Friends who follow you on Twitter need not go to your Facebook site to see your status updates and other posts – that is when this project pushes through. According to Malorie Lucich, a Facebook spokeswomen, Facebook has already began testing this week a new feature that will enable posts on the site to automatically [...]
According to a ruling from the Florida’s Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee, lawyers of the state should start “unfriending” their lawyer friends – in Facebook that is. The committee ruled on November 11 that online “friendships” may interfere with their work, giving the impression that some lawyers may be able to influence other lawyers since they’re [...]
If you haven’t signed in to your Facebook account today, you probably haven’t seen this notification yet. Don’t worry though, because everyone – that’s more than 350 million members – is getting the same too and yes, you are required to do something about it sooner or later. “We care so much about this that [...]
If you’re on depression leave, make sure you don’t post happy pictures on Facebook. That’s the lesson a woman learned after her insurance provider withdrew her disability benefits after seeing “evidence” that she was no longer depressed. Nathalie Blanchard was diagnosed with major depression and took a long-term sick leave from her job at IBM [...]
Yup, you got that right. Facebook doesn’t only reign in the social networking arena, it’s also staking a claim in being among the top video sites in the world. The result was according to Nielsen’s Video Census released today which looked at the number of video views for the month of October. YouTube topped the [...]
If you’re a PS3 gamer AND a Facebook addict, start smiling now coz the new Firmware 3.10 has just been released. “Launching Facebook for the PlayStation community is a natural fit for our goal of delivering unparalleled connected experiences – from connecting our community to each other to connecting our customers to great entertainment downloaded [...]
Today, Microsoft brings in the Xbox Live Fall update which introduces access to social networking sites Twitter and Facebook and internet radio service Last.fm. With the new Twitter feature, gamers can now post tweets through Xbox Live. Gamers can now also share photos and in-game screenshots , as well as view friends’ updates with the [...]
If this is not enough proof on the popularity of social networking sites, then I don’t know what is. J The word “unfriend” was chosen by the New Oxford American Dictionary as the word of the year. It is a verb that means “to remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such [...]
Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. is indeed serious in their move to online gaming. Just last week, the company released a version of their game “Spore” on Facebook. Now, it announced the acquiring of Playfish Inc. for $275 million – in cash. That’s not all too. According to EA, besides the $275mil upfront cash, [...]
Today, the number-one social networking site announced a revamp of their current privacy policy, making it “clearer and more comprehensive”. The changes were made, in part, to improve its relationship with the Canada’s privacy commissioner. “In this revision, we’re fulfilling our commitment to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to update our privacy policy to better describe [...]
