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…
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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…
Path launched for Windows Phone 8 in beta
Private social networking app Path has been launched in beta for Windows Phone 8. “Windows Phone 8 has been our most requested platform. We’re excited to welcome Windows Phone 8 users into…
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 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 faces class-action lawsuit over alleged private message snooping
Facebook is facing a class-action lawsuit initiated by two of its users, Matthew Campbell and Michael Hurley, who claim that the social network’s ‘private’ message feature is actually not private. The duo…
Facebook isn’t cool anymore
A new European Union-funded study has found that teenagers are migrating away from Facebook to other services including Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and Whatsapp. University College London (UCL) material sciences professor Daniel Miller,…
Facebook testing ‘read it later’ feature
With an aim to encourage people to read and share news articles and stories and to increase engagement Facebook is reportedly testing a new feature, which will allow users to save shared…
India to supplant US to become Facebook’s biggest market soon
With more and more Indian users joining Facebook every day, India is soon going to replace US to become the social networking giant’s number one market. Addressing the 2013 Paley International Council…