Tag: facebook
Facebook: No private messages appeared on Timelines
Facebook have gone into PR overdrive this morning, after numerous users claimed yesterday that private messages were appearing on their public Timelines, something which Facebook have vehemently denied. The majority of complaints originated in France, where users claimed that private…
Canon to take on Flickr with Project 1709 cloud image storage service
Canon have announced that they are to launch their own photo-hosting service to rival the likes of Flickr, launching today in a beta mode under the working title of Project 1709. However, rather than take on perhaps the biggest photo-hosting…
Apple kill off Ping, Facebook integration with iTunes to replace it
Apple are to drop support for their Ping social network with the forthcoming iTunes update. Ping breathes its last from September 30. Launched in 2010, Ping added social elements to iTunes, letting users publish playlists and check out what friends…
Zuckerberg: No to a Facebook phone, YES to a Facebook search engine
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had laid to rest rumours that his social network will be developing their own-branded smartphone, stating that "the phone just doesn't make any sense." Speaking at a TechCrunch Disrupt "fireside chat", Zuckerberg instead stressed that his…
APP OF THE DAY: New Facebook iOS app loads faster and looks slicker
Facebook has launched a new version of its iOS app this week, which it promises will load faster, look better and provide users with a more reliable mobile experience. The new version of the app, Facebook 5.0, is twice…
Facebook sued over Timeline
Facebook are being sued by a Chinese company who are claiming to have created a feature identical to the Timeline feature long before Zuckerberg's empire implemented their version. Cubic Network, a Pinterest-style start-up founded by Harvard graduate Xiong Wanli, have…
INFOGRAPHIC: Intel shows us up for the online social media liars we really are
According to new research from Intel, we're a bunch of liars when it comes to our online selves. Creating "ultra" (read – narcissistic) versions of ourselves for sites like Facebook and Twitter according to Intel, 53% of Intel's surveyed research…
Amazon take on Zynga with new social gaming studio
Amazon are to enter the social gaming market, an area dominated by Zynga and EA, with their new Amazon Game Studios venture. The online retailer stated that the studio will be developing "innovative, fun and well-crafted games." "We know that…
FA Cup streaming hits Facebook with Budweiser
The FA Cup will hit Facebook at 12.30pm GMT on 11 August, as an extra preliminary FA Cup tie between Wembley FC and Langford FC is 'simulcast' live on both the Budweiser UK Facebook page and broadcasting live on ESPN….
Facebook Photos update lets you highlight your best vanity shots
Social networking narcissists get even more control of their online profiles today, as Facebook introduce new UI features for photos in the Timeline. Clicking on photos displayed near the top of the Timeline now sees them expand to fill the…
