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Following the takedown of hundreds of pages and groups linked to Iran on Thursday , Facebook has continued its cull in Indonesia. The social media giant has been targeting "coordinated inauthentic behavior" on the platform, announcing the same  the removal of accounts, pages, and groups linked to the Saracen Group. SEE ALSO: Some Facebook employees considered quitting over Apple mess Described as a "fake news syndicate," the Saracen Group has been under the spotlight for its smear campaigns against Indonesian politicians and other people.  According to The Straits Times , the syndicate reportedly charged $5,600 for a customised fake news article, which would then be disseminated to its hundreds of thousands of followers. Read more... More about Facebook , Politics , Social Media , Indonesia , and Social Media Companies View Source

Nintendo is releasing yet another game for your phone. The company is set to release its puzzle game Dr. Mario World for iOS and Android devices sometime during the "early summer" of this year, as per an announcement on Thursday. SEE ALSO: Meet the kid who paid for college by creating a Roblox game There's not a whole lot of detail yet, aside from the fact that the game will be free to download, but as you can expect, it will come with in-app purchases.  The doctor is in! Mario puts on the white coat once again in the mobile game Dr. Mario World, targeting an early summer 2019 global release #DrMario https://t.co/DTRBympHj0 pic.twitter.com/RfMZbbs3Mp — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 31, 2019 Read more... More about Entertainment , Gaming , Nintendo , Mario , and Entertainment View Source

Facebook's questionable research tactics has led Apple to remind them who's boss. After TechCrunch revealed Facebook misused Apple's Enterprise Developer Certificate program to spy on consumer phone and web activity through its "Research" app, Apple pulled the plug. SEE ALSO: Facebook is making more money than ever because nothing matters Facebook relies on Apple's program to run internal apps on iOS devices, from simple things like bus schedules to communication tools like Workplace and Messenger. That led to plenty of frustration within Facebook's workplace, as employees were unable to get work done due to the shutdown, as reported in the New York Times . Read more... More about Tech , Facebook , Apple , Social Media Companies , and Big Tech Companies View Source

Facebook may have just been caught spying on teens' phones under the guise of "market research," but the company isn't about to apologize for it. In a company memo published by Business insider , Facebook's VP of Production, Engineering, and Security Pedro Canahuati , attempts to explain the company's ongoing drama with Apple that resulted from news of its "research" app being made public. SEE ALSO: 'F*ck ethics. Money is everything': Facebook employees react to scandal on gossip app Apple earlier revoked Facebook's Enterprise Certificate, which allows companies to distribute apps internally outside of its App Store. Thousands of Facebook employees rely on these apps for day-to-day work. On Thursday, Apple granted Facebook a new Enterprise Certificate, but the company now has to rebuild "a few dozen" apps, as Canahuat explained in his memo to employees. Read more... More about Tech , Facebook , Tech , and Social Media...

The numbers for 2018 are coming in, and it appears the video game industry is getting along just fine. The year turned out to be an alright one for the industry, and it upends predictions that the focus on revisiting older games via remasters and nostalgic re-releases would put a crimp on things — namely, um, my own prediction. It’s not exactly a secret that the video game industry has a passion for repackaging old games to re-sell them on new machines. It’s not new: I’m old enough to remember when it was arcade games cropping up on the Nintendo… This story continues at The Next Web View Source

In September last year, TikTok surpassed YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, and even Facebook in monthly App Store downloads. For a fringe social network, the kind most would assume occupies a second-tier of the internet’s social media hierarchy, you’d be forgiven for not noticing the app had become the internet’s most interesting network of creatives. For more than 500 million monthly active users, TikTok is a place to let your freak flag fly. It’s a difficult thing to describe, but comparing it to Vine — the now-gone six-second video loop platform — seems like an obvious place to start. Like Vine, the… This story continues at The Next Web View Source

Google is joining Facebook in iOS hell. Apple has now revoked Google’s Enterprise Certificate, breaking all of the search engine’s internal apps, according to The Verge . A source familiar with the situation informed the news outlet that pre-release beta versions of Google’s iOS apps have stopped working as of Thursday. These apps include new builds of Gmail, Google Maps, and Hangouts. Apps meant for internal company use, such as the search engine’s cafe app and Gbus transportation app have also ceased working. “We’re working with Apple to fix a temporary disruption to some of our corporate iOS apps, which we expect will be resolved soon,” said a Google spokesperson in a statement provided to Mashable. Read more... More about Facebook , Google , Apple , Tech , and Social Media Companies View Source

Airpods can't catch a break.  After getting smushed into slime ASMR , turned into weird earrings , and mocked for rich people flexing, Airpods are the subject of yet another meme.  The meme makes fun of people using Airpods, joking that they can't hear warnings because they're wearing Apple's overpriced wireless earphones. In one of the most popular versions of the meme, a bystander attempts to tell Oedipus (yeah, that Oedipus) that he's about to fulfill the prophesy of killing his father and marrying his mother.  oedipus you're gonna fuck your mom oh my god he has airpods in oh my god he can't hear us! oh my god! — zoe (@wretchedophelia) January 29, 2019 Read more... More about Funny , Memes , Meme , Airpods , and Culture View Source

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In the late fall of 2018, one of the most viral sports stories was about a new Minor League Baseball (MILB) team in Madison, Alabama. The reason for all the hype wasn't their game so much as their name: the Rocket City Trash Pandas The name was unveiled in September 2018, after the "Trash Pandas" moniker won a public vote, beating out four similarly absurd space-animal combinations: Moon Possums, ThunderSharks, Space Chimps, and Comet Jockeys.  The newly-named Trash Pandas generated plenty of headlines, and they got an extra boost in late October when the team's amazing astronaut raccoon logo was unveiled . The space-related look and "Rocket City" reference are a nod to the large NASA hub, including Space Camp, in nearby Huntsville. Read more... More about Marketing , Minor League Baseball , Culture , Web Culture , and Sports View Source

Alright, Mother Nature, you've done your thing — and we're all very impressed — but this is getting out of hand.  In recent days, extremely cold temperatures have caused everything from 2,600 flight delays to the halting of U.S. postal service delivery (and they never stop for anything). But if there's anything we can learn from cold Midwesterners, it's that this polar vortex doesn't need to be a polar snorefest.  Iowa native @taylor_scallon showed the power of negative temps when she shared a video of herself  outside with a very interesting hairstyle. She managed to get her hair to defy gravity and freeze straight up when she went outside with wet hair.   Read more... More about Twitter , Culture , Polar Vortex , Viral Video , and Midwest View Source

Facebook has removed nearly 800 fake accounts , pages and groups its security researchers say were linked to Iran. The accounts, which were in many cases made to look like local news organizations, engaged in "coordinated inauthentic behavior," according to Facebook and had accumulated more than 2 million followers and hundreds of thousands of followers on Instagram. SEE ALSO: 50 percent of Facebook users could be fake, report claims As with previous mass takedowns tied to Iran, Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, was quick to caution that though the accounts originated in Iran, the company hasn't been able to definitively say whether or not it was part of a state sponsored campaign. Read more... More about Tech , Facebook , Social Media Companies , Tech , and Social Media Companies View Source