Mobile Minutes: Yahoo email scanning; Shopify and Messenger; Amazon's social data; Facebook's Secret Conversations
Yahoo email scanning prompts European ire
Yahoo's decision to scan clients' email accounts at the behest of the U.S.
authorities has prompted questions in Europe as to whether EU citizens' data
had been compromised, and could help derail a new trans-Atlantic data sharing
deal.
Read more on Reuters
Shopify lets merchants sell items through Facebook
Messenger
With a new Shopify feature announced Wednesday, merchants that use the
company?s online storefronts and commerce services can now place listings for
products in Messenger, letting its one billion users purchase goods without
having to leave the app.
Read more on Fortune
Bullishness on Amazon is surging: Social media data
Shares in Amazon saw a spike in bullish mentions on Twitter in the past week as
investors get more optimistic about the internet giant's gains in the e-commerce
and cloud computing markets.
Read more on CNBC
Facebook finally rolls out end-to-end encryption for
Messenger called Secret Conversations
Facebook has rolled out its end-to-end encryption for its 1 billion users of
the company?s Messenger service. The new layer of secure communication can be
enabled by turning Secret Conversations on in any chat.
Read more on International Business Times