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Facebook Announces New ‘Save’ Feature
InternetSocial Media July 24, 2014
Finally, you can save those newsfeed bits and pieces you haven’t had the time to look at. Facebook has recently revealed their latest ‘Save’ feature. It allows users to bookmark items on newsfeed they’d like to view at a later time. Software engineer from Facebook, Daniel Giambalvo, states: ”Every... Read more
How To Remove Yourself From Facebook
How ToSocial Media July 15, 2014
If you want to delete your Facebook account, it will prove more difficult than you think to erase yourself permanently from the social network. Facebook has ever-changing privacy policies, so becoming Facebook-free requires a few more steps than just clicking delete my account. You need to remember that account deletion is not... Read more
Last week it was revealed that for a week back in 2012 Facebook had manipulated close to 700,000 of their user’s news feeds for an online psychological experiment. The premise was fairly simple; they wanted to see how people reacted to mostly all negative stories vs. mostly all positive... Read more
It shouldn’t surprise anyone by now that Facebook performs all kinds of experiments with their user’s information. For a week in 2012, though (January 11th-18th to be precise) they undertook a massive experiment with the News Feeds of 689,003 Facebook users. They wanted to see how their users responded... Read more
Oculus Acquires Carbon Design
News June 30, 2014
Oculus is on everybody’s lips at the moment. The world of VR has just become cool again. But ever since the Facebook buyout, Oculus has already been buying up nearly all of the biggest names in virtual reality tech. So what if you had, pretty much, unlimited income at... Read more
Have you ever watched America’s Dumbest Criminals? The show depicts various clips of individuals who commit crimes. These people however are not the sharpest tools in the box. Let’s put it this way, these guys make the inept Mr Bean look as suave as James Bond. So if you... Read more
CIA Joins Facebook & Twitter
NewsSocial Media June 11, 2014
Well, you just never know who you’ll find on social media these days. Of course there are all kinds of people who you would expect – celebrities, athletes, big-name type people – but there are some organizations and people who you wouldn’t exactly expect to see sending out a... Read more
Facebook is anything but static. The social media giant is constantly changing and evolving, and it seems like every few months they announce some other big change they’re making. Well, in that same spirit of change, Facebook has added a new feature that’s sure to have many people asking... Read more
Facebook is wonderful – except of course when it’s not. For as huge of a communication tool as it is, sometimes it’s really hard to communicate on the social media giant. Oh, it’s terribly easy to write messages and comments to other users and post updates to your status,... Read more
A new feature will be released on Facebook’s mobile app that is similar to Shazam, which will allow your music and Television shows to be ‘listened’ to. Users will be able to share what they are listening to quickly, allowing the information to be published on their profile or... Read more
I’ll go ahead and admit this and get it out of the way – when I post something to Facebook, I hope people will “like” whatever it is. I also usually hope someone will get a conversation going about it in the comments section. It drives me nuts when... Read more
Is Facebook Interested in Fitness?
Internet April 28, 2014
Facebook has its fingers in many pies, if not all of them. From virtual reality to instant messaging and everything in between, the world’s best known social platform is ever expanding. The purchase of company after company has seen Facebook grow at an exponential rate. But what is next... Read more
Kidnapped French Boy Was Only A Facebook Creation
Internet April 24, 2014
It’s no surprise to anyone anymore that people will do just about anything to get a few minutes of attention. Usually, the stunts are meaningless and don’t hurt anyone. And then sometimes, someone does something that makes no sense whatsoever and makes you wonder if there are more than... Read more
Facebook is introducing a new mobile feature called Nearby Friends. It can tap into the steady stream of location information that your phone gives out, so your friends will be able to track each other and thereby know where they are, in real time. This new feature will not be... Read more
Facebook Will Soon Force You To Use Facebook Messenger
Mobile April 18, 2014
Mobile Facebook users in some European countries got a little surprise last week as they were notified that in two weeks time they’d no longer simply be able to use Messenger from the mobile Facebook app. Instead, they’d have to have both the Facebook app and the Facebook Messenger... Read more
Facebook has had its share of good press and bad press. I am not an advocate or opponent of Facebook or the wider implications of using the social network. But, I do think in this instance the use/misuse of a social network, was pivotal in the attempted murder of... Read more
Manchester City has become the first Premier League football club to introduce free WiFi throughout their stadium. The Etihad Stadium now has high-density broadband and it marks an ongoing digital initiative at the club, which includes apps that are aimed at visiting fans to help them navigate the area. ... Read more
When I was a kid, my family watched the evening news from the dinner table usually at 6:00 PM sharp. My Dad would usually just want to see the weather report, but most often we watched the whole program. Back then, the only two easy sources for what was... Read more