New Facebook Messenger

Facebook is one of the major social networks, Internet, Facebook has created a new application, customers fFacebook is the Messenger, it can download the instant messaging application on any phone with Android, or Blackberry iOS worldwide. Before it only worked in the U.S.
Facebook Messenger

Facebook announced the upgrade of its new mobile app Facebook Messenger, this application allows users worldwide to download it to your smartphone. In addition, the social network said other changes and new features to improve the functioning of sismtea Facebook chat.
At this point aprtir the old version was only available from August for the United States, will be available for everyone, the user can see who is online, who do so from the phone and when someone else is writing, another features the new Facebook chat is that you can also make group chats and send photos.

Facebook Messenger conversations and groups of clients of the social network in one place, also include chats and emails sent by the platform. The application runs on Android phones, iOS (including the new iOS 5) and also comes with a Blackberry in various languages ​​for international use.
You can download the Facebook application Chatdebes click here.
Facebook Messenger

Google compete with Microsoft to buy Yahoo!

The U.S. group plans to carry out an offer to purchase its competitor, nine other private equity firms are considering the acquisition of concrete
"Google has made agreements with two private equity firms to help fund the agreement, this allows you to acquire the core of Yahoo! ', however Google is evaluating the situation has not been confirmed yet walks on this next purchase, are also interested in the same Microsoft.

Google will buy Yahoo

Yahoo! does not have the emrpesa CEO because he recently said goodbye to Carol Bartz abruptly in early September, to whom the board of the group blamed for not having achieved the goals that Yahoo had this year and also for not having a substantial increase of turnover and advertising revenue of the firm.

The company currently Yahoo buyback was offered by the Chinese company Alibaba, which is dedicated to selling different products through its online store, which is the main shareholder, which requested an immediate response for any delay would be detrimental to both companies.
Microsoft also tried to buy it in 2006 without success. The current bid the place associated with Silver Lake Partners and a Canadian pension fund.

Google + start auditing the accounts of users

Google Social Network

Google has begun to show audited accounts in their social network, Google +. These accounts have a check mark next to the name and pass the cursor over it the message 'name verified'. For now, they are authenticating the accounts of public figures, celebrities and you have a large following.

Last month, Google indicated its intention to use the famous Google + to attract more users. It has now taken the first step to achieve this: the inclusion of audited accounts similar to Twitter. Thus, Google continues to add features + already present in other social networks, such as games.

For now you can not request verification of the accounts, but that it is the search engine decides which profiles are to be authenticated.

Google +

Explains Wen-Ai Yu (Google worker whose profile is verified), are focusing on checking accounts "public figures, celebrities and people who have been added to a large number of circles", but work to expand the function.

It is difficult to determine the number of contacts necessary to verify a Google account. As have shown in Search Engine Land, has been verified profiles with more than 4,000 followers, while more than 8,000 others have not been.

Theft of 'e-mail' in the company of marketing 'online' Epsilon

The provider of marketing services, Epsilon has been a theft of millions of e-mail addresses, which has forced banks and companies in the U.S. and UK to alert customers of possible attacks 'online'. Several U.S. companies warned earlier this week to its customers who may be the target of attempted fraud on the 'e-mail' after stealing millions of addresses.

Among the companies affected are Hilton HHonours, American Express, BestBuy, Borders, Capital One, Citbank, Disney, The Home Shopping Network, JP Morgan Chase, Marriott Rewards, Ritz Carlton, TiVo, U.S. Bank, Verizon and Visa.
"The information obtained is limited to names and addresses of 'e-mail' from some of our credit card customers," reported this week Citigroup customers, who warned that such information may be used for attacks of 'phishing', which involves the mass sending fake emails to obtain confidential bank details.

Theft e mails

It also warned its customers of this possibility the bank JPMorgan Chase, which reminded his customers never enter their bank details by email and to be cautious with any 'e-mail' to request personal information, especially banking.
Even the British retailer Marks and Spencer has sent a warning to its customers in which they are warned of potential problems with email scams.

This series of warnings to users, there were a few days after the company Epsilon, which manages advertising on many U.S. firms email, informing them that someone had accessed their database on 30 March and was named of consumers and their email addresses.

Stole e mails in Epsilon company

Epsilon said the "unauthorized entry into the email system of Epsilon" has affected only 2% of its customers and this percentage is only a subset of customers that Epsilon provides email services.

From the security company Trend Micro also warned about the risk that the 'spear-phishing (phishing highly selective) involved.
According to Rik Ferguson, Director of Security Research and Communications, EMEA at Trend Micro, one wonders if the 'cyber' have been able to browse through the database and extract only that information which have been considered more valuable.