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Google beats Facebook as 2011's most visited site in US

Google has been the most visited site of 2011 in US, with Facebook coming a close second, a new study has revealed. The survey, conducted by Nielsen, suggests that more than 153 million visitors clicked onto Google branded pages each mont [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook suicide intervention tool response mixed

A new Facebook feature that lets users report “suicidal content” to website administrators is raising big brother concerns, but experts and educators say it could be a powerful tool to combat suicides. “Anything like [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Ufone restores Facebook, Twitter apps for BlackBerry users

Pakistani mobile operator Ufone has restored Facebook and Twitter apps for BlackBerry users after developing a content filtering service. The company blocked Facebook and Twitter services since May 2010 but has now developed a filtering s [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook gearing up for 2012 IPO

Facebook, the world’s largest Internet social network, is preparing for a initial public stock offering next year, according to a source familiar with the matter. Facebook is exploring raising $10 billion, the Wall Street Journal sa [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Motorola MotoKey: Facebook Lover’s Deligh

If one would visit Motorola website, he would get a sneak peak to its yet-to-be launched fully QWERTY keypad phone, MotoKey Social. The last word of the phone, ‘Social’, gives an indication of some special feature in it, as [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook to build server farm on edge of Arctic Circle

The enormous server farm facility in Luleå, northern Sweden, to be announced officially on Thursday morning, is the first time that the social networking giant has chosen to locate a server farm outside the US. "The climate wil [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

New Option by Facebook Causing Trouble for Users

It has been revealed in a recent report that the new option of automatic friend request that has recently been installed in Facebook is not very liked by the users. People used to be hooked on to the site in the recent past, but changes m [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook and eBay downplay Google threat

Silicon Valley star Sean Parker said Facebook would have to blunder in a big way for Google's social network to steal its crown. "Facebook would have to screw up royally and Google would have to do something really smart," P [...]

Posted On : Oct, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Blogger Accuses Facebook Over Cookie Use

Facebook is at the centre of a new privacy debate after a blogger accused the site of continuing to collect information after users log out. Australian Nik Cubrilovic revealed how Facebook keeps cookies running even when users leave the s [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook refresh is a good thing

It’s that time of year again. The annual Facebook update that fills our news feeds with myriad grievances about how awful and confusing it is. Laments of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Memo to Mark Zuc [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook users 'reject' changes

Facebook users took to complaining about changes intended to make it easier to manage the torrents of updates from friends at the world's largest social network. People vented ire in an array of online venues including a "Peti [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Google+ is the best thing that ever happened to Facebook

Google+ launched on June 28, 2011. It got rave reviews. Many said it would kill Facebook overnight. I, along with many others, went out to buy some popcorn. This was going to be an epic battle, because like I’ve said many times, com [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Facebook Messenger Has Hidden Video Chat Feature

Facebook Messenger, the social network's new messaging app for iPhone and Android, may soon have a video chat component. Hackers rummaging around in the new smartphone app have discovered traces of a video chat feature that appears to [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2011 | Comments : 0

Google and Facebook get personal in battle for social networ...

It is one month since the launch of Google+, a belated attempt at a social networking tool that invites users to follow friends' activities in their news feed and share favourite content by marking it "+1". If this sounds fa [...]