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Facebook Home hits 500K downloads in 5 days

Ben Buffone — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +0100

Facebook's new 'Home' Android skin has today surpassed 500,000 downloads on the Google Play store. However, with mixed reviews and an intrusive design, will the interface see a decline in users? Read more...

Twitter's April Fools' service removes vowels from tweets

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:01:07 +0100

Twitter's new April Fools' service will help users having difficulty keeping their tweets to the 140-character limit imposed by the social network, as vowels are being removed except for a premium. Read more...

Facebook seemingly coming to Android home screens

Paul Ferson — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:53:21 +0000

Facebook has been mentioning quite a bit about its "new home on Android" lately. It seems their new home could also be your home-screen, linking your Android phone and profile even more closely. Read more...

Facebook update allows replies on pages

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:56:12 +0000

A new update Facebook is rolling out to its pages allows administrators to turn on replies, allowing them to reply directly to users commenting on their pages. The feature will be mandatory July 10. Read more...

Facebook may charge for ad free experience in the future

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:04:30 +0000

According to a new patent application Facebook may soon implement a paid subscription model. Paying customers won't see any ads and may even get some extra features when interacting with the site. Read more...

Facebook sued over "like" button by a dead man... sort of

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:42:59 +0000

Facebook has been sued over its famous "like" button by a patent-holding company that claims it hold two patents that were first created by a a now dead Dutch programmer. Read more...

Facebook status updates now have feelings and activities

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:06:10 +0000

Facebook has added new tagging features to its status updates. Users can now tag what they're doing - such as watching a particular television show - or add their mood to a status update. Read more...

Facebook could soon track your every movement

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:25:50 +0000

According to a new report Facebook is working on an app that would track users all the time to alert them to nearby friends. The app would definitely also be used to serve localized ads to its users. Read more...

Instagram continues website expansion, announces news feed

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:58:24 +0000

Instagram has announced a new web-based newsfeed that will allow users to view recent photo uploads, similar to the social network's mobile app, although photos can't be uploaded via the website. Read more...

Twitter launches calendar of API changes

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:10:28 +0000

Twitter, who has been under some heavy criticism lately, has published a calendar of their past and future updates to their APIs so developers can keep their apps up to date and functioning well. Read more...

Facebook misinterprets picture of woman in bath as explicit

Paul Ferson — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:15:30 +0000

Facebook has removed an image seemingly showing a woman in rather, ahem, 'risque' positioning while proving someone's theory that the Terms of Service are somewhat flawed in their usage. Read more...

Instagram announces non-app online profiles

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:42:05 +0000

In a blog post today, Instagram announced the creation of a website for the social network following requests for an online version of the social network in addition to the app versions. Read more...

Instagram-style photo filters coming to Twitter

Andy Weir — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:00:07 +0000

As Instagram grows at a phenomenal rate, it seems that Twitter wants a piece of that action, as plans to introduce Instagram-style photo filters and other features into its mobile apps are revealed. Read more...

Facebook and Microsoft point to each other about Windows 8

Paul Ferson — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:37:47 +0000

If you want an official Facebook app for Windows 8, you'd better be prepared to wade through carefully-worded statements as both companies redirect you to each other despite their close relationships. Read more...

Like? Facebook now has over a billion active users

Andy Weir — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:24:21 +0100

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirms that the social network now has over 1bn active users each month. To mark the occasion, the company released a video, telling us that "chairs are like Facebook". Read more...

Google+ hits 100 million active monthly users

Stephen Robinson — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:12:28 +0100

Google's social network has reached 100 million active monthly users according to Google, with a total user number of over 400 million users since its launch in June 2011. Read more...

Google+ introduces vanity names, if you're famous enough

Paul Ferson — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:56:07 +0100

Google's product team remains committed to adding new features to the service, including custom URLs to help denote an official or famous account as necessary. Read more...

Wikipedia's main page goes down unexpectedly [Update] It's back

Jake Durasamy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:24:41 +0100

Wikipedia is currently down to unknown network problems, and currently, there is no estimated time for the problem to be resolved. Workarounds are available to users who need to access the pages. Read more...

Could Facebook be abusing advertisements for more profit?

Paul Ferson — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:54:27 +0100

A claim from a company advertising on Facebook suggests that the company was seeking to exploit them for profit. They allege most of the ad clicks coming from cash-hungry Facebook bots. Read more...

Twitter announces improved search features

Anthony Tosie — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:40:49 +0100

Twitter announced a number of new or improved features for searching its site and smartphone applications today, including autocomplete, spelling corrections, related searches and more. Read more...