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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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