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Facebook admits that it allowed Netflix and Spotify to access your private messages

#Facebook admitted it allowed #Netflix and #Spotify to access people's private messages. That's after a bombshell New York Times report which detailed how companies such as Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, and Yandex potentially had access to user data as late as 2017. Facebook said it allowed other companies to access people's private messages so they could use its messaging features through other apps. Facebook said it found no evidence of companies abusing their access. But it's still a shocking revelation since most people assume only they have access to their private messages on Facebook and other platforms. Facebook has admitted that it allowed external companies, namely Spotify and Netflix, to access millions of people's private messages. Responding to a bombshell New York Times report on how Facebook shares user data with partners, the company acknowledged it had given third-party companies extensive access to messages. It said this was so people cou

Review: How YouTube Music stacks up against Spotify and Pandora

YouTube Music, the latest in Google’s long history of attempts at breaking into the music streaming market, launched last month in  17 countries . However, it may be too late for Google’s latest attempt at music streaming, as the competition is fierce between veteran services like Spotify and Pandora, newcomers like Deezer and Tidal, and of course Apple Music from Google’s biggest competitor. Since launch, we’ve been using YouTube Music extensively to see how it truly fares against some of these rivals. A brief history of YouTube Music Google had its first foray into the music streaming industry in 2011 with Google Play Music (then known as Google Music), which started exclusively as a way to upload your personal music library to Google’s cloud, then stream songs back to your phone. Slowly, the service gained the ability to buy songs from the catalogs of major record labels, followed by a full-fledged premium streaming service with All Access in 2013. However, thi

Spotify Reveals Its Top Songs of the Summer

Spotify has revealed its official Songs of the Summer chart, and in a not-shocking development, Drake ’s “In My Feelings” topped the list both globally and in the U.S., with more than 393 million streams between June 1 and August 20. Globally, the No.2 and No. 3 songs both featured Cardi B : Maroon 5’s ballad “Girls Like You” came in second with around 293 million streams, while the sassy rapper’s own “I Like It” (featuring J Balvin and Bad Bunny) came in a close third with more than 289 million streams. SoundCloud rap claimed the next two slots In the U.S., with Juice WRLD ’s “Lucid Dreams” and the late XXXTentacion ’s “Sad!” coming in at No. 2 and No. 3 in the country respectively (and Nos. 4 and 5 globally). Cardi’s “I Like It” is right behind, but the Maroon 5 track is at No. 11. Spotify’s Top Global Songs of Summer 2018: In My Feelings – Drake Girls Like You – Maroon 5 (feat. Cardi B) I Like It – Cardi B (feat. Bad Bunny, J Balvin) Lucid Dreams – Juice WRLD SAD! –  XX