The SOPA blackout protest last week was an unprecedented event. Its massive success — with dozens of members of Congress switching their stance in one day under the withering intensity of thousands of phone calls — surprised …
Updates from Beyond the Grave: App Lets You Leave Last Words on Facebook
When I die, preferably by crashing a motorcycle into the sun while wailing on a guitar, I hope that my last Facebook status update isn’t something like “Wow, crazy vid of dude getting hit in the crotch lololol!” That’s where If I …
Timeline Scams Show Why Facebook Should Be More Upfront with Policies
Facebook should have done more to prevent scammers from taking advantage of people desperate to leave Timeline.
SOPA: What if Google, Facebook and Twitter Went Offline in Protest?
Can you imagine a world without Google or Facebook? If plans to protest the potential passing of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) come to fruition, you won’t need to; those sites, along with many other well-known online …
Facebook ‘Studio Awards’ to Flatter Advertisers into Submission
Facebook has worked out a new strategy to try and strengthen its relationship with advertisers and the advertising industry: Flattery.
The social media company is preparing to award the first Facebook Studio Awards, created to …
Facebook Can Get You Fired, Ruin Your Marriage (Maybe)
Sure, social media sounds like something that increases quality of life, but two recent stories out of the U.K. demonstrate just how easily the opposite could be true: Facebook apparently has the power to not only end your …
Zuckerberg Holiday Vacation Highlights Vietnam’s Unofficial Facebook Status
With Mark Zuckerberg spending Christmas in Vietnam, the opportunity for some snark about the Facebook founder’s apparently ironic choice of destination was not lost. The U.K.’s Daily Mail promptly proclaimed: “Status update: …
Facebook Changing International Privacy Policies Following E.U. Review
Facebook users outside of the U.S., you can breathe a little easier: The social media giant has been told that it can no longer indefinitely keep data about which ads you’ve been clicking on, and it’ll have to think twice about …
Facebook Can Be Sued for Using You to Promote Products (in California, Anyway)
Ever noticed that your Facebook friends occasionally seem to be advertising products to you in the form of a post telling that they “Like” a particular brand or product? That’s what Facebook calls a “Sponsored Story,” and a San …
MySpace Returns with Facebook-Integrated Music Player
Not content to remain in the history books as the social network that people flocked to between Friendster and Facebook, MySpace has apparently decided to become the new Spotify with the release of its first major product since …
The Legal Case You’ve Been Waiting For? Mark Zuckerberg Vs. Mark Zuckerberg
Here’s one you probably didn’t see coming: Facebook has set its legal hounds on Mark Zuckerberg. The Facebook founder could be forgiven for having a slight identity crisis now that Facebook has been forced to send a cease and …
Facebook Makes New ‘Timeline’ Design Available to Everyone
Let the chaos begin! Facebook’s new scrapbook-like Timeline design is now available to all users. Some of you will love it! Some of you already love it! Some of you will hate it! Some of you already hate it! These are Facebook …