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Facebook's Truly, Madly Deeply Learning the Story of Your Life

 By Richard Adhikari



Knowing what you say and do may not be enough to satisfy Facebook's data cravings, so it might get a deep-learning artificial intelligence system to figure out what you're going to do and how you feel about it. "You can call it by many names, but it's basically data analysis on steroids," said tech analyst Jim McGregor. The danger is that "Facebook or anybody tied to Facebook can sell this data."

FACEBOOK

Facebook's New Privacy Rules Spark FTC Investigation

By Richard Adhikari

Facebook and privacy complaints just seem to go hand in hand. The latest example was brought about by the social network's latest round of revisions to its privacy policies. "The new policies assert that users give Facebook permission to use their name, profile picture, content and information in connection with commercial, sponsored or related content," noted Consumer Watchdog's John Simpson.

MicroSoft Windows : Apps

Need to communicate? Who doesn't. There are dedicated applications out there for virtually every taste and purpose -- and on every computing platform -- but we've zeroed in on a select few that take particular advantage of the tile-based layout of Windows 8. Among our favorites in this category are Voxofon; Mail, Calendar and People; Twitter; Facebook Friends; and Skype.