Facebook’s ‘Your Year in Review’ can now be edited to show off your best memories

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div> <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjMqpGPojey_by4YYeHygQYFET0rC5vALdgZzK9k6nMee0Tm_7erx8kiLFK2LLxL9_3p9Z33xHb6HpPX3LCKRo97TdqC1sfEIOwk-yH4m9YYOnKY0NsXSS18S41tmdyeHVM9xfSZPBBbL/s1600/fb-your-year-in-review.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBjMqpGPojey_by4YYeHygQYFET0rC5vALdgZzK9k6nMee0Tm_7erx8kiLFK2LLxL9_3p9Z33xHb6HpPX3LCKRo97TdqC1sfEIOwk-yH4m9YYOnKY0NsXSS18S41tmdyeHVM9xfSZPBBbL/s400/fb-your-year-in-review.jpg" width="400" /></span></b></a></div> <div> <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div> <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div> <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After rolling out Facebook’s ‘Year in Review’ which focused on both, the good and the bad events around the world from the past twelve months, we now have an new ‘Your Year in Review’ that is appearing on the New Feed. While many may have dreaded such a feature in the past, the new ‘Your Year in Review’ can actually be edited and then shared with your Facebook friends.</span></b></div> <div> <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div> <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What this also means is that you can now edit out all the bad stuff that happened over the past twelve months like break ups, friends who aren’t your friends anymore and technically fix ‘Your Year in Review’ timeline.</span></b></div> <div> <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div> <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div> <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“We heard feedback last year that we need to do more to select the photos that are most enjoyable to people and make it easier for them to edit the photos they see and share in their Year in Review. So we’ve applied a unique set of filters to Your Year in Review to reduce the chance we’ll show you a photo you don’t want to see.” said a Facebook spokesperson. “Any photo that we suggest that you’d rather not include can be easily removed or replaced, and you can choose whether you want to enjoy this experience yourself or share it with friends.”</span></b></div> <div> <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div> <div> <b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The ‘Your Year in Review’ basically comprises of ten photos selected by Facebook that it thinks are the most interesting (liked or commented) ones. A user can edit his post by clicking on the ‘edit’ button to change and adjust what they would like their friends or family to see. The feature has begun rolling out from December 16 and users should begin to see their ‘Your Year in Review’ promotions in their News Feed.</span></b></div> <div> <br /></div> </div>

Facebook’s ‘Your Year in Review’ can now be edited to show off your best memories

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Microsoft announces availability of Skype for Business for Android

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGh17ZasXS_jBg35QLfsdYRjCSljcROD-zzYaRWGYpeYnk4uWSIPdU6z8J027a9SbbDu1gq7Vee28TkiBz1PSwIF56jkGb97SUF8Z4MhLEMoMckjrhvxKKjcbScDvEAGhC4muCrmXa7rl/s1600/skype.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGh17ZasXS_jBg35QLfsdYRjCSljcROD-zzYaRWGYpeYnk4uWSIPdU6z8J027a9SbbDu1gq7Vee28TkiBz1PSwIF56jkGb97SUF8Z4MhLEMoMckjrhvxKKjcbScDvEAGhC4muCrmXa7rl/s320/skype.png" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>After working on feedback for the past few months from users in its preview program, Microsoft has announced general availability of its Skype for Business for Android app.</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>With a new dashboard design, it brings the contact search bar, upcoming meetings and most recent conversations to one place. It features better contact management and additional authentication and security options. The app now supports modern authentication which is utilized by other Office clients. Modern authentication also enables IT admins to configure multi-factor authentication for users of the Skype for Business Android app. With multi-factor authentication, users are required to acknowledge a phone call, text message or an app notification on their device after correctly entering their user name and password.</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The new Skype for Business app for Android is now available in the Google Play store. Android users with Lync 2013 will be automatically updated to the Skype for Business app based on their device settings.</b></span><br /> <div> <br /></div> </div>

Microsoft announces availability of Skype for Business for Android

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Brazil court orders 48-hour nationwide ban on WhatsApp

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>A court in Brazil on Wednesday ordered cellular service providers nationwide to block the popular WhatsApp smartphone application for two days.</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The unprecedented 48-hour blockage was to implement a Sao Paulo state court order and was to take effect at 0200 GMT Thursday, although it was not immediately clear if service providers would acquiesce to the order.</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DaBbUHfoIGUQwIlGFY1k_Cgru7N6ILvpxymQZ1Dhd4OVmaGuO2HWOAS0FmEImsRpS33kVoJ2mvHXUF2qqpuEV8piTjiip_QqBnCvyqyMSQv5id3tJDEPfvYyW_27x1wY6CM5Y4Jb4l0Y/s1600/whatsapp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DaBbUHfoIGUQwIlGFY1k_Cgru7N6ILvpxymQZ1Dhd4OVmaGuO2HWOAS0FmEImsRpS33kVoJ2mvHXUF2qqpuEV8piTjiip_QqBnCvyqyMSQv5id3tJDEPfvYyW_27x1wY6CM5Y4Jb4l0Y/s320/whatsapp.jpg" width="320" /></b></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>The court said WhatsApp had been asked several times to cooperate in a criminal investigation, but had repeatedly failed to comply.</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>A judge in Piaui state tried but failed earlier this year to block the app.</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Authorities say they cannot disclose details of the criminal investigation because it is an ongoing case.</b></span><br /> <div> <br /></div> </div>

Brazil court orders 48-hour nationwide ban on WhatsApp

A court in Brazil on Wednesday ordered cellular service providers nationwide to block the popular WhatsApp smartphone application for two d...

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