Facebook issues official apology for ‘Year in Review’ feature

Not everyone’s year has been awesome but Facebook’s algorithm doesn’t know that. That’s why Facebook had to issue an official apology for its “Year in Review” automated recap feature. Facebook user Eric Meyer wrote on his personal blog how his Year in Review showed select photos of his 6-year-old daughter who died of brain cancer earlier this year.

The Year in Review feature makes a special album based on important photos of the year and comes with the tagline: “It’s been a great year! Thanks for being a part of it.” It relies on those that get the most likes or comments from others. But it isn’t able to distinguish between the happy and sad memories. Facebook’s Jonathan Gheller, product manager for Year in Review, personally apologized for the grief the feature brought to Meyer.

Source: Washington Post | Via: SlashGear

Samsung to help usher in smartphones that have same RAM as laptops

The mobile device industry is catching up with its desktop/laptop counterparts. And they’re catching up fast. Samsung announced it has begun mass production of 4GB LPDDR4 mobile DRAM modules, which will be the first smartphone modules to provide 4GB of RAM. This would mean your future smartphones will have as much RAM as a lot of laptops. We don’t know what devices will feature these next generation modules but it’s just insane to think about how much more powerful our pocketable devices are getting.

“By initiating production of the 20nm 8GB LPDDR4, which is even faster than the DRAM for PCs and servers and consumes much less energy, we are contributing to the timely launch of UHD, large-screen flagship mobile devices,” said Joo Sun Choi, EVP of memory sales and marketing at Samsung.

Source: PhoneArena | Via: BGR

North Korea’s internet goes down yet again

It’s the second time in less than a week that North Korea’s internet and 3G network goes down. The outage lasted for more than five hours, according to Dyn Research. After losing internet access for over nine hours earlier this week, North Korea issued a statement on Friday blaming the U.S. and President Barack Obama for the outages.

North Korea has been blamed for the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment and the leak of files and emails of studio executives and other Sony employees. But they deny any involvement in the controversy.

Source: Mashable

SoundHound for Android automatically adds searches to Spotify

Ever wondered what song was playing while you were walking around a mall and needed to look it up? Apps like SoundHound will help find that out for you. Now, SoundHound for Android makes it easier for you to listen to these newly discovered songs. The app now automatically adds the songs you look up to a Spotify playlist. All you need to do is connect your SoundHound with your Spotify account.

Source: Android Police | Download: Google Play Store (Free)