Tag: Social networking
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…
Facebook finally adds calendar view to your events
A group of clever Facebook engineers have finally brought us a way to see upcoming events in a calendar-style layout. So you can view everything you've been invited to in a given month at once, which is usually how calendars…
LinkedIn: No accounts breached despite password leaks
LinkedIn have reassured their userbase that no accounts were breached despite hackers grabbing some 6.5 million passwords last week in the biggest security attack the business-focussed network has ever experienced. LinkedIn have stated that quick action on their behalf (disabling…
The Facebook App Center rolls out to UK and US users
Facebook announced that it would soon be launching an app store back at the beginning of May and it's now here for (most of) us to play with. The app store, known officially as the Facebook App Center, is…
Shaker: Will anyone really use a virtual bar?
It may look a lot like Habbo Hotel or Second Life or countless other avatar-based games, but this is Shaker, a new site that's launching over in the US today, and we're really not sure what to make of…
Linkedin passwords get hacked and the internet implodes
Linkedin may help around five or six people a year get a new job, but mostly it's a breeding ground for slimy recruiters and pointless networking groups. Well now it's become even more irritating as an estimated 6.5 million of…
Facebook tries and fails to own the words face and book
Facebook has lost its most recent legal battle to shut down adult site Faceporn, so will the social network accept the fact other companies will capitalise on its success forever or continue its offensive to get rid of them…
Will Facebook's new Interest Lists mean the end of stalking?
Today everyone's favourite social network (maybe) has introduced a new feature called Interest Lists, which makes the site seem much more about social discovery than obsessively stalking your ex. Go log-in to Facebook this morning and chances are you'll…
Facebook buys Gowalla, aims for location-based dominance *UPDATE* Facebook make confirmation statement
Facebook, the social-network overlords of our personal lives online, have bought out up-and-coming location based network Gowalla. Gowalla's location check-in service will be integrated into Facebook's newest "Timeline" homepage interface, allowing people to more precisely attach a location to…
Q&A: Edward Saatchi on NationalField, Obama and the democratisation of the workplace
Edward Saatchi, son of millionaire advertising mogul Maurice Saatchi, is being billed as the UK's answer to Mark Zuckerberg. His private, enterprise focussed social network NationalField is credited as a key tool in President Obama's successful election campaign, and,…
