Archive for the ‘Facebook’ Category

The Reign Of Facebook: Will It Ever End?

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Facebook can be called an internet phenomenon. Its rapid growth since it was introduced as a service made exclusively for Harvard students in 2004 is a spectacular example of a successful social media project. While its closest competitor, MySpace, is stagnating and struggling to sustain its user base, Facebook continues ...

Netflix Ratings Via Facebook Connect

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Netflix has announced that you can use Facebook Connect to update ratings on the movie download website. You need to optin to the service first. Once that's complete, the two services will be integrated. Once you've linked your Netflix and Facebook accounts, you'll have a number of ...

Facebook Debuts In Arabic And Hebrew

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Social networking website, Facebook.com has extended their offerings by adding Arabic and Hebrew language versions of the site. "It's the first time Arabic speakers will be able to use Facebook in their own language," Ghassan Haddad, the Facebook director of localization, told The Guardian. "It's potentially huge." Currently Facebook is available ...

Facebook Unveiling Real-Time Front Page

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Facebook is unveiling a new front page redesign that will give users access to "real-time" information. Real-time updates are to Facebook what Tweets are to Twitter. "What are doing right now?" greets you when you login. You can then enter 140 characters in such a fashion that they'll clearly convey your ...

Football Fan Fired Over Facebook Post

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Sometimes you forget when you post on the internet just how public that information is. For one football fan, a posting he made on the popular social network has ended with him being fired. Dan Leone says he was fired from Lincoln Financial Field after expressing anger over the Philadelphia ...

Facebook Is Loved By Middle Aged

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

Middle aged users are getting into Facebook in a big way. The service, which used to be just for college students and alumni, is catching on with the masses. A new report from Nielsen looks at numbers on the social network giant and find they're gaining ground. Social networking ...

Koobface Variant Wreaks Havoc On Facebook

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

A new variant of the dangerous Koobface worm is wreaking havoc on Facebook. The current worm uses the same tactics of social engineering as the last one. Users are prompted to click on a link which takes them to a YouTube clone website where they're told they need ...

Facebook Removes Bernard Madoff Page

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Facebook has taken down a web page devoted to fraudulent investor Bernard Madoff. The page had been very popular in recent days, and had comments from people both supporting Madoff's actions and those offended by them. One writer, identified as Samuel, applauded Madoff yesterday in French, for pulling off “the ...

Scrabulous Facebook Dropped

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

The lawsuit against the Facebook application, Scrabulous, has been dropped by Hasbro, manufacturers of the famed Scrabble board game. Before its' demise, the game, which was created by two Indian brothers, was the most popular application on Facebook. The brothers version of Scrabulous was scrapped from Facebook when the lawsuit ...

Nokia Looking To Tighten Ties With Facebook

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

Nokia is looking to forge a closer relationship with social networking giant Facebook. The cell phone maker now has a number of apps ready for Facebook and is hoping to come up with even more offerings in coming months. Nokia's "Share on Ovi" media sharing service was opened as a ...