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Facebook testing a “Satire” tag on shared links – no, this isn’t a joke
Facebook doesn't think its users are too bright. At least, that'd be a reasonable conclusion to draw following the news that the company is testing a "[Satire]" tag that would be automatically displayed on articles from the likes of The Onion. Screenshot from Ars As Ars Technica reports, at the moment…
WATCH: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg poor a bucket of ice water over his head
Yes, you read that right. It appears that erstwhile "Neknomination" phenomenon is being revived for a good cause. But rather than ask people to down drinks irresponsibly, the ALS Association in the US is raising awareness of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by getting rich celebrities to drench themselves on camera. You can watch Mark Zuckerberg below,…
Facebook for Android adds Wearable support
Android Wear just became even more useful. The new smartwatch platform has just won the support of Facebook - which will be pushing notifications to watches from version 9 of the app (so expect that to land in your app updates soon). According to Facebook's Ian Lake (posting on, umm, Google Plus, presumably out of…
Now Facebook will pay users to experiment on them
Facebook appears to have learnt its lesson from the recent outcry over experiments that it carried out on its users. Sky News reports that Facebook is offering actual money to people who are willing to test out its new photo-messaging app, Slingshot. “Calling all Slingshot fans! Join our hand-picked group working to make the app…
Dating site OkCupid also experiments on its users
To paraphrase the Smashing Pumpkins, despite all our rage we are still just rats in a cage... In June, Facebook disclosed that it had tested to see if emotions were contagious, deliberately manipulating the emotional content of the news feeds for 700,000 people. Now it seems that Facebook is not the only website that conducts…
William Shatner is not a fan of Facebook Mentions
It's Facebook, Jim, but not quite as you like it. Canadian actor William Shatner — variously famous as eccentric lawyer Denny Crane on Boston Legal, beat cop TJ Hooker, womanising starship captain James T Kirk and a "singer" — is, unlike most 83-year-olds, quite a dab hand at social media. And he's not backward in…
Facebook adds a “save for later” button
Facebook has added a button that will let users save an item on their feed to read later - brilliant for if you come across an interesting sounding link whilst just doing a quick browse on the bus. The way it will work is pretty similar to the likes of Pocket or Instapaper. On Facebook's…
Facebook is testing a ‘buy’ button
Amazon recently rolled out a "buy now" feature for its followers on Twitter, and now it seems that Facebook is looking at a similar feature for its website. Facebook said this week that it is testing a Buy button to help businesses drive sales through the News Feed and on their Facebook Pages. "With this…
Google+ finally removes naming restrictions
It's been around for three years now, but Google+ still struggles to drag people away from the more popular (and, to be honest, useful) social networks Facebook and Twitter. Now, in a bid to actually get people involved and stop Google+ being a social desert island, Google has dropped the rule that requires Google+ users…
Social media 'influences TV viewing'
Have you ever started watching a TV show because everybody you know on Facebook and Twitter is already watching it and won't stop talking about it? Well, you're not alone. In news that will surprise nobody, a study by internet…
