In the last month Facebook has introduced several new features. It started forcing its users to download the messenger app three weeks back, and it also began experimenting with the [satire] tag for news articles recently. At the moment, it is working on a new feature which will enable users to search through their old posts with the help of keywords. This keyword search feature will be available … [Read more...]
Facebook to Introduce [Satire] Tag to Distinguish Real News from Satire
Facebook never ceases to amaze. Earlier this week it has announced that it is testing a new feature for users who believe that satire stories are actually news. In order to do this, Facebook will start using the new "satire" tag for sites like the Onion. Although the tag isn't very easy to find right now, it isn't a minor thing that which you can easily miss. But how exactly does this thing … [Read more...]
Facebook Forces Smart-Phone Users to Download their Messenger App
It seems that Facebook wants to control everything related to the Internet and social media channels. First, it announced its participation on the Internet.org initiative, and just a few days ago it started demanding users to install the messenger app on their smart-phones. This means that Facebook users will no longer be able to chat with their friends without installing the controversial … [Read more...]
The 99 Days of Freedom Experiment
A creative agency from Leiden, The Netherlands, came up with a surprising challenge: "99 Days of Freedom". In other words this campaign challenges Facebook users to quit their habit for 99 days. This is a response to Facebook’s 2012 experiment on its own members that leaked out a couple of weeks ago. Apparently Facebook attempted to manipulate its members by allegedly showing optimistic or … [Read more...]
Facebook Researcher Apologized For Facebook Human Experiment On Emotions
In case you didn't know, this past weekend, the online world exploded in outrage at the news that back in 2012, Facebook conducted a massive human experiment which tampered with our emotions and manipulated our behaviors. The news broke recently, while the research paper, called Experimental evidence of massive-scale emotional contagion through social networks was published in Proceedings of the … [Read more...]
Facebook Android App Updated for Emerging Countries after trip to Africa
Facebook this week rolled out an update to its Android app that adds some new options for liking and tagging posts but the social network also provided a sneak peek into how a team trip to Africa helped boost apps speeds for users around the globe. A recent visit to Africa by some Facebook engineers prompted them to tweak their Android app. They experienced what it’s like to use Facebook on low … [Read more...]
Poke, Camera app make silent exit from Facebook
Social networking site Facebook is no longer giving fight to its rival Snapchat as it has quietly removed two of the unsuccessful apps from the iOS App Store. The Facebook has pulled the plug on two applications-Poke and Camera- nearly two years after their debuts. The users will not be able to find both apps on Apple App Store and the help pages related to Poke and Camera apps will also … [Read more...]
Facebook to give tough fight to Google, Twitter by introducing newswire
After staging war against micro-blogging site Twitter, Facebook seems to be now ready to take on search giant Google. Besides sharing your thoughts, your pictures and staying connected with your closed ones, the social networking site is going to offer you its new service i.e. newswire. It means while scrolling your profile and going through what’s on your friends’ mind, you can stay updated … [Read more...]
Facebook friend inspires morbidly obese man to lose nearly 400 pounds
Few good words and little inspiration can bring colossal changes in anyone’s life. Inspiration can come from anyone and from anywhere, which may be beyond your expectation. This was how Brian Flemming, an alcoholic who was severely morbidly obese, found his inspiration in Jackie Eastham who lived in England. Flemming and Eastham first met during a drawing game. Draw Something, in the spring … [Read more...]
Twitter to beat Facebook by offering mobile ads via MoPub
Micro-blogging site Twitter and social networking giant Facebook are moving neck-and-neck as far as their services are concerned. Be it the introduction of hash tags or trending topics, Facebook and Twitter are leaving no stone unturned to beat eachother in terms of popularity. In this row, Twitter has started offering mobile ads to the advertisers in a bid to boost its ad business and beat its … [Read more...]