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01 Sep
Facebook Credits Gift Cards
According to an article on USAtoday.com, Facebook is coming to a Target store near you! Starting on Sunday, Facebook Credits gift cards will be available in values of $15, $25 and $50 at all Target stores and at their website, Target.com. Rumor has it that two or three other major retailers will soon carry the […] -
23 Aug
Facebook Officially Launches “Places”
As previously documented, Facebook has released its first ever location based service, Places, according to Mashable. This application is directly available on the iPhone only at the moment, though other smartphone users can access Places by using the touch.facebook.com site. Android and Blackberry editions will eventually be released though no set dates have been announced. […] -
12 Aug
Facebook Delving into Geolocation with Places
As it continues to subscribe to the philosophy of “anything you can do, I can do better” Facebook will soon roll out its own location based program “Places” to rival services like FourSquare and Gowalla. Since establishing its base, now 500 million strong, the ultimate social network has not been shy in modeling itself after […] -
29 Jul
100 million Facebook user’s personal information made public
The personal information of over 100 million Facebook users has been gathered and published online, according to MSNBC. Ron Bowes, an online security consultant, used code to scan the 500 million existing Facebook profiles and gathered all the information that was not protected by privacy settings. Bowes then create a downloadable file and posted it […] -
30 Jun
Do you really “Like” me?—Facebook “Like” me that is
written by Adam Cupples (@ACupples) Everyday I see my Facebook friends “liking” everything from TV shows to Spamburgers, or becoming “fans” of the Black Eyed Peas,”finding $20 on the ground”, or “doing the Single Ladies dance when no one’s looking”…okay, not sure if that last one is really a group, but I’m sure it is… […] -
01 Jun
Quit Facebook Day Fails
Not only was yesterday, May 31, 2010, Memorial Day here in America, it was also Quit Facebook Day worldwide. Prompted by the recent publicity surrounding Facebook’s blatant disregard for it’s user’s privacy, preferences, feelings, etc., a group encouraging a mass exodus from the beloved social networking site was born. As reported by QuitFacebookDay.com, 35,056 Facebook […] -
19 May
Fun with Facebook Applications Settings
by Pam Maloney @PMaloney Have you been to your Facebook application settings page? If you haven’t been, I think it’s time. For frequent Facebook users what you find may surprise you. Your Facebook application settings page will show you a list of applications that have access to your information. I was shocked at the size […] -
12 May
Connecting to Everything You Care About = Clutter
Last month, Facebook revealed its latest update by introducing the new “Community Pages” and subsequently caused waves of confusion (and then anger) amongst its users. The new Community Pages arrived to replace what were once “Fan Pages” and insert themselves – uninvited – into our personal profiles, making it impossible to list anything in the […]