Twitter now allows anyone you follow to send you direct messages, if you enable the feature in your settings. The feature can be useful for people who get followers begging them to follow back in order to DM something private, but it could also lead to a ton of spam—that’s why it’s off by default. Read more…
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Twitter Now Lets Any User Send You Direct Messages (If You Enable It)
Yahoo Mail is rolling out a spiffy redesign on all major platforms today, including Android, iOS, Windows 8, and the web, which also includes some previously premium features like POP access and disposable addresses. Read more here . Read more…
Adobe has revealed that their network was compromised and the attackers may have accessed information pertaining to 2.9 million customers, including encrypted credit card numbers and other account details. Read more here . Read more…
Facebook updated its Graph Search feature today to include posts and status updates. Now, you can find posts your friends have made about certain topics, from specific locations, or that you’ve commented on. Check out Facebook’s full blog post for more info, as well as our favorite clever uses for Graph Search . Read more…
Mozilla announced today that, similar to Chrome, Firefox will be blocking plugins by default in a future version of the browser. However, most plugins will be available through a “click to allow” feature, at least for the time being. Flash will still be enabled by default. You can read more here . Read more…
By default, a lot of us just buy music from iTunes because it’s cheap and easy. However, Deal News recently took a look at the numbers, and it turns out that Amazon is cheaper than iTunes almost 80% of the time. Read more…