Posts Tagged "Facebook"

by , 22 days ago

London Olympics ticket holders can’t share what they see on Social Networks

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It first began with news of London Olympic volunteers having their Facebook and Twitter use to be restricted but now the restrictions will be extended to ticket holders of the 2012 London Olympics. The restrictions are part of the “conditions for ticket holders” that they will not take, upload/share any…

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by , 40 days ago

Facebook buys Instagram for $1 Billion

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Instagram recently released an Android app which generated a million users in less than 12 hours. The mobile photo sharing platform already had 30 million users from its iOS app prior to its release on Android. Now the social networking giant, Facebook, has acquired Instagram for $1 million in “a…

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by , 114 days ago

Facebook Timeline rolling out to all in a ‘few weeks’. Users get a week to clean up their profiles

Facebook Timeline

I’m sure by now a lot of you have seen some of your Facebook friends with a different layout than yours. Facebook has announced that the new page layout dubbed ‘Timeline,’ will now be available to all. The mandatory update is rolling out now and should be available to all…

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by , 129 days ago

London Olympic volunteers Facebook and Twitter use to be restricted

No Social Networking

Game Makers, the name for the group of 70,000 volunteers of the London 2012 Olympics, will have their Facebook and Twitter use restricted. A spokesman told Reuters “We understand that many of our Games Makers (volunteers) will want to use social media to share their exciting experiences at London 2012…

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by , 150 days ago

The Hobbit Trailer

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The trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey debuted on Facebook. The Hobbit is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and will come in two parts. Although the movie won’t be released until December next year, fans have already been gifted with a Trailer which can be…

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by , 186 days ago

Thousands of users on Facebook being spammed with explicit images

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  Many users on Facebook are reporting that their timelines’ are being flooded with explicit images. Thousands of users in fact. Some of the content include include images of violence, sexual acts, animal cruelty and even death. The explicit spam content is said to be posted while remaining invisible to…

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by , 283 days ago

Hacktivist group ‘Anonymous’ promises to “Kill Facebook” on November 5th [updated]

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The title says it all. You can read the ‘Press Release’ below or in summary, Anonymous will “Kill Facebook” because it “has been selling information to government agencies and giving clandestine access to information security firms so that they can spy on people from all around the world.” Now, this…

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