Facebook's new digs to be designed by starchitect Gehry

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Facebook is signing up no less than Frank Gehry to design its new campus. The social network is looking to expand its current  campus, formerly the HQ of Sun Microsystems in Menlo Park, California. The new development is an expansion and will be an enormous one room, open-concept warehouse designed  for Facebooks engineers who make up most of its 3500 staff.

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McAfee Safeguards Facebook Photos by blurring with McAfee Social Protection

McAfee today announced the availability of a free public beta of McAfee Social Protection, a new app for Facebook that protects users’ photos from being shared without their permission. Offered as a Facebook app together with a browser plug-in, McAfee Social Protection lets users select which friends have access to their photos and makes pictures appear blurry to everyone else.

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Apple Movement: Bob Mansfield is back, Federighi and Riccio get promoted

(left to right) Apple's Craig Federighi, Dan Riccio and Bob MansfieldApple announced that Craig Federighi, Apple’s vice president of Mac Software Engineering, and Dan Riccio, Apple’s vice president of Hardware Engineering, have been promoted to senior vice presidents. Federighi and Riccio will report to Apple CEO Tim Cook and serve on Apple’s executive management team.

Apple also announced that Bob Mansfield, who announced his retirement in June, will remain at Apple. Mansfield will work on future products, reporting to Tim Cook. Bob Mansfield's hardware experience is valuable to Apple moving forward so it is great news that he's on board for future projects and hopefully leading R&D.

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Web Albums HD for Picasa and Google + for iOS

Pixite LLC, the team behind various photo viewers and managers on the iPhone and iPad, announced today a huge update to their top-ranking app, Web Albums HD for Picasa and Google+. The new update packs on highly requested features like full-size photo browsing and advanced slideshow options, making the photo-viewing experience for Picasa and Google+ albums even more enjoyable and complete. Web Albums HD for Picasa and Google+ is now available on the App Store for $3.99 USD.