All the stories tagged with Facebook
Facebook is a Social Networking service launched in 2004. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. At first, only students from Harvard could join the service, but over time more users were allowed to join. Today, Facebook remains the leader in social networking, but most importantly, it is the top online identity provider as the overwhelming majority of Facebook users have registered using their real identities.If you have a Facebook account, you can use Ubergizmo’s Social Reader.
Microsoft close to snapping up Skype for $8 billion
05/10/2011, Update: Microsoft closed the deal with Skype already. Congrats on your new purchase! When we get our Christmas bonus (if any considering the economic climate), we often think of what we should be getting our loved ones, and those gifts [...]
HTC ChaCha and HTC Salsa up for pre-order in the UK
05/09/2011, HTC’s dedicated Facebook phones, the HTC ChaCha (or ChaChaCha in Spain) and the HTC Salsa have finally got a release date. According to the Amazon UK store, the two phones will be delivered at the end of next month, June [...]
Facebook quietly rolls out privacy update
05/06/2011, Without any fanfare or announcements, Facebook has introduced a new privacy feature that allows users to hide certain types of updates from their walls and the newsfeeds of friends. The feature that has been long requested for is finally here, [...]
Facebook app for BlackBerry smartphones beta updated to version 2.0
05/06/2011, RIM has finally released a new version of the Facebook app for their BlackBerry smartphones. Ever since entering the beta testing phase about six weeks ago, results have been promising and now new features have been added to give the [...]
Facebook now allows shortened name tags
05/06/2011, If tagging a friend was too much work in Facebook previously, well – life just got easier. Facebook has rolled out a new feature where users don’t have to use “@” to tag a friend anymore. Just start typing the [...]
New Sony Xperia Mini and Mini Pro phones tightly integrated with Facebook
05/05/2011, Who says you need a “Facebook button” on the phone to qualify as a Facebook device? Move aside HTC Salsa and ChaCha, Sony Ericsson’s new mini phones are here, and the word is that these phones will also be tightly [...]
Facebook to purchase Skype?
05/04/2011, Facebook, the social networking giant that is swimming in money and fully intends to rule the world (it must first overcome China though, perhaps that is why getting a Chinese girlfriend is part of the strategy for Facebook CEO Mark [...]
Facebook is a spy machine
05/02/2011, According to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, he talked about social networking in an interview with Russia Today, lambasting Facebook as “the most appalling spy machine that has ever been invented.” Assange claims that Facebook is a giant database of names [...]
Facebook app for BlackBerry PlayBook announced
05/02/2011, [Blackberry World] When the PlayBook first arrived, many people were disappointed with the lack of apps that were available with the device. As mentioned in our PlayBook review, there were no email, calendar, video chat, and even basic apps like Facebook [...]
GetJar mobile now integrated with Facebook
04/27/2011, GetJar, one of the largest app stores for mobile apps available today has just announced that its mobile site is now integrated with Facebook. Leveraging on the social network’s millions of users, this makes GetJar the world’s first app store [...]
Facebook box brings Facebook out of the computer
04/26/2011, Pretty much everybody has a Facebook account these days, and along with their Facebook account is probably a smartphone or a tablet from which to access it from. But is that enough? Well, product designer Steve Murray doesn’t seem to [...]
Facebook Deals is On
04/25/2011, Leaked earlier by the NYTimes (the page has been removed, but is back for good), the “Groupon-like” service Facebook Deals is set to launch at midnight. Like its competitors Groupon and LivingSocial, this is a group-buying service that will offer [...]
Facebook implements new Send button and Group membership controls
04/25/2011, With Facebook starting to dominate every aspect of the internet, it comes as no surprise when they implement new features to make life for their users much easier. If you use Facebook enough, chances are you’re part of a group [...]
