December, 2016 | Furthr

Facebook now accounts for 30% of Americans’ mobile browsing time

December 22, 2016

Facebook accounts for 30% of Americans’ mobile browsing time, compared with 11% for Google and YouTube combined.

Collecting data on users has helped Facebook become the world’s second-largest advertising company on mobile devices.

But Mark Zuckerberg wants to turn it into an even bigger part of the mobile ecosystem—hence the plans to develop Messenger and other messaging services into portals through which people can order taxis, communicate with businesses and so on.

Being as useful as it is addictive could win Facebook even more friends.

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Nokia are suing Apple

December 22, 2016

The Finnish company alleges that Apple infringed on 32 patents covering displays, user interfaces, software, antennas, chipsets, and video coding. Apple has accused Nokia and Acacia Research Corp. of colluding to “extract and extort exorbitant revenues.” The suit is the latest in the smartphone patent wars, which began in 2011 when Apple filed a host of lawsuits against Samsung.

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Uber’s self-driving experiment in San Francisco has stalled

December 22, 2016

Uber’s self-driving experiment in San Francisco stalled. The California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the registration of Uber’s 16 semi-autonomous vehicles, prompting it to remove them from the roads. The move, prompted by Uber’s refusal to obtain permits designating the cars as test vehicles, follows a generally rocky rollout.

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Anonymous artists created a tiny mouse cafe in Sweden

December 21, 2016

Anonymous artists created a tiny mouse cafe in Sweden. The miniature installation—called Noix de Vie, or “Nuts of Life”—features a window display of almonds, pistachios, and hazelnuts.

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The Nazis were inspired by US policy when planning their race regime

December 21, 2016

The Nazis were inspired by US policy when planning their race regime. In 1934, leading Nazi lawyers debated bringing Jim Crow segregation to the Third Reich.

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Parents and kids are more affectionate when reading physical books together

December 21, 2016

Parents and kids are more affectionate when reading physical books together. Children read from screens with their heads down, which makes it harder to get close.

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A search warrant in the Hillary Clinton email investigation was unsealed. The FBI had nothing.

December 21, 2016

A search warrant in the Hillary Clinton email investigation was unsealed. The Oct. 30 warrant shows that the FBI confiscated Anthony Weiner’s laptop based on its contention that his wife, Huma Abedin, had exchanged “many emails” with Clinton containing classified information.

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Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.” — Frank Zappa

December 21, 2016

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Facebook became the latest focus of the European Commission’s antitrust efforts

December 21, 2016

Facebook became the latest focus of the European Commission’s antitrust efforts. The EU’s executive branch accused the American social-media giant of providing misleading information as part of its takeover of WhatsApp, a messaging firm. Facebook said it would not be able to link users’ profiles across both platforms, but in August it announced plans, later rescinded, to share data between them.

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Russian Ambassador assassinated in Turkey

December 20, 2016

This photo is horrifying. And the act—the assassination of the Russian Ambassador—has the potential to unleash all sorts of terrible things across the world.

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