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Recently, yet another suit hit Facebook, and this time it is caused by various game advertisements that scammed numerous users. The second defendant in this federal class-action lawsuit is Zynga, and the two companies are requested to pay more than $5 million to the social network users who had been scammed through t... |
21 November 2009
07:01 GMT |
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With Facebook counting over 325 million users, it's little wonder that many are trying to profit from the social network and not always with the nicest of methods. One company that was selling fans and friends to customers wanting to boost their counts, USocial, was sent a Cease and Desist letter by Facebook for... |
21 November 2009
06:18 GMT |
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Facebook is one of the biggest things in Silicon Valley at the moment and the social media giant is showing no signs of slowing down. It is being valued at several billion dollars, over 10, by previous transactions but since it's a private company, no one can really tell what it’s worth. However, despite t... |
20 November 2009
11:33 GMT |
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A group of Venezuelan students were recently arrested by local police for various theft charges. After further investigation, authorities proved that they were using many social networking sites, especially Facebook, to monitor their victims' activity and rob their houses while out of town.Global Post reports th... |
19 November 2009
10:31 GMT |
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Facebook has just announced that it’s launching a new photo uploader, which should greatly improve stability but also the performance of the tool. The new tool is being released for testing purposes for the time being and is available in Facebook Prototypes, the social network's testing grounds. The &ldqu... |
19 November 2009
06:01 GMT |
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Online video means YouTube at the moment. There's a huge number of other video sites and Hulu is coming up strong, but the Google site is on a completely different level. And, while no one is going to threaten its dominance any time soon, eventually there may be someone who could and its name shouldn't rea... |
19 November 2009
03:19 GMT |
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Last week, Shakira announced that she had decided to launch her latest video using Ustream and Facebook called 'Give It Up To Me,' probably in an attempt to gain more fans on the social network and to part with the tradition of having used MTV for several whole years. It seems that the move was as innovativ... |
19 November 2009
01:57 GMT |
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Wireless carrier Orange announced on Tuesday the launch of a new social media service, called People Projects. Users will benefit from a new Facebook application, aimed at offering them the possibility to access their social network, while also creating online groups that plan on supporting or participating at commu... |
18 November 2009
06:50 GMT |
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A few days ago, we saw the first leaked images showing that Facebook integration was being prepared for the PlayStation 3. And, in an unusual move, Sony has not entered its usual denial tactics and actually put out a preview of the features set to be integrated in the 3.10 firmware update, which is said to come very ... |
17 November 2009
16:21 GMT |
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As weird as it may sound, Microsoft's loss of the Xbox 360 exclusivity of console Netflix streaming came in the nick of time. Last week, Sony also implemented this feature for its PlayStation 3, but it did so in a time window that offered Microsoft the perfect opportunity to strike back. Microsoft has a thing fo... |
13 November 2009
08:13 GMT |
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Microsoft has been making a lot of marketing noise lately in relation to the coming update for the Xbox 360 home gaming console, which is set to introduce social services, like Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm, to those who are paying for the Xbox Live Gold subscription. The company hopes that the introduction of the s... |
12 November 2009
13:01 GMT |
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It looks like social media use is not only going up for individual users, social tools are also becoming a lot more popular in enterprises, this despite social networks being blocked in a large number of them. A new report from Palo Alto Networks, maker of enterprise firewall solutions, found that Twitter use grew t... |
11 November 2009
10:26 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that the infamous Koobface social networking worm received and upgrade, which allows it to create and use Facebook accounts in a similar way a real person would. The new component also performs various checks in order not to arouse suspicion.Koobface is a computer worm targeting the users of... |
11 November 2009
09:34 GMT |
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One of the big selling points of the Xbox 360 home gaming console, for this Christmas, is the social tools which Microsoft is promising to integrate, from Facebook and Twitter to Last.fm. They are being slowly rolled out over the coming weeks and the company is hoping that the new services, available to all thos... |
10 November 2009
14:31 GMT |
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A big number of Facebook groups have been taken over and are in the complete control of an organization that calls itself “Control Your Info.” But the group says its intentions aren't meant to cause any sort of damage but to raise awareness of a design flaw in Facebook, the very issue they are abusin... |
10 November 2009
11:06 GMT |
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Electronic Arts and its development studio Maxis have announced that the Spore franchise has successfully made the move to Facebook, the most popular social networking platform on the Internet. The new game is called Spore Islands and is set to offer all the fans of the series an easy way to connect with others and t... |
9 November 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new wave of malicious emails that target Facebook users. The messages falsely claim that a fresh login system is being implemented, directs people to a phishing site and also attempts to infect them with malware.This new spam campaign is interesting because it incorporates two different... |
