Facebook for Android requests permissions that are overly intrusive and in case of one particular such permission the social networking giant fails to provide a reason.
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Facebook turning 10 on February 4
With an aim in mind to build a website that would change the way people interact with each other across the world, a curly-haired 19-year-old boy, Mark Zuckerberg, launched “The facebook” from…
Leading tech companies allowed to disclose more data request information
The Department of Justice, United States in a ruling on Monday announced leading tech companies including Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Facebook and LinkedIn will now be allowed to disclose more information on data…
FakeOff app claims to detect fake Facebook accounts
An Israeli startup has created an app called FakeOff app that can detect fake Facebook accounts thereby protecting users to possible scammers and spammers who may have befriended them on the social…
Facebook retaliates; says ‘Princeton may be in danger of disappearing entirely’
A recent report from two Princeton researchers claimed that Facebook is like an infectious disease currently experiencing a spike before its decline and will lose 80 percent of its user base by…
Facebook to retain mere 20% of its current user base by 2017 claims study
According to US researchers, Facebook is like an infectious disease which is experiencing a spike before its decline and by 2017 will only retain 20 percent of its current user base. Two…
Two year old fake video of scantily clad woman returns to spam Facebook users
A fake video of a woman dressed in a pink bikini has just gone viral with more and more Facebook users sharing the link as you read this. By far thousands of…
Facebook is still alive and kicking says new study
A study conducted by Global Web Index (GWI) has revealed that the news of Facebook’s demise has been greatly exaggerated. According to the research company, the ‘Social Q1 2014’ study was conducted…
Facebook adds Twitter-like Trending topics to news feed
Facebook has launched its new Trending topics feature which will let users spot the latest topics of discussion flaring up among the social networking giant’s 1.2 billion users. The Trending topics feature…
Facebook may launch its own news reader as early as this month [Rumour]
Facebook is all set to launch its own news reader similar to Flipboard sometime later this month. Re/code, citing an unnamed source “familiar with the matter”, has revealed that the news reader…
Facebook agrees to share public data of users with Yandex
Social networking giant, Facebook and Russian search engine giant Yandex have signed an agreement under which Yandex will be given access Facebook user’s data. As a part of the deal, Facebook will…
Branch is Facebook’s latest acquisition
Social networking giant, Facebook, acquired social startup Branch Media and hired company’s 9-person team to build up a new Facebook Conversation’s group in New York. Josh Miller, Branch co-founder, was the one…
Facebook to cull sponsored stories this April
Facebook’s troubled and controversial sponsored stories feature will breathe its last as the social networking giant has decided to cull it this April. In a platform roadmap update, Facebook revealed that it…
Facebook acquires Little Eye Labs; company’s first Indian acquisition
Facebook has acquired Bangalore, India based company that specializes in building tools for analyzing and enhancing efficiency of Android apps. “Little Eye Labs will join forces with Facebook to take its mobile…
Google, Facebook working to secure accounts using physical keys
It has been months since Google is blowing its anti-password trumpet and latest reports indicate that the search engine giant and Facebook both may be working on securing users accounts using physical…