Facebook spam, Google Field Trip, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, September 27, 2012
Facebook spam, Google Field Trip, and more - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Thursday, September 27, 2012
2012-09-27
thursday sometime for 27 2012 I'm Neil I
DoubleDown Patel this is 90 seconds on
the verge as part of its ongoing quest
for transparency Facebook this week
began deleting thousands of fake user
accounts and illegitimate likes the
exact number is unknown but farm bills
Facebook page has already lost more than
120,000 likes this week those figures
may seem substantial but keep in mind
that that's only about 0.3% of farm
bills 38 million total likes the world
is still doomed NBA live 13 is dead
publisher Electronic Arts said in a
statement that the game has quote not
met our high expectations that's the
second year in a row the basketball
gaming franchise originally began as NBA
Live 95 for sega genesis in Super
Nintendo it was renamed to NBA elite in
2011 but that game was cancelled and be
a lot of 13 was supposed to be a
resurgence for the series but it has
also been cancelled EA vows NBA Live
will return next year but why are we
even bothering if it's cool assured and
finally a google service it's upfront
about tracking your every move the
company today released field trip a new
Android app that will notify you of
nearby points of interests like historic
sites bars and restaurants in a lot of
ways it feels like an extension of
Google now with the app providing
background information to you seamlessly
an unprompted based on location field
trip is available now for android and of
course an iphone version is in the works
that's it for today's top stories tune
in tomorrow to find out why although the
NFL's reinstated the referee is it
hasn't reinstated justice because you
know what's wrong taking a game away
from a team that really desert where are
you going get back
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