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Marketplace Tech Report for Monday, July 16, 2012
Jul 16, 2012

Marketplace Tech Report for Monday, July 16, 2012

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The latest Facebook feature: Pages you 'like' may be promoted on your friends' newsfeeds under your name. The problem -- you may not have 'liked' any of the Page's specific posts, but those posts would still be sorted under your name. And the only way to stop this from happening is to individually un-like each Page. So beware. Plus, gloves that can translate sign language into text.

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The latest Facebook feature: Pages you ‘like’ may be promoted on your friends’ newsfeeds under your name. The problem — you may not have ‘liked’ any of the Page’s specific posts, but those posts would still be sorted under your name. And the only way to stop this from happening is to individually un-like each Page. So beware. Plus, gloves that can translate sign language into text.

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