Above 83 Million Fraudulent Accounts Exist On Facebook
Facebook has estimated that there are more than 83 million fake users on their social network. According to the recently updated company filings, there are about 955 million active users on facebook, out of which 8.7% are not real and are just violating the rules. These 8.7% comprise of: - 4.8% Duplicate accounts - 2.4% [...]
The social network launches a real-online gambling, app its first till date. The application was developed by London-based online gambling operation “Gamesys.” The application called Bingo Friendzy will allow users 18 and above to play games that have monetary rewards. Facebook says that only its UK members will be able to view and operate the [...]
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Facebook has had a history of making sudden changes to its website and taking users by surprise. Previously, there were constant changes in the format of the Facebook profile and then the infamous timeline, which made many Facebook users upset and angry. This week, Facebook users found a new change in their Facebook accounts. The [...]
Continue reading …Apple Integration of Facebook and Twitter Sharing Could Promote Individualistic Posts
June 19, 2012 No Comment
Apple has announced the integration of Facebook and Twitter sharing through Apple notifications, effectively eliminating the previous necessity of users to go to the social networking sites to share their thoughts. This move towards ease and efficiency can also reduce the act of social networking into a stream of individualistic shout outs. Apple continues to [...]
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Facebook has made the decision to purchase Face.com, an Israeli facial recognition firm. Face.com comes with existing software that allows member’s of Facebook the ability to identify and tag photos. Although the exact details of the deal have not been made public, rumors estimate the purchase to be worth between $55-60 million. Acquiring Face.com adds [...]
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Mobile device giant Samsung is said to be developing a Facebook competitor for launch early next year, as reported by the Korea Times. Samsung has grown to be a leading player in the mobile device market for its smart phones, laptops, and tablets. Now it seems to want to extend its reach by entering the [...]
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Facebook launched an official WordPress plugin that allows bloggers to post their WordPress publications to Facebook and tag friends and pages. This new enhancement is set to make the blogging website more social, transforming it to almost an extension of Facebook. WordPress users will just click ‘publish’ on a post which will simultaneously publish a [...]
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Social networking site Facebook’s recent user vote resulted in only 342,632 votes, a mere 0.04% of its more than 900 million users worldwide. Facebook held the voting period for seven days ending June 8, asking users about previously announced changes to its privacy policy including on how the site utilizes the information of users. The [...]
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Apple announced enhancements on most of its mobile devices, namely a new operating system, its own maps application to replace Google maps, and a built in Facebook feature. In the preview version sent to application developers, the iOS 6 software boasts of more than 200 new features. Not applicable to all Apple devices, iOS 6 [...]
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Facebook users suffered from a series of service disruptions, keeping many people out of the popular social networking site. Facebook users reportedly endured problems in the website, making some of them unable to use their accounts for almost two hours. There were also complaints of sporadic disruptions and system time outs. Users who could get [...]
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