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Facebook rolling out Collections to rival Pinterest

Facebook Collections combats Pinterest scourge Pinterest has been getting a lot of members lately. Since its inception, Pinterest has become one of the most used content sharing sites in the world. With this, social networking behemoth Facebook is rolling out a new feature that would rival Pinterest. Called Collections, Facebook members are now enabled to engage with their FB friends [...] Read more →

Google purchases Snapseed

Google photo sharing app Facebook may have Instagram, but Google, in their desire to combat the social networking giant’s photo-sharing app, has just bought their own. Announced last Monday, Google has bought Snapseed. According to Google vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra, “We want to help our users create photos they absolutely love, and in our experience Nik does [...] Read more →

Google+ set to remove games from their site

Google-games When Google launched their own social networking site Google+ last year, everybody was upbeat and some even said that Facebook’s time has finally run out. Well, we all know what happened to Google+. Though Google’s social networking site is still up and around, the fact that it has never reached its full potential has caused [...] Read more →

Pinterest + Instagram = Pinstagram

Pinterest + Instagram = Pinstagram So what does the hybrid of up and coming social networking site Pinterest and photo sharing giant Instagram produce? Pinstagram. Launched about a month ago, Pinstagram combines Instagram and Pinterest, two of the most popular names in the industry, as of the moment. Now, people will be able to enjoy the consortium of the two [...] Read more →

Facebook launches own App Center

Facebook launches own App Center Yesterday, social networking behemoth Facebook launched its mobile App Center, as it harps on app freaks and to revamp their mobile business. There are currently about 600 apps in the latter with Nike+ GPS, Slitcher Radio, Pinterest, Draw Something and Ubisoft Ghost Recon Commander now available. Facebook director of developer products Douglas Purdy said, “The [...] Read more →

Smartphone FB users outnumber those using desktop computers

Smartphone FB users outnumber those using desktop computers So what really is behind this Facebook hoopla? Are the ones that lead the charge using the traditional means (computers) or are they being overrun by tech-savvy individuals using their smartphones as a means to connect to their Facebook accounts? Well, comScore’s new report released last Monday says that Facebook users spend more time accessing [...] Read more →

Instagram bans self-harm posts

Instagram bans self-harm posts Facebook owned Instagram is set to ban photographs and accounts that show “self-harm” behavior. “Self-harm” behavior is defined as eating disorders, cutting oneself, committing suicide or anything that falls under those same categories. According to the company, “Going forward, we won’t allow accounts, images or hashtags dedicated to glorifying promoting, or encouraging self-harm. Should users [...] Read more →

Pinterest popularity rises

pinterest01 The invitation-only social networking site Pinterest is gradually becoming viral. Interests have sky-rocketed since its developers opened the latter and figures have shown that they are taking the world by storm. In a report by the Experian Marketing Services, Pinterest is now the third most popular social networking site behind Twitter and Facebook. They note [...] Read more →

Shitter lets you print tweets on toilet paper

shitter Taking a dump has never been this fun. A new company is offering a one of a kind service that lets individuals to print your tweets onto a roll of toilet paper. A website aptly called Shitter has opened its doors to avid Twitter subscribers for them to enjoy their odd product. According to the [...] Read more →
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