Librem One is a new privacy & freedom focused software suite for your smartphone

Sick of Facebook spying on your conversations, Apple pretending to care about security, Alexa employees laughing at the things you say, and Google collecting data from your email? The Librem One suite may be a good security defense for your smartphone.

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Facebook Messenger Kids lets children chat with pre-approved contacts in total safety

Facebook has a new children-friendly instant messaging app available as a preview on US iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches, aptly named Messenger Kids.

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Twitter display names can now be longer, account verification ‘paused’ in wake of controversy

Twitter is done dodging controversy over account verification, deemed broken by CEO Jack Dorsey himself. Meanwhile, you can now lengthen your display name.

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Facebook gets with the times by adding global GIF support for social network comments

Finally, fi-na-lly, Facebook comments on your mobile device and desktop, Android, iOS and Windows, are fully GIFable.

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Facebook Messenger Day is the latest Snapchat Stories copycat for Android and iOS

Frames, effects, stickers, easy photo and video sharing, all available for just 24 hours. This Facebook Messenger Day thing sure sounds familiar.

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Facebook is apparently testing a somewhat creepy ‘Discover People’ mobile feature

If you're having trouble making or finding Facebook friends, this "Discover People" section currently being tested may help.. if it ever reaches the masses.

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Microsoft announces all-cash $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn

For all its recent mobile failings, Microsoft remains one of the world’s largest, most profitable businesses, and the only way to continue growing is through service diversification, mergers and acquisitions.As such, it should probably come as no shocker that Redmond just entered into a “definitive agreement” likely to see it snap up social networking giant LinkedIn by the end of the year. This follows closely after another relatively high-profile purchase,

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Facebook enjoys another remarkable quarter, with growth across the board

Facebook might only be ranked as the world’s tenth most valuable brand at the moment by Forbes, but with Apple, Microsoft and Samsung facing global smartphone demand slowdown and various other ...

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Pocketnow is now on Miitomo!!!

Nintendo has launched its Miitomo social networking/light gaming app in the US and elsewhere worldwide for Android and iOS and we are proud to announce that Pocketnow is on the network!You can now ask us questions about what we’re wearing, what we’ve most recently ...

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Samsung unveils in-development Waffle social network, Entrim 4D VR accessory

As its smartphone sales slowly start to sink, tablets refuse to catch on, and smartwatches remain aimless to a great extent, Samsung is willing to try pretty much anything to discover and develop the tech industry’s “next big thing.”But a smart belt probably isn’t it, the “rink” mobile VR ...

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