9 November 2009
08:16 GMT |
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Once on top, it's hard to stay there. As other social networks can stand by to that statement, Facebook seems to be ignoring all critics that see its death in the hands of its own success. As the network reached a ground-breaking number of 325 million users, the company seems to be on track to reach the goal it ... |
7 November 2009
06:12 GMT |
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Instant messaging is about to get a lot more interesting and a lot more crowded if Facebook has its way. Apparently, the social network is very close to launching support for XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol), allowing Facebook users to connect with any IM client which also supports the protocol.... |
6 November 2009
09:01 GMT |
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A Web developer has documented a proof-of-concept attack that could have been used to hijack accounts and steal private information on Facebook and MySpace. The attack leveraged a serious security oversight in XML configuration files used to define the cross-domain access policy for Flash applications.The discovery w... |
6 November 2009
08:08 GMT |
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Microsoft has drastically overhauled the MSN butterfly logo and the portal that goes along with it, but not all of the website’s 600 million visitors per month will be able to enjoy the changes. The Redmond company has limited the MSN redesign, which it catalogued as the most significant MSN home page revamp i... |
4 November 2009
07:44 GMT |
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Password and account management is one of the biggest hassles to people using any sort of online service. Nobody likes to keep track of dozens of passwords, but, on the other hand, using one password across several sites opens up the door to all kinds of troubles. This problem isn't exactly new, but, despite sev... |
4 November 2009
04:54 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 Slim and the Xbox 360 Elite versions have the same price, selling for 299 dollars or the equivalent on most markets and barring any special offer. The two companies seem determined from now on to match each other’s price cuts as the battle for sales heats up with second place behind Nintendo W... |
31 October 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Facebook has won a second huge judgment in a spam-related case, being awarded $711 million in damages by a US court. The judgment is against self-described Spam King Sanford Wallace, a man who has seen his fair share of spam lawsuits and who already owes MySpace $234 million in a similar case. The man used a phishing... |
30 October 2009
11:43 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a new malware distribution campaign masquerading as Facebook password reset notification e-mails is making the rounds. The attached .ZIP archives contain a Trojan downloader, which is used to deploy scareware on the compromised systems.The rogue emails have their From field spoofed in o... |
30 October 2009
08:10 GMT |
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Yahoo isn't exactly thriving these days but, just because it doesn't get as much attention as Facebook or Twitter or even Google for that matter, it doesn't mean that it's going anywhere. In fact, Yahoo is still one of the biggest online companies and its services are used by a large percentage of... |
29 October 2009
10:03 GMT |
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Facebook apps and especially games have become an integral part of the social network's ecosystem but their success has taken even Facebook by surprise. The so-called social games on the site are bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars in yearly revenue and the market is expanding rapidly. But one of the rea... |
29 October 2009
06:31 GMT |
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The music streaming market is going into high gear as everyone seems to be stepping up their game and newcomers are getting in to grab a piece of the action. The problem is, there isn't that much “action” to go around, very few of these services making any real money. Pandora is one of those few and ... |
28 October 2009
07:06 GMT |
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The social web is influencing more and more sectors online and shopping hasn't been spared. A big number of retailers already has some sort of presence on social websites and their number is growing rapidly. It's not enough to have a good website these days, as a great Facebook page or YouTube channel are e... |
27 October 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Facebook's success and continued growth are the result of several factors. But a very important one has been its developer platform as Facebook apps are now an integral part of the experience. The social network has catered well to its developers but at the same time it can't forget about its users either a... |
27 October 2009
10:21 GMT |
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In a move that wouldn't be completely shocking today as it would have been even a few months back, Facebook and MySpace are apparently in talks for some sort of content partnership. According to The Telegraph, this has been confirmed by high-ranking officials at both companies though the nature of the deal isn&#... |
27 October 2009
09:35 GMT |
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Facebook has been making some significant changes to some aspects of the service for the past months mostly in direct response to Twitter's popularity. The social network has been opening up its vast content and turning away from the traditional stance, encouraging users to share more. Still, Twitter is far more... |
27 October 2009
07:15 GMT |
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Facebook is huge, the biggest social network and one of the largest websites on the planet. It's also growing at a hefty pace with no slowdown in sight. It has 300 million users worldwide and is one of the top five sites in terms of traffic in many countries. Yet, despite all this, some stats still manage to sur... |
24 October 2009
07:11 GMT |
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Facebook is no stranger to lawsuits and, while many can be dismissed as frivolous, there are some of them that go into deeper issues. Facebook and Power.com have been engaged in a legal battle for almost a year now over the fact that Power.com scraped user data from the social network despite it explicitly forbidding... |
