApp.

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Sprint Unlimited 55+ plan supposedly in the works to compete against T-Mobile

T-Mobile ONE Unlimited 55+ offers many of the same features as the suggested Sprint plan would, though with better travel perks. Still, price is what matters.

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Sprint Unlimited 55+ plan supposedly in the works to compete against T-Mobile

T-Mobile ONE Unlimited 55+ offers many of the same features as the suggested Sprint plan would, though with better travel perks. Still, price is what matters.

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Sprint Unlimited 55+ plan supposedly in the works to compete against T-Mobile

T-Mobile ONE Unlimited 55+ offers many of the same features as the suggested Sprint plan would, though with better travel perks. Still, price is what matters.

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WhatsApp to raise its minimum age to 16 in Europe

The messaging application is taking a different approach than its parent company in limiting its liability for keeping sensitive user data private. And Facebook's tactic is raising some eyebrows.

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Instagram rolling out Stories upgrade and Data Download tool

The upgrade allows users to upload multiple videos and pictures to their Stories at once. Meanwhile, those same users can now take out a copy of their data from the platform.

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Instagram rolling out Stories upgrade and Data Download tool

The upgrade allows users to upload multiple videos and pictures to their Stories at once. Meanwhile, those same users can now take out a copy of their data from the platform.

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You can get an archive of your Instagram account soon

The subsidiary of Facebook is to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation by May 25 and this data portability is one of its requirements.

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Mark Zuckerberg, deleted Facebook Messenger conversations and an “Unsend” controversy

Several sources say the Facebook CEO's messages have been deleted from the app. This prompts the company to go public with a new feature, but it misses a huge point.

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Hated one way or another: Notches & Co. | #PNWeekly 298

On this week's show: Huawei, Xiaomi, Apple and Acer have new hardware, Facebook has newly-revealed problems around the same old concerns and notches, people, notches, what more do you want?

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