Category: Facebook
Facebook Suicide Help Service
Facebook announced this week that they would be providing a new way for US or Canadian members of the site to find help for friends that they suspect may be thinking of ending their lives. It works like this, you see a comment or status update that a friend has made that causes you concern. […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Timeline is here!
The new Facebook Timeline profile layout is now here and available for Australian users. We are still playing around with it and will have some more info for you soon. In the meantime here are the steps to active Timeline on your profile: 1. Login to Facebook 2. Goto http://www.facebook.com/about/timeline 3. Click ‘Get Timeline’ in […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Mobile Ads
There is speculation that Facebook may be looking to introduce some form of ads into the mobile version of their site early next year. Currently Google and Apple lead the way in mobile display advertising, with smaller stakes to Millennial Media, Yahoo and Microsoft. With Facebook’s huge reach and high mobile usage (around 350 million […]
Read More | ShareFacebook releasing Subscribe Button for Websites
Facebook for some time now has allowed the subscribe button on user profiles. This has been particularly useful for technology leaders, reporters, public figure, politician, celebrity, athletes etc. Facebook is now going to create a subscribe button that these people can embed on their websites, allowing users to easily subscribe to their public status updates. […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Timeline rolls out to New Zealand
Facebook has confirmed that New Zealand is the first country to start officially getting the new profile layout – Timeline. As per this Facebook Blog Post, more countries will be rolling out shortly as Facebook test everything goes ok with New Zealand users. We will keep you fully updated as to when the Facebook Timeline […]
Read More | ShareTop 10 Australian Topics Discussed on Facebook in 2011
Facebook just released the 10 most popular topics discussed globally in 2011 on their site. They have also released the top 10 for Australia – the 10 most discussed topics Australian’s spoke about on Facebook in 2011. Here is the list: 1. Planking 2. Cyclone Yasi 3. Census 4. Death of Osama bin Laden 5. […]
Read More | ShareTop 10 Global Topics discussed on Facebook in 2011
Facebook has posted an interesting blog on their site showing the Top 10 Global topics during 2011 – basically what we are posting as status updates and liking the most. Here is the list: 1. Death of Osama bin Laden 2. Greenbay Packers win Superbowl 3. Casey Anthony found not Guilty 4. Charlie Sheen 5. […]
Read More | ShareFacebook buys Gowalla
It has been reported that Facebook has purchased Geo-loation mobile application, Gowalla. Gowalla has competed with Foursquare for several years and always been the smaller of the 2 location based social networks. Gowalla is based in Austin, Texas and has around 30 employees. It has been speculated these employees will move in Facebook’s mobile division […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Settles with FTC
Facebook has today settled a dispute with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Facebook made a number of ‘privacy mistakes’ with its users such as: In December 2009 making your Friends list public without approval or warning. 3rd Party Facebook Applications were getting a lot more user data that specified on the site. Facebook has […]
Read More | ShareThe Social Network 2 – [VIDEO]
You may have heard there is a new Facebook movie coming out. The Social Network 2 Wow, i am looking forward to this and seeing behind the scenes on Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg’s life. Here is the trailer, enjoy Yeh this is a spoof, but very funny 🙂
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