The Bank of England will be using sentiment from social networks and the net in general to help make decisions on when to move upwards or downwards with interest rates, and other matters.
So that expansion of the Like system was in the pipeline, like we knew... turns out that doesn't mean a lot more than just a new 'thumbs down' button, it seems.
A new piece of research has drawn some interesting conclusions when it comes to personal data privacy for consumers, and teenagers in particular.
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