From the Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal to the recent Android scrapping reports, Facebook has been in the news a lot lately. You may have also recently seen some of your friends posting about how they downloaded their Facebook histories. This isn't another fake "Facebook is going to charge" meme, it turns out that the social network keeps a record of everything you have ever done while logged in to its website or app. This includes all the ads you clicked, photos you uploaded and deleted, every message you have sent and received and so on.

Concerns over privacy may come and go, but Apple always has your back. The iPhone, iPad and iPod touch have built-in features designed to protect your data. iOS offers several options to control which apps have access to the hardware on your device. Apps such as Facebook are widely suspected of eavesdropping on conversations. Whether this is true or not, there's an easy way to check which apps have permission to listen using the on-board microphone.

While the cryptocurrency craze is decidedly down from its preposterous December '17 peak, there is still plenty of profit to be made in the space, and plenty of legitimate coins/tokens with real world applicability. Though many of the crypto coins out there are smoke and mirrors, blockchain technology is very real and it is set to disrupt just about everything in the next few decades.

According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Wamsi Mohan, Apple has radical plans for the future of its iPhone lineup. Mohan issued a report stating that Apple was working on a flexible iPhone model, for release as early as 2020. In considering the upcoming new design, the Wall Street firm also reiterated its buy rating on Apple stock.

Lipsi is a new anonymous messaging app that is slowly climbing the App Store charts. Founded by 23-year-old Matthew Segal, Lipsi allows users to communicate with strangers, or get anonymous feedback from co-workers or social media followers.