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Carolyn Everson, Facebook's global advertising chief, appeared at the Strategic Execution Conference in Santa Clara, California last week and talked candidly with the audience about the company's mobile strategy, consumer expectations, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's leadership style.

As pro-democracy protests continue in Hong Kong, demonstrators have been relying on an unusual new app that allows phone-to-phone communication without needing a live cellular signal.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned social media users that overusing Facebook and Twitter is destroying quiet reflection, stating that instant reaction has rapidly replaced "reflective comment" in an era in which angry remarks can be spread to "the far corners of the Earth" within seconds.

Samsung has been testing the Android 4.4.3 KitKat Update on a device believed to be the Galaxy s5, while a recent leak suggests that Google may be rolling out the Android 4.4.3 KitKat Update for the Google Nexus 4, 5, 7, 10 on May 23.

Brendan Eich was promoted to Mozilla's CEO ten days ago, but decided to resign today amid news that he once donated money to support an anti-same-sex marriage campaign.

Popular apps for smartphones have become necessary for many users, but the apps may come at a costly price aside from the fee from the app store. A whistleblower has come forth with details that apps from such phones are being tapped to garner personal information for data by National Security Agency (NSA) and its British counterpart Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

The Chinese government could be about to relax its strict censorship laws, albeit only in a small area of one of its cities. The South China Morning Post reports that Facebook, Twitter and other websites will be unblocked in a free-trade zone of Shanghai, reports the BBC.