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Googling Yourself Now Leads To Personal Privacy Controls

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 01 Jun, 2016 01:07 PM
    SAN FRANCISCO — Now all you need to do is Google yourself if you're wondering how deeply Google has been digging into your digital life.
     
    Starting Wednesday, a shortcut to personal account information will appear at the top of Google's search results whenever logged-in users enter their own names in the query box.
     
    The feature is part of an update to the "My Account" hub that Google introduced a year ago to make it easier for people to manage the privacy and security controls on the internet company's services.
     
    Google says it is making the change after learning many users who do a "vanity search" under their name want a quicker way to find out what the company knew about them, as well as see how they are depicted on various internet sites.

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    Microsoft Seeks To Empower Every Indian: Satya Nadella

    Microsoft's focus on India is to empower every citizen and organisation so that they can perform better than their potential and achieve more for themselves and the country, the US giant's chief executive Satya Nadella said here on Monday.

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    Sentence In Assault Case Cut By A Day To Avoid Immigration Trouble: Appeal Court

    Sentence In Assault Case Cut By A Day To Avoid Immigration Trouble: Appeal Court
      Court documents show Nigel Frater pleaded guilty last year to assault and two counts of breach of probation and was sentenced to six months in jail, which he had already served while awaiting trial.

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    Coming Soon To Twitter: More Room To Tweet

    The social media service said Tuesday that in coming months, photos, videos and other media won't count toward Twitter's 140-character limit.

    Coming Soon To Twitter: More Room To Tweet

    Apps are future of TV: Apple Boss Tim Cook

    Apps are future of TV: Apple Boss Tim Cook
    Cook was speaking at a meeting of tech and other startups in Amsterdam, two months after Apple announced software enhancements for its TV system, Apple TV, and knocked $50 off the price of its smart watch.

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    LinkedIn Confirms 2012 Hack Exposed 117 Million User Passwords

    LinkedIn Confirms 2012 Hack Exposed 117 Million User Passwords
    NEW YORK — LinkedIn said Wednesday that a 2012 breach resulted in more than 100 million of its users' passwords being compromised — vastly more than previously thought.

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    Twitter's 140 Character Limit - Time To Ditch It?

    Twitter's 140 Character Limit - Time To Ditch It?
    The limit was created so tweets would fit in a single text message, back when people used Twitter that way. But most people now use Twitter through its mobile app, where there isn't the same technical constraint.

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