Category: Social Media
Facebook Home Launch Was Copied From Windows Phone Event, Says Microsoft
A high-ranking Microsoft official accused Facebook of copying the concept of their Windows Phone Launch when the social-networking giant unveiled their “Home” software. In a statement that was posted on the official TechNet blog, Microsoft vice president of corporate communications Frank X. Shaw said that the Facebook Home launch event was significantly similar to their [...]
Facebook Looking To Dominate On Android Phones With Their “Home”
Facebook is looking to take centerstage in the mobile computing market not with their own phone, but a heavily tweaked Android operating system that was unveiled by the company on Thursday. Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled what they called “Facebook Home” or a collection of applications that focus around the social networking website, [...]
Saudi Arabia Looking To End Twitter Users Anonymity
The government of Saudi Arabia looks dead serious in its bid to crack down social networking website as recent reports suggested that they are mulling ending anonymity of for Twitter users in the country. The Arab News Daily reported that the government is looking to limit the access to the popular social networking site only [...]
MySales.ie Acquired by Student Media Group
Popular student deals portal MySales.ie has been acquired by the Cork-based Student Retail Group (SRG) for an unspecified sum. The deals engine was founded by current owner Peter Duffy in 2012 and features student-friendly deals from a variety of retail outlets around the country. The website’s user-friendly format has already proven popular with students, with [...]
Facebook News Feed Turns Into Personal Newspaper
Facebook unveiled the updated version of their news feed that was revamped to focus on photos that could also boost its appeal not only to users but also to different advertisers. Facebook co-founder Mack Zuckerberg led the unveiling of the new News Feed that was described as a “personal newspaper” that would feature news – [...]
Facebook To Unveil New Look For News Feed March 7
Facebook users will have something to be excited about as the company announced that they will unveil a new look for their news feed next week – a move that is expected to win the hearts of the social networking site’s one billion members. The company sent e-mail invitations to major press outlets for the [...]
Facebook was hacked in January
We are getting a lot of news about hacks. There have been attacks on news agencies and social media companies. And Facebook also recently announced that it was hacked. But not anytime recently, the world’s largest social network was attacked some time in the last month. And the company says that it was not the [...]
14 year old daughter asks dad $200 for quitting Facebook
Would you be willing to go five months without Facebook? No? What if you get paid for that? Yes, what if someone says that they will give you some amount of money if you manage to be off Facebook for five months? You will do it given the money good enough. For a 14 year [...]
Instagram Intros Web Experience, Lets You Scroll Through Your Images On Your Browser
From today onward Instagram account holders will be able to log into their accounts and access their photo feed on any web browser through Instagram.com. The announcement was made by Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom through a blog post. The web experience has been designed to keep things similar to the mobile app experience. “You can browse through [...]
Nearly 250,000 Accounts Compromised, Says Twitter
This week we have witnessed a sudden onslaught of online hacker attacks on some of United States’s leading media houses such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Highly skilled professional Chinese hackers have been blamed directly for these attacks by the dailies though it has not been officially confirmed. It looks [...]