Where’d you post your spring break pics?
FICO is one of the nation’s largest credit rating companies and they’re searching social media to analyze consumer’s creditworthiness. FICO is using new assessment tests to search for negative keywords like, wasted, trashed, & hammered. In a statement to the Financial Times Newspaper FICO CEO Will Lansing says it like so, “If you look at how many times a person says ‘wasted’ in their (Facebook) profile, it has some value in predicting whether they’re going to repay their debt.” People are a bit upset since the FICO assessment includes comments, meaning when your friends mention you turning up that can affect your credit score. Online privacy is like the ghost of Christmas past. (Source: Chicago Tribune)
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Google isn’t giving up on social networking (Did we expect them to?). Their new mobile app called “Who’s Down” is all about finding out what other friends are doing then getting together. Users swipe right on a slider and the automatic message “Anyone down..” is added to their post with popular suggestions like “grab lunch?” “workout?” “watch a movie” as meetup suggestions. Who’s Down targets college students and is currently invite-only. Some folks think the app is pointless. A student from Georgetown stated, “ If I want to hang out with people I already know, I’ll send a message to them on iMessage or GroupMe.” Let’s cross our fingers that we don’t have another Google Plus on our hands. But we wouldn’t mind getting an invite, or you can request one here. Good luck! (Source MSN)
Amazon isn’t so mean after all
Amazon dads are all smiles today. A memo was sent out to Amazon employees stating new conditions for maternity leave and wait for it… paternity leave. The new rule is effective January 1, 2016, adding a 6 week paid parental leave for both women and men. Women now receive a 16 week paid leave after a new baby and men receive paid paternity leave of 6 weeks. Amazon is taking charge, considering only 17% of U.S companies offer paternity leave — so this is big news. We can’t wait to see who will follow suite. Baby #BOOM. (Source USA Today)
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