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Facebook shuts down ads as a tribute for Thailand

Social media giants Facebook has done an  uncommon thing of shutting down ads for Thailand. According to the social network it has turning  off ads in Thailand has become necessary because of the demise  of the country’s deeply esteemed king. It’s the first time Facebook has imposed an ad blackout for a whole country.

The Samsung Twist

Currently South Korea's largest "chaebol," a type of family-run business group that plays a big role in the country's economy. Samsung is typical example of a postmodern times business success:  its transition from dealing only in regular consumer electronics to semiconductors and phone technology, is a testimony of the dynamism of the organization’s leadership in the last decade.

Facebook can’t access subscribers’ conversations anymore as its roll out 'Secret Conversations' feature.

Social media giant Facebook has rolled out a new feature "Secret Conversations" in it Messenger App which will ensure that only two people involve in a conversation can see the text.

Over 1 billion Messenger users now have access to the feature, the feature uses end-to-end encryption, compared to WhatsApp, Viber, Line .With the new Messenger App if you're chatting in secret mode on a specific smartphone, you will lose the right to see previous messages on your desktop. Also Facebook also gives people the option to let specific messages within Secret Conversations expire after five seconds or up to a day -- a feature not unlike what's offered on Snapchat.

To freely enjoy Messenger’s new feature, you'll need to make sure you install the latest version of the iOS and Android app to get it. Messages will only be kept secret if both users have the updated versions.
"We've heard from you that there are times when you want additional safeguards -- perhaps when discussing private information like an illness or a health issue with trusted friends and family, or sending financial information to an accountant," the company said earlier this year.

Even the government or Facebook itself won't have access to conversations in secret mode, according to the social network.

Cleaning up our planet: The Volkswagen example

Whether it is a comeback scheme or a sheer display of its assumed survival as a leading player in the automobile industry after the emission test evasion crisis that rocked the company and resulted in the recall of thousands of its products from the market, Volkswagen is up at its game again and this time on a more consolidated base as it announces the latest on its experimental series with electric cars: the I.D.

Setting its own rules: Amazon

It would not be unusual to find virtual storefronts or market places ignoring certain presumed excesses from its users, clients or customers (especially when they run into the millions and to a large extent rope in multi million dollars in revenue), talk less of insisting on their relational rule in what should be a free or open market place where companies can adopt the most effective marketing strategies or flaunt  mouth-watering incentives to potential buyers of its product or users of its services provided these are within the framework of legality within a free market (physical or virtual).