When I logged into my Facebook account yesterday, I was surprised to see a box in the lower right corner welcoming me to Facebook Chat. It was surprising for a couple of reasons, but mainly because I knew I hadn't signed up for chat and there it was telling me that I could start conversations.
I've been meaning to give Digsby a spin ever since the public Beta was released about two weeks ago. It looked like it was a well designed cross-network (and cross-platform) instant messenger, and it offered quite a few features that no other instant messengers have touched on before. And after having used it for only about 30 minutes I think I may have found myself a new messenger.
Ever since Facebook apps launched, one of my biggest pet-peeves has been all of the darn app requests I receive. It's annoying to say the least, and the worst part about it all is that there is no easy way to ignore them all with one click. For each individual request, I must click "ignore" over and over again.
One of the things that set Facebook apart from MySpace in the "early days" was the simplicity factor. Every Facebook page contained nearly the same categories of content and in the same order. It was clean and simple unlike MySpace pages which are notoriously known to be full of clutter and have a bad design.
The upcoming presidential election this year in the United States is turning out to be very different than in years prior. One reason for this is that the Internet has become a HUGE ground for candidates to gain support and get their message out.
How would you like five free iTunes song credits to get any songs of your choice? Well, you can, and it's really simple. The first requirement is that you need a Facebook account. If you don't have an account but you still want the free songs, go sign up for an account and then come back here for further instructions. If you have an account, read on...
It was just a few days ago that Amazon launched their DRM-Free music store which left many wondering if iTunes will be able to remain the top digital music store for long. Now rumor has it that Facebook is in the process of putting together their own iTunes competitor.
The big news coming from the Wall Street Journal yesterday was that Microsoft is in talks with Facebook to purchase a 5% chunk of the mammoth social network. While the simple fact that they're talking is no surprise, what is a surprise is that Microsoft is offering up between $300-$500 million for the 5% share. Microsoft's offering puts Facebook's value at an astounding $10 billion at the minimum.
Last night Digg launched several new changes to their site with the biggest change being new user profiles.
Facebook is already college classrooms these days when students become "bored" with the lecture going on, or "multi-task" by typing their notes and then catching up with Facebook at the same time. While it may already be in the classrooms, it's being used a bit differently in a Stanford classroom this semester as the focus of a new course.
I’ve been addicted to sidebars ever since I bought my first widescreen monitor. Sidebars have the ability to provide a lot of information inside a very small space, and it wasn’t until recently that I fully started to utilize them.
A recent article posted at News.com talks about the deep interest that scores of investors have in social-networking web sites. There’s no doubt why there is such interest – many of these sites have proven to be extremely successful and experience continuous growth and support from venture firms.
Lots of people are talking about the rumor that TripAdvisor has acquired the Facebook application “Where I’ve been” for a whopping $3 million dollars! It hasn’t been confirmed quite yet, but it’s likely to be true. Why is it such a big payday? Well, considering that the app made it’s grand entrance on Facebook around June 8th, developer Craig Ulliott has then made about $43,000 each day his app has been available.
Earlier this week there was a lot of chatter about how a portion of Facebook’s source code was leaked and then published on a newly created blog, Facebook Secrets. The leak was attributed to a bug on a “” It certainly wasn’t a good day for Facebook as the code quickly spread around the Internet, much like what we saw when the HD DVD crack code spread like a wild fire.
As the title of this article asks, what’s your time online spent doing? Do you spend more time viewing news and other content than you do emailing and shopping? Do you play games? What is it that you do?
A word of caution for those hunting for a job: make sure that your online profile is “clean” because employers are using information that they find online to help them determine who they should hire.
We know that many of you use DivShare for all of your file sharing/hosting needs, and we also know that many of you are on Facebook. That’s why you’ll be happy to know that DivShare is now takin’ on Facebook! Just yesterday they made the announcement, and now you have yet another easy way to share files with your friends right from Facebook.
If you’re on Facebook, you’ve at least heard of iLike. If you’re not on Facebook and you haven’t heard of iLike, it’s a social music discovery site that has recently exploded into popularity ever since the launch of their Facebook Application.
If you like full-screen photo browsing, you’ll love PicLens! PicLens has been around for several months for Mac users, and just a couple of weeks ago they released a version for Firefox users. Made by the Cooliris team (our review here), PicLens enables you to view photos in full-screen mode with just one click.
