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Tweet Scientists have found that about one million Facebook accounts are enrolled in “collusion networks” run by spammers, which generated as many as 100 million fake “likes” between 2015 and 2016. Read more… Neowin

Tweet The iBeacon technology that Applehas implemented in iOS7 has retailers and others pumped about the internet of things pretty excited. The technology lets stores or people set up “beacons” that can talk to the iPhone, letting it know that you are standing next to a pair of shoes that you might like or that Starbucks wants to offer you $ 1 off your latte. But ReelyActive, a company that’s…

Tweet Which is more valuable to criminals: Your credit card number, or lots of “likes” on Facebook? The answer may surprise you, as cyber criminals are now writing malware to interact with social media. Read more…      Neowin

Tweet Cloud-based gaming has become a hot topic among many prominent gaming studios in recent years, and for good reason: It could very well represent a tectonic shift in the infrastructure behind online games. As a whole, the gaming industry is looking for the ultimate way to deliver online experiences with as little friction as possible, and everyone is experimenting with the idea of cloud-based gaming. But for all the…

Tweet San Francisco-based Dijit launched the web version of it’s NextGuide app Monday, and after playing with it for a while, I have to say the company may be onto something here. Dijit launched an iPad version of NextGuide last summer, aiming to reinvent the traditional TV guide with universal search for movies and TV content across live TV and iPad apps from Netflix, Hulu, iTunes and others. Users of…