Neowin News Feed for: Likes

X makes Likes private starting this week to help users avoid backlash for what they like

Steve Bennett — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 09:06:02 +0000

X (formerly Twitter) has made a change this week to make likes mostly private, in a move to 'better protect your privacy.' This is to avoid PR issues for public figures who have liked certain posts. Read more...

Facebook testing removal of like counts on its Android app

Abhay V — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 16:46:01 +0000

Facebook is testing the removal of the likes/reactions count on its Android app, similar to that of Instagram. The change was spotted in the Android app's code and is still being prototyped. Read more...

Twitter is mulling over getting rid of the 'like' button

Sharath Ravishankar — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:06:01 +0000

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, in a company event last week, announced that he intends to get rid of the 'like' button for tweets. It isn't clear when this move will actually be made, however. Read more...

Facebook plagued by as many as 100 million fake "likes"

Gabriel Nunes — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 23:56:01 +0000

Scientists have found that about one million Facebook accounts are enrolled in "collusion networks" run by spammers, which generated as many as 100 million fake "likes" between 2015 and 2016. Read more...

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare YouTube trailer now has over one million dislikes

Usama Jawad — Mon, 09 May 2016 02:50:01 +0000

Released a few days ago, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's YouTube trailer has exceeded one million dislikes making it the eighth most disliked video ahead of Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" and others. Read more...

Facebook spam could be worth $200m annually

Paul Ferson — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:03:09 +0000

Facebook comment spam can be annoying to encounter, but a group of Italian researchers believe it to be worth up to $200 million annually, with some spammers setting up pages to earn even more money. Read more...

In an effort to generate money, Facebook makes it harder for brands

Max Slater-Robins — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:31:45 +0000

Facebook is looking for new, and more inventive, ways of monetizing their 1 billion users, but they could come at the cost of the advertisers who provide Facebook with the majority of their money. Read more...

WTF: Like-A-Hug vest inflates when you get a Facebook like

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 13:33:53 +0000

This is absolutely the best invention of all time! (Of all time!). It's a vest, that when you get a "like" through Facebook, inflates to give you a hug void of all human contact and real emotion. Read more...

Facebook cracking down on false "Likes" on pages

John Callaham — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:37:06 +0000

Facebook has announced that it has stepped up its automated efforts in enforcing its Terms of Service by removing any "Likes" on pages that it claims violate its terms. Read more...

Google likes to search sites you prefer

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:12:35 +0000

Google's new Preferred Sites feature allows users to set their web search preferences so that the search results match their unique tastes and needs when logged into their Google account. Users can add sites... Read more...

Nobody Likes E3 Anymore

David Hess — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:08:25 +0000

It seems gaming fans are not the only ones to notice that E3 should never have changed. EA has been taking steps by scheduling meetings with the Entertainment Software Association to discuss the problems of... Read more...

BioWare Likes Episodic Content - No Way!

Todd Tanner — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:48:19 +0000

Ah, it is about time more major game studios and developers look towards episodic gaming. While they do that, Valve will be sitting pretty counting the cashola. Well maybe not, but you get my point... Read more...

Microsoft Likes Open Source. Kind Of

Tom Warren — Sat, 24 May 2003 10:19:05 +0000

The peace and love of Linux is wearing thin just as Microsoft puts its own twist on the open-source concept. In the escalating controversy that pits The SCO Group--owner of one of... Read more...

US seeks right to wage cyberwar on whoever it likes

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 07 Jan 2003 14:34:33 +0000

THE BUSH administration proposes to allow itself to wage cyber war on other nations if it feels threatened, according to a new draft version of its "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace". The initial draft document... Read more...