Facebook, Bing will be behind the engine

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Facebook users (rightfully) worried about their data ending up in yet another place will be able Sony VGP-BPS9/B Battery to disable this instant personalization from a box on the Bing page. It’s not clear if you’ll be able to only stop Bing from showing you the Facebook-driven results or if you can also exclude them from your friends’ searches. Regardless, if the past is any indication, it’ll be yet another thing users will have to opt out of instead of opting in.

If Mashable’s Ben Parr is to be believed, Bing/Microsoft and Facebook were all about the mutual Sony VGP-BPS9/S Battery loving at the official announcement. Whether users will love this as much is yet to be seen. Making search better Sony VGP-BPS8A Battery has obvious benefits, and both companies are right when they say that our friends’ opinions are more valuable than an algorithm’s. By bringing the relevant data from Facebook to the search page, they’re making it easier to find this information faster.

On the other hand, this is now one ore giant company that knows too much about me. Another company that’s making itght connections between Sony VGP-BPS2 Battery my data and my friends’ data in order to better show me what i want, then tell me what I should want. Isn’t it Google’s job Sony VGP-BPS2A Battery to be that scary?

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World University Rankings App Makes Finding the Right College Easier

Picking the right college can be a big ordeal, which Sony VGP-BPS13A/Q Battery requires balancing respected reputations and affordability. Then you have to consider if you want a large or small student body, geographical distance from home, and an urban or suburban setting. Well now there’s the World University Rankings iPhone app, Sony VGP-BPS13A/B Battery perfect for high school students fresh out of there SAT exams and that are looking for the right university.

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