Facebook, the holiday card slayer?
Though initially I’d argue that it was e-mail, not social media that has discontinued our Hallmark holiday traditions, this week Slate is pointing a convincing finger at Facebook. “Now, with Facebook so thoroughly insinuated into our lives, we already know where our friends (and our “friends”) …
How much of a dummy do you have to be to require a FarmVille For Dummies book? Apparently there are enough people out there who are having trouble with FarmVille to warrant an entire book to be published.
It won’t be available until mid-February, which would actually give you enough time to read all there is to know about FarmVille …
In a second phase of a photo tool overhaul, Facebook has added facial recognition technology in a new “Tag Suggestions” feature, the company announced on its blog Wednesday. The software, which will roll out to U.S. users next week, will identity familiar faces within a specific photo album, eliminating the need to tag each person …
There you have it, ladies and gentlemen.
Facebook head honcho Mark Zuckerberg has been named Person of the Year. At age 26, Zuckerberg is the second youngest person to receive the honors—Charles Lindbergh was the youngest at 25.
Runners up this year:
4. Hamid Karzai
5. The Chilean …
Twitter has responded to accusations of the possible censoring of WikiLeaks hashtags that have hit the blogs this week.
(More on Techland: Who Are The WikiLeaks Hackivists?)
In the wake of big web blocks from Amazon and Paypal, Twitter says it won’t block WikiLeaks-related conversations from trending. In a blog post, Twitter …
For Facebook users who don’t have time to delve into their Facebook newsfeed every day, PostPost is something you may want to give a test drive. A real-time “social newspaper,” PostPost is a web-based service created from what your friends post on Facebook, and only the latest in a series of social news aggregators. It’s kind of like …
Following Amazon and PayPal’s decision to block the WikiLeaks site, Facebook has issued a statement saying the social network has no plans to ban the WikiLeaks page.
(More on TIME: WikiLeaks’ Assange Arrested In London, Denied Bail)
Following a chaotic month due to the site’s latest “leak,” a site outage led by hackers in …
Pedophiles are not behind a viral Facebook campaign to change profile photos to cartoon characters, Facebook spokesman Simon Axten told Fox News today.
(More on Techland: New Facebook Profile: Keep Calm & Carry On)
The campaign, urging people to upload a photo from their favorite childhood cartoon as their profile picture, aimed to …
Personal information and photos are the focus of Facebook’s latest profile redesign. Unveiled Sunday during CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s TV interview with 60 Minute’s Lesley Stahl, the changes are already available to all users who wish to upgrade before the mandatory switch is made within the next few weeks.
Think you have a strong Facebook presence? Think again. Walt Disney just reported Sunday that it surpassed 100 million fans across their network of Facebook fan pages. Not a bad birthday present for a company celebrating Walt Disney’s 109th birthday. Disney’s network of pages includes over 200 official pages, some of which are: Disney, …
In his first on-camera interview since the release of The Social Network in October, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg not only weighed in on the Hollywood version of his life, but also revealed the new look of your Facebook profile.
(More on Techland: Facebook’s New Messaging System Explained)
Though the announcement was posted Sunday …
Telethons no more: Non-profits around the world are working to raise AIDS awareness via social media.
Silent For A Cause:
The Digital Life Sacrifice campaign, lead by singer Alicia Keys, is raising money for the Keep A Child Alive fund, which provides support to people affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. To raise finances, …
