Facebook Scans Your Messages, “Likes” Pages You’ve Talked About

Facebook creeps on your private messages, Firefox for Windows 8 is now available to preview, TomTom navigation comes to Android, and Amazon Cloud Drive updates for the Mac.

• Facebook confirms it is scanning your private messages for links to increase Like countersSome users have recently discovered that, when they send a link in a private message to a Facebook page, that page's Like count goes up by one. Facebook confirmed that the Like count on a page is determined by a number of factors, including how many times it was linked in private messages, but that the page is not publicly listed under "Likes" on your profile. [TheNextWeb]
• Firefox Metro Preview for Windows 8 Mozilla has designed a new version of Firefox from the ground up, built for the new Windows 8 interface. Today, users running the Windows 8 RTM can download and install a nightly build of the full screen browser and try it out. It has a new tiled start page, support for Firefox Sync, touch and swipe gestures, and integration with other Windows 8 features. [Mozilla Blog]
• TomTom navigation finally arrives on Android, but lacks compatibility with popular devices TomTom, the popular navigation app known for its offline navigation features, has finally come to Android. It gives turn-by-turn directions, speed camera notifications, traffic-based routing, and lifetime map updates for its offline maps. You can check it out for $49.99 in the Google Play store. [The Verge]
• Amazon Introduces Cloud Drive in Italy and Spain, Following Recent Launches in the UK, Germany and France, and Adds New Features for All Customers Amazon Cloud Drive came to a number of other countries today, while also releasing an updated Mac app, that uploads iPhoto albums and events with just a few clicks.
• Improving Content ID YouTube introduced some changes to their Content ID feature, which allows YouTube to take down videos that infringe on copyrights. The new system has a better appeals process, smarter detection of unintentional claims, and better matching technology that searches out content of YouTube's partners