1010Tech Talk archive
Practical computer-repair, security, maintenance, and small-business IT information from 1010Computers.
January 30, 2019
Facebook managed to beat Wall Street’s estimates in its Q4 earnings amidst a constant beat down in the press. Facebook hit 2.32 billion monthly users, up 2.2 perecent…
Read articleJanuary 30, 2019
In response to TechCrunch’s investigation of Facebook paying teens and adults to install a VPN that lets it analyze all their phone’s traffic, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has…
Read articleJanuary 30, 2019
In the wake of TechCrunch’s investigation yesterday, Apple blocked Facebook’s Research VPN app before the social network could voluntarily shut it down. The Research app asked users for…
Read articleJanuary 29, 2019
Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user’s…
Read articleJanuary 29, 2019
Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn International is backing Carbon Relay, a Boston-based startup emerging from stealth today that’s harnessing the algorithms used by companies like Facebook and Google for…
Read articleJanuary 17, 2019
In 2016, Serkan Piantino packed up his desk at Facebook with hopes to move on to something new. The former director of Engineering for Facebook AI Research had…
Read articleJanuary 16, 2019
A slew of banks are coming together to back a new roll-up strategy for the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming studio Jam City and giving the company $145 million in new…
Read articleJanuary 15, 2019
Instagram has been earning money from businesses flooding its social network with spam notifications. Instagram hypocritically continues to sell ad space to services that charge clients for fake…
Read articleJanuary 12, 2019
The government shutdown entered its 21st day on Friday, upping concerns of potentially long-lasting impacts on the U.S. stock market. Private market investors around the country applauded when…
Read articleJanuary 9, 2019
Instagram is swaying the balance toward simplicity but away from originality. It’s adding the ability to publish feed posts to different accounts you control at the same time…
Read articleA staging preview that answers from approved 1010Computers information and helps you find the right website destination.
1010Assist provides general guidance, not a diagnosis, final quote, warranty decision, or guaranteed completion time. Do not enter passwords, payment details, or other sensitive information.
