Tag: social network
Facebook photos: A visual guide to social network narcissism
Now this is excellent. The folks over at Fast Company have put together a handy guide on how a person's Facebook profile picture relates to their personality and character. Cropped to just a forehead and eyes? "Possibly Fat". Zoomed to…
Credit cards at the ready – Facebook valued at £22 BILLION
Ever wondered how much it'd cost to snap up Facebook, the world's biggest social networking site? Well how does £22 BILLION sound? Pocket money! As a privately held company it can be a little difficult to pinpoint an exact figure,…
Facebook Places : location awareness heading to the social network
Facebook have announced that they will be integrating location-aware features into their social network. Facebook Places will hit as a new iPhone app for US users from Thursday, rolling out to all 500 million worldwide users soon after. BlackBerry and…
Facebook on the look out for a games boss
Facebook have just posted a vacancy for a games boss to build new titles and manage the increasing number of ties with casual games publishers working with the social network. With Zynga's Farmville alone commanding a massive 80 million of…
Yahoo and Facebook partnership steps up a gear
Yahoo are to introduce further Facebook integration across their sites following the announced partnership between the pair. Yahoo users will be able to view their Facebook "news feed" within Yahoo Mail and Yahoo.com "in the coming days" according to the…
Mum tracks down kidnapped children through Facebook
A Californian mother has tracked down her two missing children through Facebook after they had been kidnapped 15 years earlier. The woman's husband, Faustino Utrera , had left with the children, vowing to never let her contact them again. After…
Facebook u-turn over Ceop Panic Button?
Facebook are said to be renewing discussions with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) over the installation of a "panic button" on the social network. Concern grew over the safety of children using the social network after a…
Poll: Are you happy with the new Facebook privacy settings?
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg last night announced the details of his social network's new privacy controls, after many users felt that the previous settings were too complicated. Under the banner of "one simple control", Facebook hope the new controls will…
Video Preview: A look at of BBC iPlayer's new features
The BBC today launched a pretty substantial re-vamp of their iPlayer video-on demand service. Adding customisable modules and integrating social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, the BBC look to have really paid attention to what the public have asked…
Video Interview: BBC iPlayer's Eric Huggers on web TV and social media
Eric Huggers, Controller of BBC Future Media, was in town today to talk about the latest re-vamped version of BBC iPlayer, Auntie's video on demand service that has taken the nation by storm. Shiny Shiny's Anna was on hand…
