Janet Fouts

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Who will win the video app wars?

Janet Fouts

That app launched in 2009 and allowed users to swap video messages back and forth before it was acquired by Skype back in 2011, and then shut down in 2014. In the meantime I suggest you download one of these apps and start experimenting. Remember Qik (say “quick”)? Then there’s Hang w/ which launched in 2013.

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Who will win the video app wars?

Janet Fouts

That app launched in 2009 and allowed users to swap video messages back and forth before it was acquired by Skype back in 2011, and then shut down in 2014. In the meantime I suggest you download one of these apps and start experimenting. Remember Qik (say “quick”)? Then there’s Hang w/ which launched in 2013.

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Quitting or not, here’s what you can do to be safer with your personal info on #Facebook

Janet Fouts

A company called Cambridge Analytica used Facebook’s API in 2014 to collect personal information from over 50 million Facebook users. Back in 2014 it was perfectly legal for them to do this , and even within the terms of use for Facebook. Download your Facebook data and take a look at what you’ve been posting.