Facebook finally puts its privacy policy in plain English

Facebook updated its privacy policies on Thursday, but the real change came in the form of the site using basic language so people can better understand how everything works

The company has introduced a page called Privacy Basics, which walks users through how to manage settings, from photo tags to what others can see about you — and not just friends but advertisers too.

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The page is colorful and uses easy-to-decipher verbiage ("how can I stop someone who's bothering me?"), instead of weeding through buried tools to get what you're really looking for. The page is available in 36 languages Read more...

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Facebook 'Say Thanks' videos turns your friendships into movies

Building off of the success of Facebook's wildly popular "Look Back" videos that took members down memory lane last year, the company launched on Wednesday another video tool that it hopes will go just as viral.

Facebook's new video project "Say Thanks" lets users create personalized video cards for their friends and family that highlights the times they've shared together

See also: What's Really the Difference Between Facebook Pages, Groups and Profiles?

The timing, of course, comes just a few weeks before ThanksgivingAnd yes, this means your news feed is likely about to get flooded with nostalgic proclamations of how much one friend means to the other. Read more...

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Church turns to Facebook to find mourners for ex-serviceman's funeral

LONDON — A church in Wales has launched an appeal on Facebook to find mourners to attend the funeral of an 85-year-old veteran who has no family or friends remaining

Harold Morgan, who had been living in a care home in Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan for the past 14 years, had served in the Welsh Guards and was posted to Egypt during that time

"We were given no next of kin details, which was very unusual," Reverend Rachel Simpson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme

"I was worried that there would only be the solicitor and the nurses from the nursing home at the service and I thought that's not a very nice way to go." Read more...

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14 photos of beautifully intersecting paths

Last week, we asked you to find and photograph intersecting lines and shapes. The submissions we reviewed showed busy city streets, quiet neighborhood roads, mountains, plains and more abstract paths.

Architectural photographer Peter Molick was our guest host for the challenge.

See also: 12 beautifully eerie photos shot in the dark

Molick practices a unique type of photography: aerial drone imaging. He uses drone cameras to capture busy intersections in his hometown of Houston. You can search #HoustonCrossings on Instagram to see his shots.

"I loved watching all of the entries roll in," he said. "There was such a great variety that captured the week's theme from all over the globe." Read more...

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Bill Cosby's meme generator hijacked by reminders of rape allegations

Always be careful what you ask for, especially on the Internet

"Go ahead. Meme me!" Bill Cosby tweeted on Monday with a link to a meme generator on his website, which allows users to select any of 12 different photos and write text on the top and bottom in typical meme fashion. And meme they did

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— Bill Cosby (@BillCosby) November 10, 2014

Despite Cosby's recent career moves, he has been the subject of scrutiny over multiple rape allegations, which were highlighted recently by comedian Hannibal Buress during a stand-up set Read more...

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Instagram finally lets you edit photo captions

You can finally go back fix and all the typos in your Instagram captions.

The company rolled out an update Monday that adds the ability to change photo captions after they're posted and adds new recommendations to the app's Explore menu

See also: 8 Famous Photographers Worth Following on Instagram

In what had long been frustrating for victims of autocorrect everywhere, the app didn't allow users to tweak captions after a photo or video posted, forcing users to post corrections as a comment or delete and re-upload the post entirely.

"This has been one of the top requests that we’ve heard from the community, and we’re excited to finally bring it to you today," Instagram wrote in a blog post Read more...

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