Friday afternoon AllFacebook broke the news that Facebook is testing a new feature that brings up liked external links in search results. Previously, search results brought up Facebook hosted links such as profiles, pages, and apps. Now, pages outside Facebook.com that are liked by a user or anyone in the user’s social circle are beginning Read more »
Run to Target Sunday and update your Facebook status to “rich beyond my wildest dreams.” Target will start selling Facebook credit cards in denominations of $15, $25, and $50 to spend on Facebook goods and games. Eric Savitz at Barron’s observed… “the perfect gift for the person who has everything in the real world, but still needs Read more »
A young woman allegedly committed a big no-no on Facebook, a blunder that got her kicked off a jury in a suburban Detroit trial. So what was her mistake? Apparently, it’s the same screw up that gets everyone in trouble on social media: posting false information and/or too much information. In this case, the juror, Read more »
In the past ten days, three teens have been murdered in Puerto Asis, a southwestern Colombian town. All three teens appeared on a Facebook “kill list,” that consisted of 66 other names. According to Mashable, Colombian police are investigating the Facebook “kill list,” but they are not sure who posted it, or why the names Read more »
On the heels of announcing Facebook Places, the biggest social networking site has recently acquired another social networking site, Hot Potato as revealed by the latter in a blog post Friday. Read more »
Facebook’s newest feature, Facebook Places, debuted Wednesday with a company event showcasing the new Facebook iPhone app that will allow users to “check in” from any location. It’s essentially the marriage of Facebook and services like Foursquare. Wednesday night the app is slated to be released for download for iPhone users. It will allow users Read more »
With 500 million users now on Facebook, advertisers are flocking to the social networking site according to the Los Angeles Times which reports on the latest study by digital research group EMarketer. Read more »
A new bug has been discovered that allows enterprising spammers to harvest the names and email addresses of all 500 million users, reports ComputerWorld. It stems from the way Facebook handles a mismatched email address and password for an account. Every time it happens, Facebook displays a special “Please re-enter your password” page, which includes Read more »
Facebook wants to be the default log-in for publishers of news. As with most things internet, old style news media are slow to adopt what other sites consider to be the best way to improve interaction with online readers and improve traffic. Facebook wants publishers to use their social media tools and benefit from their Read more »
Can we please stop with all the Facebook apps that take an image an impose it on some product? Having a face carved in real butter would be hilarious. But Butter-fy Yourself is just an app that puts any image on a bunch of fake butter carvings. Not quite the same. Not even close. Hilarious: Read more »
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