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Facebook's Belly Flop
After a whistle blower leaked the news to journalist Brian Krebs, who announced it on his blog, Facebook officially admitted that it has...
Mike McCormick
Mar 25, 20192 min read


Did Facebook Break the Law?
You probably know Cambridge researchers got access to 50 million Facebook user profiles, then gave the data to a private political...
Mike McCormick
Mar 19, 20184 min read


Cracks in Facebook's Walled Garden
Facebook sits at the eye of a perfect storm this week. Congress forced them to reveal the extent of Russian ads and fake news during the 2016 election. FaceLiker malware spiked. Fake Friend attacks continued to spread. Facebook security matters. For many people, Facebook is the Internet. One in five web page views occur through Facebook. Ten million web sites are Liked or Shared on Facebook every day. With over 2 billion active users, many who get most of their online
Mike McCormick
Oct 3, 20173 min read


Why Amazon isn’t a Bookstore (but Facebook is Still a Social Network)
Few noticed as Amazon began to morph from the world’s largest bookstore to the world’s largest cloud computing company. Now, ten years...
Mike McCormick
Jul 5, 20163 min read
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