Tag : Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg Wants Universal Internet Access by 2020
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is calling on the United Nations to make universal internet access a reality by 2020. Zuckerberg, who is working with the One organisation, formed by U2 singer and post-Geldof pseudo-Messiah Bono, made…
Facebook Down – Again
Facebook suffered a major outage, which at the time of writing is still ongoing. It’s unclear what the issue is at this time, but it’s immediately apparent that it’s a major problem. The site went down just…
Instagram is Now More Popular Than Twitter
Instagram is now officially more popular than Twitter and exceeded 400 million monthly users for the first time. This compares to Twitter’s current community of 304 million monthly active users during the last quarter. Unbelievably, the…
Facebook is Creating a ‘Dislike’ Button to Help Users Express “Empathy”
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg was originally skeptical of implementing a ‘dislike’ button but appears to have had a change of heart. Apparently, the ‘dislike’ function is now a necessity to “express empathy” and offer support to friends…
Facebook Is Sued (Again) This Time For Storing a Billion Face Prints
Facebook’s business model is a paradox for consumers who yearn for privacy yet share their selfies, intimate images and sometimes bizarre postings within its borders. How much privacy would you expect from a company built on…
Facebook Reaches Over a Billion Users in One Day
Facebook has reached another unbelievable milestone and recorded over one billion users within a single day. The announcement was made via Mark Zuckerbeg’s official Facebook account and the data indicates 1 in 7 people throughout the…
Facebook Revoked Internship for Exposing Privacy Loophole
Facebook has axed a Harvard student called Aran Khanna, who was about to start an internship after he publicly exposed a privacy flaw within Facebook Messenger. Khanna discovered each message contained data pinpointing the sender’s location and created an…
Facebook Plans to Send Breaking News Alerts with New App
Facebook has taken an interest in the news business for some time and has pushed to take a piece of the market share since then. We’ve seen it deliver the latest breaking news on the social…
Facebook Research Reveals “LOL” is in Decline
Facebook has conducted a research paper on the communication behaviour of its users and language used to express laughter. The data was collected during the last week of May and analyzed any prominent string of characters…
Facebook Keeps Banning People With Unconventional Names
How weird can a name be for Facebook decides to ban you from creating profile page? Well, apparently not that weird. This is the case of Al Overdrive, who got his Facebook account disabled second time…
Russia Looking Into Blocking Facebook Over Gay Emoji
Russia has been trying to push a lot of western companies out of the country for some time now. After it closed access to Google and Intel back in 2014, the country is now looking to…
Frenchman Learns Rockclimbing to Retrieve Strangers iPhone
Finding a lost iPhone might be a blessing at first thought, but what if it is just out of reach and let’s say 20 meters down a large cliff used for cliff diving? One Frenchman took this…
Google has Begun Phasing out Google+ Integration
Google has announced it will begin scaling back Google+ social integration following user feedback. Google+ profiles were initially introduced as an optional measure and designed to streamline Google services into an easily accessible profile. However, it didn’t take…
Smartphone Wi-Fi Will Be Smarter Than Ever Before With This New Tech
Up until now, Wi-Fi devices on your smartphones were able to connect to saved access points and act as a means of connecting you to the Internet. Sure, there are some apps that let you stream…
Facebook Currently Testing It’s Own Virtual Assistant ‘Moneypenny’
Artificial assistants have become quite the popular thing since Siri was released for iPhone devices with rival programs such as Cortana and the Google now could get some competition. Facebook is launching its virtual assistant of its…
Woman Alters Her Name Just to Access Facebook Account
In a rather extraordinary tale, a woman has changed her official name by deed poll on the sole basis of accessing her Facebook account. Jemma Rogers, now called Jemmaroid Von Laalaa initially created her account with an…
Facebook Planning New Eco Data Centre?
Facebook is famed for its social networking, interactive features and breaking news, but along with these features comes the expansive data which Facebook processes each year at its four sizeable facilities which are located Iowa; Prineville,…
Facebook Wants to Roll Out Their Own Music App
Since Apple released the iOS 8.4 update along with their Apple Music feature, we saw a lot of users taking an interest in it. Reports say that iOS 8.4 now has an adoption rate of over…
Facebook Trials Floating Videos on News Feed
Facebook is testing a new update which allows you to view videos whilst scrolling through the News Feed. This concept is supposed to improve multi-tasking capabilities and establish Facebook’s renewed focus on video playback. So how…
New App Informs When Someone Has Deleted You
Have you ever wondered why your Facebook friends counter seems to be going lower and lower? No, ok just me then, well wonder no more, as this new app informs you when a friend decides to…
Zuckerberg Predicts Telepathy as the Next Technological Advancement
Facebook creator and CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that instant messaging over mobile devices and computer will be rendered obsolete by… telepathy? According to Zuckerberg, in his latest Townhall Q&A post, the next big advancement in communications…
Facebook Rolls out a New Video Tracking Update
Facebook knows what you’re up to even if you’re not liking, commenting or sharing posts, particularly when it comes to videos. In an effort to further improve its news feed, Facebook has rolled out an update…
Facebook Rainbow Flag May Have Been Another Big Experiment
It seems that once again, Facebook has made us the focus of another ultra-large-scale social media experience, although technically, that’s pretty much all Facebook is anyway. You’ve no doubt seen the wash of colours on your…
Add a Rainbow To Your Facebook Picture
The Internet responds in a myriad of ways to current events, from reactions to England winning the world cup for the second, sorry, could not press enter without laughing, to topical memes which serve up a…
Facebook-Less Messenger Is a Thing
First there was MySpace and Bebo, then came along Facebook. Now everything from your computer to your phone can have Facebook on it, be it the social website or just the messaging aspect of the social…
Facebook Knows When You Missed The Flash
Let’s picture the scene, you upload a snap of a special occasion to your Facebook account to share with your friends, family and followers, as there are many people in the scene you decide to tag…
Meet the Guy With the Largest Number of Facebook Friends
How many friends do you have on Facebook’s popular social media platform? Studies say that the average person between 18 and 28 years old has around 300, while older users have around 200. I personally have…
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