Coincidence? Sadly, probably yes.
One day after Mark Zuckerberg’s personal fan page was allegedly hacked, Facebook has introduced two new security measures. Are these guys responsive or what? (They even took my “should be using online banking-like security” advice.)
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Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg joined the ranks of the digitally violated after an alleged hacker broke into his Facebook fan page … to post the world’s most mundane rant.
An update, seemingly from Zuck himself, read: “Let the hacking begin: If facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn’t Facebook let its users …
Google’s Eric Schmidt announced today that company co-founder Larry Page would take on the role of CEO in April of this year, a huge shake up for the tech giant. In a blog post, now-Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt revealed that he’ll be overseeing things from a new chairman’s post while Page would inherit the day-to-day operations …
This week, city council members from Huntington Beach, Calif. considered requiring their local police to post mug shots of all DUI offenders on Facebook. For a society that has moved on from physical punishment in public, our Scarlet Letter complex is still frighteningly unwavering.
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While most web companies stare drooling at framed photos of the iPhone on office walls, a few pay attention to the rest of the population. Today, Facebook is one of those companies.
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Wednesday, Facebook announced a new mobile app for regular, old feature phones – no …
Late Friday night, Facebook announced a new round of privacy settings for third-party applications via the company’s developers blog.
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In essence, the changes are minuscule. From now on, users who accept the terms and conditions of a Facebook app will grant that …
The Hollywood-types behind cultural juggernaut The Social Network want you to know they really do “Like” Mark Zuckerberg, even if his film counterpart is something of an unflattering shadow.
The film picked up trophies for Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Score and Best Picture at Sunday’s Golden Globes, and while acceptance …
The once-king of social networks, MySpace has fallen beyond repair – or so say the hundreds of blogs calling for a mercy killing after this week’s massive employee layoffs. Just three years ago, News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch pooh-poohed Facebook as it headed straight for them saying that MySpace was more than just “looking up …
Your grocery shopping experience could soon be riddled with special effects. At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, intelligent power companies Fulton Innovations and eCoupled debuted a new smart packaging technology, an amazing use of induction power that actually illuminates products as they rest on shelves. (Trust me, I’ve seen …
In a partnership with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, AMBER Alerts will now be available on Facebook.
Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Laurie O. Robinson made the announcement in a press conference today, saying, “These efforts demonstrate the high priority this Administration places …
With today’s Verizon announcement that it will begin to carry the iPhone 4 in early February, some users are eager to ditch AT&T’s network for Verizon 3G. Of course, it won’t be easy. AT&T will likely do everything in their power to prevent you from switching services with high early termination fees and little wiggle room for …