SocialMedia

VoIP Provider Vonage Gives Facebook A Voice

Vonage introduces an app that lets Facebook friends place free calls to each other over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G networks on…

14 years ago

Facebook Updates Privacy Controls For Mobile Users

All of Facebook's privacy settings are being rolled out to users surfing the site with mobile phones

14 years ago

Americans Increasingly Hooked On Facebook, Twitter

Social networking sites are swallowing an increasing amount of America's online surfing time, new research has revealed

14 years ago

Data From 100m Facebook Accounts Shared Online

The privacy weaknesses of social networks are once again in the spotlight, after a security consultant shared details of millions…

14 years ago

Facebook Reaches Half A Billion Users

One in twelve people on the planet is now a member of social network giant Facebook, according to Mark Zuckerberg

14 years ago

Facebook and The Panic Button Panic

Child protection agency Ceop argued over how much presence it should have on Facebook. It should be making its message…

14 years ago

Facebook Adds Optional Ceop Panic Button

Facebook has given in to pressure and added the Ceop child protection button - as part of an optional app

14 years ago

Facebook Privacy Hit By German Legal Challenge

A German data protection official is accusing Facebook of violating the country's strict privacy laws

14 years ago

Google And Facebook: Opt-In Is Coming

As Facebook gets sued, and Google faces government criticism, eWEEK Europe says the inevitable result will be regulations that make…

14 years ago

Social Networks Face Growing Pressure Over Privacy

Privacy debacles are raising public awareness of the reliance on our data to make social networking pay, according to Ovum

14 years ago

Chrome OS Creator Defects To Facebook

The lead engineer behind Google's important Chrome operating system (OS) has gone to Facebook

14 years ago

Twitter Blocks Facebook Friends Link

The two biggest social networks have started a spat over moves to allow Twitter users to find and follow their…

14 years ago

LinkedIn Groups Gets Facebook Makeover

LinkedIn has drawn inspiration from the consumer social network space after it introduced a number of improvements for its Groups…

14 years ago

The IT Crowd, Not Rooney, Are Our Heroes

IT people will fix problems rather than watch football. That's no surprise to Peter Judge, as IT problems are less…

14 years ago

Coming Soon: Facebook The Movie And The IT Crowd

Techies are being celebrated on the small and big screens with a Facebook movie and another series of cult British…

14 years ago

Facebook Reported To Have Earned £536m In 2009

Facebook apparently earned as much as $800 million (£536m) in 2009, according to unnamed sources quoted by Reuters

14 years ago

Facebook Continues To Tout Privacy Improvements

Facebook has issued a blog post and a letter detailing the ways in which it stewards users' personal data

14 years ago

Seven Sins of Social Networking

It may seem tempting to make the entire world your "friend", but social networks have their own rules of etiquette,…

14 years ago

Social Media Takes Up 22 Percent Of Online Time

Internet users worldwide spend 22 percent of their time on social networks such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, according to…

14 years ago

Facebook Rebuffs Critics’ Six Point Plan

Privacy critics are not letting up. They presented Facebook founder Marc Zuckerberg with a six-point plan

14 years ago

Google Urged To Let Personal Data Fade Away

Researchers say personal information should "degrade" - becoming less specific over time - to protect users' privacy

14 years ago

Former Facebook Exec Criticises Company For Privacy Stance

Former Facebook privacy officer Chris Kelly has joined the ranks of public officials taking Facebook to task over privacy issues

14 years ago

Zuckerberg Calls For ‘Balance’ Over Facebook Privacy

Facebook's CEO has called for 'balance' after he talked about his company's privacy and security battles

14 years ago

Facebook Users Fall Victim To ‘Likejacking’ Attacks

So-called likejacking attacks on Facebook, spotted by security company Sophos, are continuing to spread

14 years ago

‘Privacy-Aware’ Diaspora To Challenge Facebook

Diaspora - a "privacy-aware" social network - is preparing to challenge Facebook, as Zuckerberg faces privacy criticisms at D8

14 years ago

Facebook Privacy – Why No One Cares

Facebook has made some concessions, but most of us are so addicted, it can pretty much do what it likes,…

14 years ago

‘Quit Facebook Day’ Fails To Attract Support

Only 11 percent of Facebook users have heard of the grassroots "Quit Facebook Day" movement, despite widespread media coverage

14 years ago

Facebook Acquires Web Workspace Specialist Sharegrove

Facebook announces it has acquired startup Sharegrove, which makes private Web workspaces

14 years ago

Microsoft Starts Internet Explorer 9 Push

The software giant has all manner of tactics at its disposal to get users to move from the oldest supported…

14 years ago

Facebook Unveils Privacy Revamp

Facebook has slashed the number of settings required to make all information private and create one control for user content.

14 years ago