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Facebook adding Skype-powered video calls?
Earlier in the year Facebook and Skype joined forces to allow users of both services to communicate across both platforms. What began as just messaging and online notifications could be about to expand into full-blown video calling however, as code…
Facebook granted "Face" trademark
After months of legal wranglings, it looks as though Facebook will soon own the trademark for the word "Face". Zuckerberg's empire have had their trademark application accepted by the US Patent and Trade Office, with the reins passing to them…
Nine new apps added to LG web connected NetCast TVs
If you're the lucky owner of an LG TV with web connected NetCast features, you'll soon be getting a free software update that will add nine new apps to your television. BBC iPlayer, Acetrax, Google Maps, Facebook, Twitter and Vtuner…
Tim Berners-Lee calls Facebook "a threat to the web"
Facebook may be the Number 1 online destination for many citizens of the web, but there is one key figure who's still more than a little sceptical: web founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Rather than an open world wide web,…
Former Facebook Exec and Napster Founder Launch New Social Network Path
Do you ever feel like Facebook has become a bit to impersonal? I have something like 500 friends, but the reality is there is only a small percentage of those that I actually care about. I mean do we…
MySpace Mashup links site to Facebook
MySpace has joined forces with Facebook in a bid to bring fresh users to its new-look site, calling the partnership "Mashup with Facebook". How totally radical. Re-modelling itself as an entertainment portal, MySpace has now integrated Facebook "Like" buttons…
Harry Potter spellbinds UK Facebook users, but movie leaks online
The Harry Potter Facebook page has hit 500,000 fans, making it the most popular Facebook film page in the UK. Launched to mark the release of the wizard's latest big-screen outing "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows – Part 1",…
Myspace to Connect with Facebook: usurped network finally admitting defeat?
Reports are coming in that MySpace are to add the Facebook Connect button to their pages, a move that would see the once popular friendship site more or less leaving the social networking scene for good. Once the most popular…
Mobile Comapanies Fail To Meet Customers Service Needs Online
A study out today by OpTier, has found that Brits are falling even further behind the U.S when it comes to accessing rich media content on their phones. In fact only 21 per cent of Brits use their phone…
Best Buy UK launch Facebook shop
Best Buy UK have become the first tech firm to launch a Facebook shop in Britain. The store lets you share items and create wishlists with your friends, making it the perfect tool for making those subtle Christmas present hints…
