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Twitter Finally Adds Two-Factor Authentication
Well, it’s about damn time. After an endless, occasionally entertaining string of high-profile hacks, Twitter has finally introduced two-factor authentication to verify that it is, in fact, you logging in.
You Can Use Google Maps To Find Faces Hidden In The Earth
It’s nearly impossible to gaze up during the day without spotting sort of cloudy, billowing face staring back at us. But rarely do we get the opportunity to see the faces we so casually trample right beneath our feet. Now, a new program by Onformative is giving us a bird’s eye’s view of every facial landform on Earth.
Kassem G Is Coming To Australia
The host of one of YouTube’s weirdest shows California On is coming Down Under. That’s right: Kassem G will be hitting Australia as part of a new online video convention…thing.
Why It’s Dumb To Abandon Tumblr Today
Since it became clear that Yahoo was going to buy Tumblr, WordPress saw the number of blog imports from Tumblr rise from about 400 an hour to more than 72,000. That’s a ridiculous jump — and also a stupid one. Here’s why you shouldn’t leave Tumblr just because it’s under new management.
Flashback: How Yahoo Killed Flickr And Lost The Internet
In the wake of Yahoo’s $US1.1 billion acquisition of beloved social platform Tumblr, it’s perhaps worth looking back what the company did after it caught — and gutted — another big fish. Yes, Yahoo’s a different company now, especially with Marissa Mayer at the helm. And Tumblr, along with its price tag, are an order of magnitude larger than Flickr was when Yahoo bought it. There are differences.
Flickr’s Massive Redesign: Full-Res Photos, Free 1TB Storage
Sure, Yahoo just about killed Flickr, but today it’s trying to restore its former glory. Just after the company this morning announced its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, it showed off a completely redesigned version of Flickr with giant photos and more storage than you probably even need. Updated with video walkthrough.
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