24 October 2009
05:48 GMT |
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Facebook has finally launched the redesigned homepage it has been testing for a while now and it comes with quite a few significant changes. Information overload is a recurring theme these days and for good reason. Getting information has never been easier, but the sheer volume makes it hard to discern the most impor... |
24 October 2009
04:58 GMT |
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The mobile space isn't that big in the grand scheme at the moment but it is growing at a breakneck pace and mobile use is expected to make up a very large percentage of the overall Internet traffic in just a few years. Spurred by increasingly powerful smartphones and better data access, users are spending more t... |
23 October 2009
06:59 GMT |
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It's been a while since the venerable Civilization series made headlines. The most recent release has been that of Civilization Revolution, which brought the unique mechanics of 4X turn-based world domination to handhelds to some success. Civilization IV, helped by its two expansions, Warlords and Beyond the Sw... |
22 October 2009
18:01 GMT |
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Facebook is at heart a social network but the services and products that have developed around it can be impressive on their own. For example the social network can be considered the world's largest photo hosting site and there are over 20 billion photos on Facebook at the moment. Now Flickr is looking to steal ... |
22 October 2009
09:49 GMT |
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It's been a great day for music with big news from Google, MySpace and now Facebook as well. Hot on the heels of the big splash surrounding Google's unconfirmed upcoming music service, Facebook is announcing that it will start selling music as gifts in the social network's Gift Shop. Interestingly, it ... |
22 October 2009
08:25 GMT |
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MySpace as a social network has pretty much lost the race. In fact the social network's CEO is the first to admit it, though reluctantly, but says that MySpace is now focusing on an entirely different space aiming to become an entertainment hub rather than a place to connect with friends. The social network is n... |
22 October 2009
06:33 GMT |
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Facebook is the biggest social network in the world, by a fair margin, so it's bound to have some very impressive stats regarding usage and the amount of data it processes. Usually the numbers that do come out are from all manner of third-party research firms and the data can be a little unreliable. Speaking at ... |
22 October 2009
05:47 GMT |
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The chatter is once again picking up around FriendFeed, the real-time social aggregator Facebook acquired a couple of months ago. At the time of the deal many were left wondering about the fate of the service which, despite not becoming as successful as hoped, managed to secure a core of loyal users and to stay ahead... |
20 October 2009
09:59 GMT |
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From a distance Facebook looks like a very conservative site and the look of the social network seems very much unchanged for years. But take a closer look and you'll notice that the company is constantly tweaking and updating the design and features and now it's getting ready for another homepage redesign.... |
20 October 2009
06:31 GMT |
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Facebook is constantly tweaking and redesigning parts of the site it's not satisfied with and the process doesn't look like it's going to reach a stable state anytime soon. After a number of new features over the summer, Facebook Lite and some recent changes to the site, Facebook has now completely red... |
20 October 2009
03:18 GMT |
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Net neutrality is a hot subject in the US and the repercussions of the debate will affect the web worldwide for many years to come. The battle has been heating up lately with both sides amping up their demands ahead of the unveiling of FCC's proposed net-neutrality rules on Thursday. After pressure from the grou... |
19 October 2009
05:34 GMT |
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Spotify hasn't even launched in the US yet and already there are rumors on what platforms it is going to expand to. The mobile market is an obvious one and Spotify already has an app for most of the big smartphone platforms but it now looks like it wants to conquer the consumer electronics niche as well. Another... |
15 October 2009
10:41 GMT |
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Spam has always been a problem online but as the web evolves so do the means of spreading it. Email spam isn't going anywhere but social networks are increasingly flooded with the problem and the bigger they are, the more likely target they become. Twitter has been battling with the issue and has just launched a... |
15 October 2009
08:49 GMT |
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Facebook has been recently faced with a new lawsuit related to the Beacon matter, even though representatives of both parties have announced that an agreement is being negotiated. It appears that three persons from Texas currently have a pending lawsuit against another company (namely Blockbuster) that also participa... |
15 October 2009
01:42 GMT |
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Facebook is the world's largest social network by a large margin. With 300 million users and closing in on 350 million by the year's end, the social network is one of the most visited places online. And because of the nature of the service people tend to stick around for longer navigating the site. Add to t... |
14 October 2009
11:10 GMT |
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Facebook apps can be fun and sometimes useful. But sometimes they can become extremely annoying especially when they go viral and you start getting flooded with the same one from all of your friends. Of course, you can easily choose to hide all instances of an app never to be bothered by it again, but recently quiz a... |
14 October 2009
05:06 GMT |
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