By Jessica Roy 12/28/12 7:53am

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Booting Up: More Snapchat Scandals Edition

Online privacy pundits might not want to venture over to China any time soon; the country just passed a law requiring citizens to identify themselves when signing up for internet and mobile access. [Bloomberg]

Another Snapchat scandal! Turns out both Snapchat and Facebook’s new Poke app store your videos sent over the services locally, meaning it’s possible to save videos sent to you without the sender ever knowing. [BuzzFeed]

It appears those ads at the top of Wikipedia are paying off: the Wikimedia Foundation has raised $25 million so far in its 2012 fundraiser. [The Next Web]

Someone wants to make a stage show in Las Vegas based on Portal. [The Daily Dot]

John McAfee is at it again. [Wired]

By Kelly Faircloth 12/21/12 3:17pm

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The Empire Pokes Back: Facebook Turns Forgotten Feature into Snapchat Ripoff

Early Facebook users will no doubt remember the era when the humble poke seemed like the raciest, most exciting feature in the world. College sophomores would poke their friends until they reached the poke limit, then trumpet their poking prowess on their friends’ walls.

Well, it seems the company hopes to revive the heady days of 2004, with the launch of the iPhone app Poke, which “makes it fun and easy to say hello to friends wherever you are.”  Read More