Brazil's Power.com sues Facebook over access to users' informationJuly 10th, 2009 Power.com sues Facebook over access to users dataNEW YORK — A small Web company is handing the world's biggest online hangout a counterpunch. Power.com has sued Facebook, saying the site doesn't follow its own policy of giving users control over the content they share.
Social networking aggregator Power.com sues Facebook over access to users' information.July 10th, 2009 Social networking aggregator sues FacebookNEW YORK — In a counterpunch to the world's biggest online hangout, a small Web company called Power.com has sued Facebook, saying it doesn't follow its own policy of giving users control over their content. Power lets users simultaneously access several social networks, including MySpace and Twitter.
Mafia mobsters luring wannabe gangsters through FacebookJune 29th, 2009 LONDON - Mafia mobsters are using social networking site Facebook to attract wannabe gangsters. Sicilian gangsters are targeting members who have joined online groups dedicated to Cosa-Nostra's godfathers.
Brit Muslim bargirl gets 3K pound compensation for 'tarty' dressJune 16th, 2009 LONDON - A waitress won 3,000-pounds in damages yesterday after being told to wear an "indecent" dress - despite posing in a plunging top on her Facebook page. Muslim Fata Lemes, 33, walked out of her pub job after just eight days as the figure-hugging red gown made her "feel like a prostitute".
ESPN star Erin Andrews' naked video being used by hackers to attack PC'sJuly 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A computer security website has issued a warning that hackers are misusing a video that has naked shots of glamorous ESPN sports reporter Erin Andrews as a lure to attack PC's. The illegally taped peephole video, showing Andrews as she disrobes, gets viewers and web surfers to download dangerous malware to their computers, reports CBS News.
MI6 chief's beach pics on Facebook 'no state secret', says UK Foreign SecretaryJuly 6th, 2009 LONDON - Reacting on the headlines grabbed by new MI6 head Sir John Sawers' photographs, which appeared on Facebook, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has said that it is "not a state secret" that the spy chief wears Speedos. John's wife Shelley Sawers had posted beach photos of her husband on facebook site the day after he was appointment head of MI6.
5 FaceBook Source Code SecretsAugust 15th, 2007 I glanced over the Facebook source code for both index and search pages. As an enterprise developer of some experience, source code is always interesting to me as it provides an insight into the health of a company.
Facebook to give its core access to developersApril 27th, 2009 The most popular social networking site on a global scale, Facebook is trying to welcome developers by keeping some of the core floodgates open so that they get familiar with the system in a better way. If you remember well, most of the recent changes in Facebook has brought about agitation from the Facebook crowd.
Alvarion shares jump after deal with Italian wireless Internet companyJune 23rd, 2009 Alvarion shares climb after Italy dealNEW YORK — Shares of Alvarion Ltd. jumped Tuesday after the Israeli provider of wireless broadband technology and services said it was chosen to deploy a nationwide mobile wireless data network in Italy.
Facebook to shut down Beacon tracking tool as part of class-action settlementSeptember 21st, 2009 Facebook shuts down thorny marketing toolNEW YORK — Facebook is closing an uncomfortable chapter in its five-year history. The social network says it will shut down Beacon, a program that tracks users' activities on other Web sites.
My First Facebook SpamDecember 27th, 2007 My first Facebook spam:
Subject: Mi Chai invited you to join the group "I'M A CHRISTIAN..AND I'M PROUD TO SAY IT!!"... Mi invited you to join the Facebook group "I'M A CHRISTIAN..AND I'M PROUD TO SAY IT!!".
Facebook Turns to Real Time Web InteractivityMarch 5th, 2009 After it's failed attempts to acquire Twitter, Facebook has come up with new strategies. It has incurred a number of changes to the homepage/newsfeed.
Facebook Loses Weight; Turns to Facebook LiteAugust 13th, 2009 If MySpace can have a Lite View Version why not Facebook? In a bid to take on its arch-rival, the Social networking giant rolled out a slimmer version of its web site to the test audience. Facebook Lite is the new face of Facebook targeted at narrowband users.
Facebook brought in more money than it spent in previous quarter, ahead of 2010 goalSeptember 15th, 2009 Facebook says it's bringing in more than it spendsSAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it is now bringing in more money than it is spending. The social networking site had previously said it expected to achieve this goal sometime next year.
Pope will join Facebook soon, follow Obama modelMay 20th, 2009 LONDON - The Vatican is to post Pope Benedict XVI's profile on popular online social networking site, Facebook, as part of an effort to broaden the pontiff's appeal among computer savvy. The Facebook initiative will also involve iPhone applications and a new Vatican website, www.pope2you.net, which is slated to go live on the Catholic Church's World Communications day on May 24.