In a ongoing rivalry between twitter and facebook for domination of social media on the Internet, facebook is taking lessons from its counterpart. The reason for twitters success is it’s viral nature and in fact even though twitter is much smaller compared to facebook, it has better advantage to earn money because of its viral [...]
“We are building a Web where the default is social” – Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook
Really, Mark?
Facebook’s annual f8 conference in San Fransicso saw the social networking giant unveil a number of key developments that many say are set to change the future of the web as we know it. The Open Graph platform is [...]
Okay, so you’ve finally succeeded in logging into Facebook. Hurray! You deserve a pat on the back. So what do you see now? Well, the top deep blue bar is really very important. Here’s what you will see:
See the faint, darker blue images? The ones that look like two people, two rectangles, and a little [...]
Bebo is shrinking. And its users are now moving to social networking giant Facebook. Bebo was once a very popular social network in Europe. But now, it seems, everyone is being assimilated into ever-growing social juggernaut Facebook. Like a giant microbe that swallows up viruses, bacteria and every little critter in its path, Facebook is [...]
Many people who are new to Facebook can encounter severe problems when attempting to enter the website. Or, at least it may appear so to the uninitiated. Remember the “perfect storm of idiots” when people were directed to other sites, thinking they were Facebook with a design change?
Many people don’t know how to use a [...]
Mozilla, the nonprofit behind the wildly popular web browser Firefox has created a desktop application maker that is making waves across the Internet. Called Prism, the system allows anyone to create a desktop application out of a website. Yes, you read that right. Prism creates a desktop-based interface that allows you to open a preset [...]
It would be great if we could all get into Facebook whenever and however we wanted. However, life isn’t always so good. When you fail to login to Facebook, you might panic and feel disoriented. Facebook will be kind enough to present you with an error message. Causes of failed logins include mistyped usernames and [...]
Facebook is rapidly becoming the most popular website on the Internet. Having surpassed Google in overal traffic figures in certain world regions during specific time periods, Facebook is growing by leaps and bounds. Businesses are now starting to use Facebook to connect directly with customers. Facebook pages are now used to complete sales instead of [...]
Smartphones are all the rage in 2010, but millions of people around the world still don’t use iPhones, Blackberries or Android phones. Smartphones can be expensive, and not many people outside of developed countries can afford one. Indeed, many living in America, UK and Canada may prefer to save their hard earned money instead of [...]
Here was a curious headland doing the rounds of the Intertubes lately. “Facebook spreads syphilis”, claimed the UK tabloid, The Sun. Other papers chimed in claiming that the social networking website was fueling casual sex. This was another case of the perfect storm of idiots, as one paper after another picked up the dubious story, [...]