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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 Testing Silent Updates For Its Android App
03/18/2013, It appears that Facebook is currently testing a way that circumvents Google Play Store for getting updates of the social network’s Android app. Dubbed ‘silent updates’, they install in the background when the Android device is connected to a Wi-Fi [...]
Facebook Plugs Access To MessageMe
03/17/2013, They say that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, but what about the social network giant knonw as Facebook? It seems that Facebook is none too pleased to offer apps that are capable of accessing Facebook’s platform, especially [...]
Facebook For Android Update Pushed Outside Of Play Store?
03/15/2013, If you happen to be an avid user of Facebook for Android, did you notice that you started to receive a prompt from the social network giant to download an update for a new build of its app, known as [...]
Facebook Could Adopt Hashtags Soon
03/14/2013, Hashtags has not been part of Facebook culture for the longest time, but it seems that the social networking giant is set to change their stance and viewpoint on hashtags. This is one feature that Twitter users absolutely love, where [...]
Friends Discover Family Connection On Facebook
03/14/2013, The world of social networking is a breeding ground for very interesting stories, and today, you would be able to read about one of them. Who would have thought that your good friend is actually your relative? Yes sir, a [...]
Web-based Windows Phone Simulation Gets Facebook
03/14/2013, Back in November a couple of years ago, Microsoft devised a new and interesting method of showing off Windows Phone running on any device, using a web browser to achieve their end, and it did not pay regards to whether [...]
Facebook Details How They Came Up With The New News Feed Design
03/13/2013, Last week it was announced that Facebook would be announcing an update (or improvement) of its News Feed design, but have you ever wondered how Facebook came up with the idea? Well according to a post by Facebook (source link [...]
Facebook Likes Accurately Depict Your Personality Traits
03/12/2013, The Facebook Likes are one of the easiest way to interact with a huge number of sites, and users have loved the feature ever since it came out. What most of them don’t suspect is that meaningful data about their [...]
Facebook Improves News Feed Design
03/07/2013, Facebook is rolling out an updated news feed design that puts even more emphasis on photos and friends. Secondary information (“posted x hrs ago”) fades in the background but is still available if you really want to see it. I [...]
Facebook News Feed Update May Introduce Multiple Categories
03/06/2013, Facebook is preparing to unveil changes it’s made to its News Feed tomorrow, but it looks like we may have caught a glimpse of what the company is planning to showcase tomorrow in a story we published last week. Facebook [...]
Facebook Showing Off News Feed Changes To Media Next Week
03/01/2013, Facebook is once again calling all media to its offices on March 7 at 10 a.m. PT as they have plan to announce a redesign to the service’s News Feed, which many are speculating will be to Facebook’s mobile news [...]
Facebook Tests New Timeline Designs, ‘Like Page’ Button
03/01/2013, Did you just start getting used to Facebook’s Timeline to a point where you’re actually starting to like it? That’s too bad because Facebook is announcing they’re going to be making some changes to it, which we’re sure you’re going [...]
Microsoft’s Atlas Ad Business Purchased By Facebook
02/28/2013, Microsoft does seem to be taking an opposite route from that of Facebook when it comes to online advertising, as the former is making its exit from the business, while the latter does seem to want to go all in, [...]