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.
Facebook phones to be built by HTC?
01/26/2011, We’ve all heard that the “official Facebook phone” was just rumor that has been dismissed by Mark Zuckerberg himself, but nobody has said that Facebook couldn’t license the brand out to phone manufacturers to make. In the latest rumors online, [...]
Sony Ericsson first out with Facebook single sign-on support
01/25/2011, Martin Essl of Sony Ericsson recently informed audience at Inside Social Apps that all of their Android devices will soon feature Facebook that has already been installed right from the get go, where it will deliver support for Facebook’s single [...]
27% of Americans use Facebook in the bathroom
01/20/2011, According to a study done by an Atlanta-based media firm – 27% of Americans use Facebook in the bathroom. Shocking? No, not really. Ever since we’ve had cellphones and things to do on them, people have been finding other things [...]
Yahoo now accepts Google and Facebook logins
01/19/2011, Looks like Yahoo! is slowly losing ground in its influence on the internet. Last year the once super internet directory started using Bing to power its search engine. Now this year, they have announced that they will be accepting Google [...]
Facebook might help in reducing drunk driving incidents
01/18/2011, Huntington Beach, a California beach town might just enlist the help of Facebook (of all things/people) to reduce the number of drunk driving incidents. City council members in Huntington Beach are currently considering a directive requiring police to post the [...]
Facebook retracts phone and address sharing permissions
01/18/2011, Remember when we reported that Facebook was going to let apps have access to your personal contact information? Well it appears that the developers at Facebook are now second guessing their decision and have put the feature on hold. Complaining [...]
Facebook acquires fb.com domain for $8.5 million
01/11/2011, There’s no doubt that Facebook is worth plenty of money at the moment, $50 billion according to some reports. With that out of the way, we know that money isn’t too much of an issue for the company and reports [...]
Is the INQ Cloud Touch the mythical Facebook Phone?
01/11/2011, It’s been a while since we heard of the rumors of a Facebook Phone. Now the rumor has surfaced again after folks discovered a Bluetooth SIG entry for a device dubbed the INQ Cloud Touch. Previous rumors hinted that the [...]
Facebook is not shutting down
01/10/2011, It is uncertain where this rumor stemmed from, but there have been stories going around about Mark Zuckerberg planning to close down Facebook on March 15 2011. Apparently he’s tired of the whole business and wants to “live a normal [...]
Facebook now worth 50 billion
01/03/2011, In has just been reported that Goldman Sachs have just pumped in $450 million into the coffers of the social networking phenomenon. With over 500 million people using Facebook every day, it’s hard to argue with the decision. An additional [...]
Facebook now the most popular site in America
12/30/2010, Looks like Google is no longer the most popular site in America. That title has been stripped away by Facebook, the world’s most popular social networking website. According to some stats published by Hitwise, Facebook now accounts for 8.93% of [...]
Facebook app helps you create that stunning profile page
12/29/2010, Facebook users out there probably noticed some of the cool profile pages after the social networking site revamped its layout. Of course, not everybody is skilled enough or has the time to come up with such a fancy design. The [...]
Facebook valued higher than Yahoo, eBay
12/27/2010, Once upon a time, the name Yahoo and eBay invoked a sense of wonder, as people referred to both companies as giants in the world of the Internet. Not more than two decades after the Internet became popular among us [...]
