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​ Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionFacebook said it had found no evidence data was improperly obtained – but would suspend Crimson Hexagon while it investigated Facebook has suspended a US-based analytics firm while it investigates concerns about the collection and sharing of user data. Crimson Hexagon, based in Boston, describes itself as offering “consumer insights” and… Continue reading Facebook investigates another data collection firm 

​ FACEBOOK WILL REMOVE THE TRENDING TOPICS SECTION THIS WEEK The removal comes after years of criticism around how Facebook picked stories to sit in the Trending box, not to mention more than a year of struggles with the reliability of any news being distributed through its platform.   The Trending box will be removed next week. Facebook says it was active in five countries and accounted for “less than 1.5 percent of clicks to news publishers on average.” The company is currently testing other ways to deliver news, including breaking news labels and a section that collects local stories. On top of all that, the Trending box was just bad. It’s been a long-running joke that Facebook runs a day behind Twitter when it comes to news and jokes, and the Trending section rarely helped matters. The system does seem to have gotten faster at picking up stories over time, but it’s still hard to imagine it being the place someone learns about a major story. Facebook says the rem

​ FACEBOOK WILL REMOVE THE TRENDING TOPICS SECTION THIS WEEK The removal comes after years of criticism around how Facebook picked stories to sit in the Trending box, not to mention more than a year of struggles with the reliability of any news being distributed through its platform.   The Trending box will be removed next week. Facebook says it was active in five countries and accounted for “less than 1.5 percent of clicks to news publishers on average.” The company is currently testing other ways to deliver news, including breaking news labels and a section that collects local stories. On top of all that, the Trending box was just bad. It’s been a long-running joke that Facebook runs a day behind Twitter when it comes to news and jokes, and the Trending section rarely helped matters. The system does seem to have gotten faster at picking up stories over time, but it’s still hard to imagine it being the place someone learns about a major story. Facebook says the rem

​ As recent events in the technology world have suggested, there is a cost to having an online presence. You might think downloading free social media apps and/or games is cool, but be aware that some of these free apps store your cherished data to sell for profit. Privacy is a rarity these days, and your beloved social media sites are largely to blame for that. But there are things you are likely doing on those sites that are making the situation even worse, and because Facebook is right now the king of social media (the site has over two billion users worldwide, including 16 million Nigerians who log onto it each month), before you ever hit “share” again, here are seven things, culled from http://www.popsugar.com , that you should never post on Facebook so as not to compromise your data. Note that apart from the risk of technology companies saving your data and selling them, you also risk giving away your life to cyber-fraudsters and other criminals. Home or Work Address You mi