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More than one million people are now connecting to Facebook through Tor "dark Web" - which maintains privacy and leaves no digital trail - every month, media reports said on Saturday. According to Facebook, the growth of Tor over the past few years has been "roughly" linear, noting that some 525,000 people who accessed the service via Tor in June 2015 rose to more than one million in April this year. "This [Tor] growth is a reflection of the choices that people make to use Facebook over Tor, and the value that it provides them. We hope they will continue to provide feedback and help us keep improving," TechCrunch quoted Facebook as saying. Tor allows anonymous Web browsing by sending data through multiple encrypted steps rather than making direct connections that shields the identity of its users. Facebook created a dedicated address for Tor access in October 2014, making it easier for users to connect via Tor and give them privacy. Facebook also exp...

In a fresh bid to recover from the stalled users' growth and declining revenue, micro-blogging website Twitter has joined hands with business listing and review site Yelp to supply location services for Japan and Britain inside its app. The Yelp integration will give Twitter users in Japan and Britain an option of selecting places provided by Yelp when they tag a location in their tweets, technology website TechCrunch reported on Saturday.  According to Yelp, the service has gone live on iOS and Android platforms and will soon be available to Twitter on internet.