Tired, bored of Facebook? You’re not alone: study
While Facebook continues to add new accounts in certain countries, some users appear to be getting bored of the world’s largest social network.
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02/08/2012
02/01/2012
Facebook announces mega-offering
It's official: Facebook is going public, in what promises to be the biggest Internet-based initial public offering (IPO) ever. Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of the social networking giant, made the announcement today.
01/29/2012
Pope OKs social media, in moderation
If you were staying off Facebook or Twitter because it may have been sacrilegious, you’ve lost your excuse.
Pope Benedict XVI has given social networking his blessing, saying some services and search engines are “the starting point of communication for many people who are seeking advice, ideas, information and answers.”
01/24/2012
All Facebook users getting Timeline profiles
While the feature has been available to users for several weeks, it appears Facebook is ready to now force its new Timeline feature on all users whether they like it or not.
Timeline is the new, scrapbook-like profile design. It features a big banner-like image across the top of your profile page, than image-heavy updates appearing as you scroll down. The posts appear in a somewhat-chronological order, geared more toward the aesthetics than functionality of it all.
Since early December, users were able to enable Timelines or keep their old, traditional profile designs. Well their time is up.
01/13/2012
Scam claims to turn Facebook pink, black
A campaign claiming to turn your Facebook pages from boring blue into bright pink or sexy black is taking unsuspecting users for a ride.
Users will see a post from one of their friends claiming to Facebook into a different colour. One example is a post that reads “Switch to Red Facebook (Limited Time). Say goodbye to the boring blue profile and say hello to the new pink profile!!”
Did Google just break the Internet?
Google rocked the search world on Tuesday, with an announcement that bought together social network content and search results at a level not seen before. It launched Google Search Plus Your World (SPYW), which folds content from your social networks into your regular Google search results.
01/04/2012
Clean up your social media permissions with a single click
Remember that scary video we showed you a couple of months ago, in which an Internet stalker accessed your Facebook account, and proceeded to pull up information about your family and friends? Now, thanks to Israeli entrepreneur Avi Charkham, you can take back control of your Facebook permissions, to ensure that only the people you allow have access to your personal data.
12/30/2011
Teen's pre-death goodbye video goes viral
A Texas teen's videos created just days before he died on Christmas Eve have gone viral online, as millions tune in to see the touching messages he left for the world.
The first video, posted Dec. 18, has gained almost 2.7 million views on YouTube (at the time of writing this). The second of the two-video post has more than 1.9 million views.
Montreal company creates world's cheapest tablet computer
While thousands of Canadians packed store aisles to snag an iPad 2 or an Android-powered tablet, one Montreal company was busy creating a winning product, which would become the world's cheapest tablet.
Datawind's $62 Android-powered tablet wasn't just created to be incredibly affordable -- it was in a race to fulfill the Indian government's plans to equip thousands (at least) of its citizens with web-connected computers.
12/27/2011
Woman, infant held hostage use Facebook to get help
A woman in Utah used social networking to help free her from a hostage situation that lasted almost five days.
The victim and a 17-month-old boy were held hostage in a house and had most other forms of communication taken away – including a cellphone and a phone belonging to a disabled boy who was also in the house.
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Danny Bradbury is a technology journalist with 20 years' experience. He writes regularly for publications including the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Financial Post, and Backbone magazine. Danny also writes and directs documentaries.
Maurice CachoMaurice Cacho is a Toronto-based journalist mixing his love for tech with a passion for news. He's also CP24's Web Journalist and appears daily on CP24 Breakfast and weekly on the channel's tech show, Webnation, discussing tech news and trends.
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