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(c) Mashable Some users had their passwords stored in plain text as early as 2012, according to a senior Facebook source who spoke to  KrebsOnSecurity . The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, says that somewhere between 200 million and 600 million Facebook users were affected. More than 20,000 Facebook employees would have had access to these plain text passwords. Shortly after KrebsOnSecurity published its story, Facebook  posted its own statement  by its vice president of engineering, security and privacy, Pedro Canahuati. He states that the company first discovered the issue during “a routine security review in January.” The users most affected by the security lapse are those who use the social network’s “lower connectivity” client, Facebook Lite. The company estimates that hundreds of millions of Facebook Lite users and tens of millions of “other” Facebook users had their passwords stored in plain text. Tens of thousands of Instagram users also were also affe

India will ban e-commerce companies such as Amazon.com and Walmart -owned Flipkart Group from selling products from companies in which they have an equity interest. © Reuters/ABHISHEK N. CHINAPPA  A shipment moves on a conveyor belt at an Amazon Fulfillment Centre (BLR7) on the outskirts of Bengaluru In a statement, the government also said that the companies will be prevented from entering into exclusive agreements with sellers. The new rules will be applicable from February 1. "An entity having equity participation by e-commerce marketplace entity or its group companies, or having control on its inventory by e-commerce marketplace entity or its group companies, will not be permitted to sell its products on the platform run by such marketplace entity," the commerce ministry said in a statement. © Reuters/Reuters Photographer  The logo of India's largest online marketplace Flipkart is seen on a building in Bengaluru E-commerce companies can make bulk p

Google has collaborated with schema.org on a new set of structured data that publishers can use to optimize content for Google Assistant. The new markup , called “speakable,” can be used to indicate that content is especially appropriate for text-to-speech conversion. So if someone were to ask the Assistant, “Hey Google, what’s the latest SEO news?”, it would respond with a section from a news article that contains speakable markup. When users ask for news about a specific topic, Google Assistant will return up to three articles from around the web and supports audio playback using text-to-speech with speakable structured data In addition to reading the content out loud, Google Assistant will send a link to the user’s mobile device. Speakable markup can be used multiple times throughout a single piece of content, allowing publishers to markup specific sections that are most useful for speech. In its developer documentation, Google emphasizes that using speakable markup

Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed a new paid partnership feature on Instagram. Wondering what it means? With the FTC recently taking a ton of new measures to crack down on influencers and businesses that violate its requirements,  Instagram launched  a new paid partnership feature to eliminate some of the risks associated with creating sponsored posts. The feature, which first released to a small group of influencers and businesses in June, was  expanded to more users  in September.  Just  recently , Instagram made the feature available to all accounts “with high levels of engagement” and access to Instagram Insights data!  Here’s everything you need to know about how to use Instagram’s new paid partnership feature, and why it may not be enough to satisfy the FTC.  Why Instagram’s Paid Partnership Feature Matters Influencer-driven marketing has become of the biggest (and best) ways for brands to reach Instagram audiences. By partnering with influencers to

This story is all about Amit Banerjee and I couldn’t stop myself from sharing this with you. There are so many things that you can learn from this long and one of the best reply I can think of. It doesn’t matter what situation you are in, always remember you are the creator of your life. It feels suffocating. I belong to a middle class family and had never seen “real” poverty during childhood. Yes, I had a Hercules bicycle. Yes I was given good education. Yes, I would go to Disney world once a year. Yes, my parents would take me to holidays. I had a TV video game and a huge collection of cartridges my mom bought for me, when I scored good marks. Then I entered college. My sister’s marriage was planned, dad bought an apartment and had to pay my fees for engineering. All three events happened in quick succession and we were suddenly in debt. Somehow, we got scammed and got ourselves chained in bank loans and poverty crept in. It was in such a rush that suddenly, I felt j