Tag Archives: Facebook

Feb
08

Facebook faces flak over underage users

facebook Facebook has been rather embarrassed by a couple of surveys which have been released to coincide with this week’s Safer Internet Day – and contrast how the social network isn’t keeping.. more
Feb
02

Facebook files for IPO

facebook Yesterday, as expected, Facebook filed for its IPO or Initial Public Offering. In other words, the company is poised to sell shares of itself on the stock exchange, where it will.. more
Feb
01

Facebook set for $10bn IPO today?

facebook It looks like Facebook is finally going to make shares in the company available on the stock market. And rumour has it the IPO, or Initial Public Offering of stock, could.. more
Jan
31

UK prisoners in Facebook scandal

The idea of prison, naturally enough, is a punishment for a crime committed against society, whereby the perpetrator is locked away and isolated from society for his or her misdeed. So the emergence of the fact that a number of prisoners have been on Facebook,.. more
Jan
30

Facebook Timeline: Most don’t want it

Facebook is all set to flick the switch on the new Timeline feature, making its introduction compulsory across its vast user base. The Timeline provides a chronological account of status updates, photos and your life in general back to birth, and thus far has been.. more
Jan
17

BT Vision to get social media revamp

BT is planning on revamping its internet TV platform with new social media features. The move comes as the competition in the streaming TV market hots up with the launch of Netflix in the UK. Lovefilm has already responded to this, signing a deal with.. more
Jan
06

Ramnit worm steals 45K Facebook logins

Facebook, which is swiftly becoming a haven for malware due to its high level of popularity, has been hit by a major worm attack. First discovered in April 2010, Ramnit began life snaffling stored FTP credentials and browser cookies, according to Seculert, but has now.. more
Dec
22

Facebook ordered to change data policy

Having settled a number of privacy issues with the FTC over in the US last month, Facebook also faced a European interrogation over its data practices. With Facebook’s international HQ being based in Ireland, the office of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) conducted the.. more
Dec
20

Brits drunk in 76% of Facebook snaps

Facebook is many things. It’s a hub where you can meet old friends. A place where you can see what music your mates are listening to. A handy reminder of birthdays. Not to mention a photo bank of people who are mortally wasted. Yes, according.. more
Dec
16

Facebook rolls out Timeline globally

Facebook is now rolling out its new Timeline feature across the globe. It was first announced as beta testing back in September, and then last week was made available in New Zealand as part of a larger scale test. Now the Timeline is rolling out.. more