An anonymous reader shares a report: Slack is useful to connect with your teammates and avoid sending them emails for things that can be discussed quickly through a chat. However, to talk to a person from a client or partner organization whom you interact with regularly, you’d need to email them and maybe even schedule a meeting or call them to…
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Twitter Discloses Firefox Bug That Cached Private Files Sent or Received via DMs
Social networking giant Twitter today disclosed a bug on its platform that impacted users who accessed their platform using Firefox browsers. From a report: According to Twitter, its platform stored private files inside the Firefox browser’s cache — a folder where websites store information and files temporarily. Twitter said that once users left their platform or logged off, the files would…
The Rise and Fall of a Teenager’s Massive Meme Empire
An anonymous reader writes: The New York Times just profiled 15-year-old “businessman” Rowan Winch, who made up to $10,000 a month from his Instagram feed. (“He planned to purchase a Tesla next year, when he’s eligible to get his driver’s license.”) Rowan started by re-selling goods he’d bought online, eventually creating an online storefront that acted as a middleman for third-party…
Twitter Outage Takes Down TweetDeck, Affects Images and DMs
sombragris writes: TweetDeck, the popular tweet management console owned by Twitter, began experiencing several issues at about 18:00 EST. Currently it is down for many users worldwide. There is no yet comment from Twitter on the issue. UPDATE: Engadget reports users aren’t seeing new DMs and/or may have trouble adding images, videos and polls. In a tweet, the company said it’s…