Software : Facebook apologizes, agrees its real name policy needs work |
| Facebook apologizes, agrees its real name policy needs work Posted:  Between its forced separation of Facebook Messenger from the rest of the app and its bullheaded alienation of the LGBT community, Facebook hasn't made many friends the past few months. But now it seems the social network wants to remedy that. No, unfortunately they're not stitching Messenger back into the main Facebook app. Even better, though, the social network has agreed to be more lenient when it comes to its real name policy. This concession also came with an apology to the LGBT community, proving Facebook knows when it has to eat a little crow. Ello guv'nahThe trouble for Facebook may have really begun when some users, particularly LGBT users whose accounts had been suspended over Facebook's "real name" policy, began migrating to Ello. Facebook didn't do itself any favors when it refused to budge initially, but according to Facebook Vice President of Product Chris Cox the company has rethought its position. "I want to apologize to the affected community of drag queens, drag kings, transgender, and extensive community of our friends, neighbors, and members of the LGBT community for the hardship that we've put you through in dealing with your Facebook accounts over the past few weeks," Cox wrote in a Facebook post. "We owe you a better service and a better experience using Facebook, and we're going to fix the way this policy gets handled so everyone affected here can go back to using Facebook as you were," he continued. Cox also revealed that most of the LGBT users who were reported for not using their real names were targeted by a single vigilante user, and unfortunately Facebook didn't notice the pattern at first. He said Facebook stands by its real name policy, but that it's never been about making people use their actual, legal names. Now they're "building better tools" for dealing with real name reports while ensuring individuals can use the names they use in real life, regardless of their actual legal names, and providing "more deliberate customer service" to flagged accounts. |
| Oracle bolsters E-Business with 14 mobile apps Posted:  Oracle has added 14 mobile applications to its E-Business suite. New apps include mobile procurement, mobile expenses and mobile inventory. The applications are meant to bolster the E-Business Suite by offering easy-to-use Android and iOS apps that can be accessed and utilized on mobile devices in a similar manner to how they are accessed on desktops. Licensed E-Business Suite users can access the new mobile applications for free with the two latest versions of the platform, Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.3 and Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.2. The full list of new apps features the following:
Earlier this year, Oracle unveiled 57 applications for smartphones and tablets. The apps covered maintenance, field service, project management, supply chain, health and safety management. This week, Oracle also added six new tools to its Cloud Platform Services. The tools focused on big data, mobile, integration, process management, Java Platform, andNode.js. |
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