Get ready, Twitter will be more keen to peek its behavior. Social Networking 140 characters say will begin to collect data on any application that the user downloads on their smartphones.
According to Twitter, it aims to study the behavior of users, so that they can generate more revenue by selling advertising.
However, Twitter confirms that the captured data is data about what applications are installed on the smartphone, not the data stored in the applications that are installed.
However, that option is opt-out, alias users can reject these features if the data do not want to spy. Twitter will not knowingly collect information from users unless it is permitted, with that selection.
Advertising has become the focus of Twitter to make money. The social network has to compete with Facebook. Currently, Twitter can display appropriate ads to users based on what is often dicuitkan users and who they follow.
The information is still limited, in contrast to information held by Facebook about its larger, so that Facebook can target audiences with advertising more precise and varied.
Twitter is not the only social network that keeps track of applications in smartphone users, but Facebook also. Facebook can track what applications are used by the user in their smartphones via Facebook SDK.
Same goal, to deliver targeted ads to the right.
Additionally, WhatsAp which is now part of Facebook, is also rumored to be able to keep track of what applications are run by users.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
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