After months of increasingly frenzied speculation, social networking juggernaut Facebook filed registration documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering on Wednesday.
Facebook to Broadcast Users’ Political Opinions in Times Square
Facebook users’ opinions about the 2012 elections may soon go from private to very, very public thanks to a new app that will showcase their views on a giant billboard in Times Square.
The app, called 2012 Matters: What …
Internet Supergroup Formed to Defeat Email Scams
Sick of dealing with — or worse, falling for — spam emails that claim to come from companies like Facebook, Yahoo, Google or the like? Hope is at hand, as those companies (and many others) have joined together to create a new …
FTC Calls for Better Transparency, Warns Google About Latest Changes
Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill has a simple message for companies that violate user privacy: We took care of Facebook, we took care of Google, and we’ll take care of you, too. Even bolder, her remarks came during an event …
Add Old Photos Directly to Facebook Timeline with Shoebox for iPhone
Now that Facebook Timeline is being forced upon all users, you might as well embrace the new profile format and deck your Timeline out (or quit Facebook in a fit of rage, which is easier said than done). If you’re looking to add …
Two Minute Video: Getting Started with Facebook Timeline
We’re all getting Facebook’s new Timeline profile and we’re all going to have to do some work to get it set up. You can either do like I do and crumple your anger into a little tiny ball and stuff it waaaaay down into the pit of …
Angry Birds Is Coming to Facebook on Valentine’s Day
In a development sure to kill office productivity around the world, Rovio founder Peter Vesterbacka announced that Angry Birds is coming to Facebook on Valentine’s Day.
Vesterbacka told Asian tech blog Penn Olson that Rovio is …
Social Media and Sports: Natural Teammates
Social media and sports are natural teammates. Enthusiastic fans are eager for updates on their favorite teams and the opportunity to rant about what went wrong in the playoffs or why their coach should be fired. On the flip …
5 Things You Should Know Before the Facebook Timeline Switch Happens
As we mentioned recently, Facebook Timeline is coming whether you like or not. In the next few weeks, your Facebook profile will be assimilated, giving you seven days to get your house in order before everyone can browse through …
Facebook, Twitter Engineers Thwart Google with ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Script
The fallout over Google’s personalized “Search, plus Your World” feature continues as engineers from Facebook, Twitter and Myspace have created a browser add-on that not only negates the effects of Google+-centric search, but …
Is Anonymous Going to Attack Facebook on January 28? No, Says Anonymous
If there’s one thing that Anonymous would really, really like the internet to know about its plans, it’s this: They’re not going to take down Facebook, no matter how many times people say the opposite.
A video titled …
Ready or Not, Your Facebook Profile Is About to Get the New Timeline Design
And so it begins.
Though Facebook’s new “Timeline” design has been available to those looking to switch their profiles over for a while now, the rest of us who haven’t had the time and/or energy and/or caringness (new word?) …