Yahoo Maps and Yahoo Pipes Are Dead, Facebook Lite Cuts the Crap, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Yahoo kills things, Facebook dumbs down, PayPal calls you, Google Maps goes diving, video games get inducted, and The Drone invents a new horror genre. Yahoo Kills Maps and Pipes Yahoo is killing off both Yahoo Maps and Yahoo Pipes, as well as Mail and Contacts for older devices, and a range of homepages specific to certain countries. This is the latest move in Marissa Mayer’s effort to streamline Yahoo into a smaller, more efficient company made up of core products people actually use. The Yahoo Maps website will disappear at the end of June. However, Maps will still exist...

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Yahoo Maps and Yahoo Pipes Are Dead, Facebook Lite Cuts the Crap, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Yahoo Streams NFL Game Online, Skype Update Fixes Bug, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Yahoo streams the NFL, Skype fixes character bug, Bethesda trails Fallout 4, Apple recalls Beats, Hound battles Siri and Cortana, and Geralt of Rivia steals The Witcher 3. The NFL Experiments With Free Game Yahoo has won the rights to stream an NFL football game online later this year, when the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills meet on October 25. The game will be broadcast on the Web for free to viewers around the world, although it’s expected to be mostly American viewers watching. Because this isn’t real football. Yahoo is believed to have paid $20 million for the rights...

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Yahoo Streams NFL Game Online, Skype Update Fixes Bug, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Google Kills Google Plus Links, Check Your Privacy Settings, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Google+ shunted to the sidelines, Google privacy settings, Facebook threats are fine, LEGO Worlds channels Minecraft, BlackBerry prevents Typo, and the FIFA official who doesn’t understand satire. Google Stops Promoting Google+ Google is starting to distance itself from its social network, removing the Google+ link from the top of many of its properties. The standalone G+ icon has disappeared, with Google+ relegated to the drop-down menu along with all of its other services. This may not seem like a big deal, but it suggests Google is starting to shunt Google+ to the sidelines. Sure, it’s now on the same level...

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Google Kills Google Plus Links, Check Your Privacy Settings, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Windows 10 Release Date Announced, Amazon Kindle for Kids, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Windows 10 release, Amazon Kindle Kids, The NSA stops spying, FIFA 16 female players, Enrique fingers drone, and Kung Fury brings back the 1980s. Windows 10 Arrives At the End of July It’s official, Windows 10 will be released on July 29. Microsoft announced the news after people started noticing a new icon in the system tray of their existing version of Windows. This allows eligible users to reserve their free Windows 10 upgrade ahead of release. This means anyone who owns a PC or tablet running a legal copy of Windows 7 or Windows 8 will be able to...

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Windows 10 Release Date Announced, Amazon Kindle for Kids, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Hola is Basically a Botnet, Congress Redirected to Nude Photos, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Also: Google offers unlimited photo storage, how you can pretend to be a destructive cat, and YouTube celebrates its 10th anniversary. Hola Is Using Your Bandwidth to Create a Mercenary Botnet Remember Hola? It’s a simple browser extension most tech blogs have recommended for watching geoblocked content – and apparently it’s been selling bandwidth to the highest bidder. I myself mentioned it’s an easy way to access region-blocked content back in 2013 – most tech sites pointed it out. It’s always been known that the free version of Hola routes traffic through other users. This means that if you’re an American...

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Hola is Basically a Botnet, Congress Redirected to Nude Photos, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Emoji Added to the Dictionary, Lenovo Cast Pucks Google, & More… [Tech News Digest]

WTF Emoji Clickbait, Lenovo Casts its line, Google Play age ratings, Facebook meets Harry Potter, a Humble Nindie Bundle for Nintendo fans, and the music video which finds your finger. Merriam-Webster Embraces Clickbait Merriam-Webster has added 1,700 new words and phrases to its Unabridged dictionary. Many of these are new words either influenced by, or directly related to, technology. Some of these words have actually been around for a long time, but their use has exploded in recent years. These include “net neutrality,” “click fraud,” “sharing economy,” “emoji,” “clickbait,” “meme,” “NSFW,” and “WTF”. The concept of net neutrality has become...

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Emoji Added to the Dictionary, Lenovo Cast Pucks Google, & More… [Tech News Digest]

3 Billion People Use the Internet, Facebook Adds Restaurant Reviews, & More… [Tech News Digest]

The Internet population hits 3 billion, Facebook adds restaurant reviews, Cortana comes to Android and iOS, thieves steal from the IRS, Periscope lands on Android, and watch someone watch someone watch Non-Stop Nyan Cat. The Internet Nabs 3 Billion People Or, put another way, 56% of the world's population has never used the Internet… https://t.co/SruoIwPDFD — Peter W. Singer (@peterwsinger) May 27, 2015 The population of the Internet now stands at 3.2 billion people, or around 44 percent of the 7.2 billion people alive in the world right now. While this is an extremely encouraging statistic, it also means 56...

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3 Billion People Use the Internet, Facebook Adds Restaurant Reviews, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Apple Promotes Jony Ive, Amazon Pays Tax In Europe, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Ive got a new job, Amazon pays tax, Microsoft leaks music, Google+ loses Photos, Iron Man loves Samsung, and Call of Duty fans battle Master Chief from the Halo games. Apple Promotes Ive to Chief Design Officer Apple has promoted Jony Ive to Chief Design Officer. This is a newly created position which will put Ive in charge of the design of everything at the company, from hardware and software, right through to Apple’s retail stores and new campus in Cupertino, California. With Ive moving up the ladder, his former role as Senior Vice President of Design will be filled...

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Apple Promotes Jony Ive, Amazon Pays Tax In Europe, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Android Factory Resets Fail, Amazon Handmade Attacks Etsy, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Android resets don’t delete data, Amazon Handmade targets Etsy, Instagram emails “Highlights”, Spaces expands Google Chrome, Pac-Man embraces its past, and Mario Kart: Fury Road makes Max mad. Android Resets Fail to Delete Data Is there a reset button on life :)) — C (@cxcurry) May 16, 2015 If you own an Android handset you need to be aware that a factory reset may not be enough to completely wipe all of your data from the phone. This is due to an inherent flaw in Android estimated to affect around 500 million devices. Researchers from Cambridge University discovered the flaw...

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Android Factory Resets Fail, Amazon Handmade Attacks Etsy, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Microsoft Overhauls Outlook, AdultFriendFinder Got Hacked, & More… [Tech News Digest]

Microsoft modifies Outlook, AdultFriendFinder data leaks, Internet Health Test, Need for Speed, Intellivision on Kickstarter, and the dangers of selfie sticks. Microsoft Offers New Outlook on Email Outlook.com is being overhauled, with Microsoft introducing a new user interface and several new features to its email service. This is all due to Outlook becoming part of Office 365, but users need not worry, as Microsoft promises that “Outlook.com will remain a free, ad-supported service.” The biggest changes are: Users will now have a choice of themes, with 13 initially available to choose from; add-ins from third parties such as Uber and...

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Microsoft Overhauls Outlook, AdultFriendFinder Got Hacked, & More… [Tech News Digest]