Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category
1 Million Facebook Status Comments Break Guinness World Record
So, if you were wondering what people are doing with their lives these days, well…apparently they spend it on Facebook trying to break Guinness Book Records. As bizarre as it might sound, they actually succeed at it, too. The British lady Cathy Matthews and 106 of her friends who are enamored with the game Frontierville and everything Facebook, dedicated their time and patience to fill 1,001,291 comments attached to a single Facebook post.
Adults Are Fond Of Facebook And Twitter More Than Teenagers
Adults are fond of Facebook and Twitter more than teenagers, a surprising new study reveals this fact. Interestingly, they experience good things online.
Coca-Cola Takes Its Brand Advertising to Google+ Hangout
Coca-Cola take its brand advertising to Google+ Hangout. This will also give chance to Google's social networking site to grow its users and establish its value.
Zuckerberg’s Income Tax To Be Lower Than Other Facebook Employees
Facebook is going to go public this year, and Mark Zuckerberg already has his future laid out for him. He plans to exercise stock privileges worth $5 billion of the $28 billion that is his part. The $5 billion will be treated as a salary, thus Zuckerberg will have to on his hands a tax as big as $2 billion. He’s probably going to have to sell stock to do it.
Around 50% Underage Children Use Facebook In US And UK
Though Facebook came far later after Twitter, it went on top (current world ranking #2) and surpassed all other websites just like this. May be, Facebook is the second one (Google might be the First one) that grabbed the popularity in a very short time. All over the world, even children are using it specially in US and UK. More than 48% children between 8-13 are fond of using Facebook. Now understood, how Facebook went on top so fast within a very short time!
Google+ Invites Third-Party Developers To Tea
Google launched its Google+ Developers page in order to invite users to stay connected to all the latest Google+ platform news, community events and much more. To get info and updates, all you need to do is add Google+ Developers to your circles. Now Google is inviting third-party developers with an interest in Google+ Developers to join the ranks. The new page will offer the best place to practice +Platform APIs skills. Also the team plans to host regular hangouts in order to exchange information about the +Platform and share little known specs with the general public.
Woman Caught For Selling Fake Facebook Stock
A woman from Wisconsin was caught recently selling fake Facebook stocks to people whom she presented false information and misled about her true identity.
European Activists Discuss Privacy Fears With Facebook
It all started a while ago when law student Max Schrems asked Facebook to send him his personal data “recorded” in the three years he has been using the site. What he got, was a 1222 CD based manuscript which included long forgotten chats and pokes he sent to friends, some of which dated back to 2008.
Indian Government Takes Action In Court Against Offensive Content On Google, Facebook And Other Sites
Indian government has taken a strong action in court against offensive content on such internet companies as Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Blogger and others.
Facebook, Happy Birthday for Your 8th Year!
Who’s a birthday boy this week? We have a couple of hints for you. Biggest social network to date, has approximately 845 million active users and was first launched in order to help out Harvard undergrads. Figured it out yet? Yes, it’s Facebook. Zuckerberg’s baby will be turning 8, after experiencing a thrilling year. According to sites like Mashable Facebook has successfully kept the number one sport as the world’s most visited site in the world, starting this August.
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[Video] Crazy Facebook Theme Song Shows Our Facebook Obsession
As Facebook gears up to go public, all eyes are set on it. What is expected is hundreds of thousands will line up to get their hands on the shares of the social networking site, such is it’s popularity. And who drives it’s popularity? Facebook addicts who have to log into the social networking site every few minutes, go on a status-liking spree and then leave comments and opinion on every news feed on their home page. And there are doubtlessly millions of such users. Here’s a crazy song by Daniel Koren which quite aptly depicts how hooked we all are to Facebook.
Facebook Javascript API Experienced Trouble Earlier, But Started Working Again
Facebook Javascript API had recently faced trouble, but now has started working again. During the problem, Facebook Likes and Comments went missing.
Can You Get More Addicted To Facebook Than Everything Else?
With so many people using different social networks, a question arises, can you be more addicted to social networking anything else in your life.
Study Results Say Twitter Is More Tempting Than Sleep And Sex
If you’re hooked to the social media, what is that one urge you immediately get the moment you hear of a breaking news, an interesting story or a new research? That’s right, you tweet! That’s one single urge that is driving the entire social media insane. And now a research confirms this. According to the research, those who are into tweeting find twitter even more tempting than sleep and sex! That explains that endless traffic on Twitter, doesn’t it?
The Twitter Case Between PhoneDog And Noah Kravitz Continues
The debate that ensued when PhoneDog filed a lawsuit against it’s former employee Noah Kravitz is a very important one. This case debates about who owns a social media account, the company that the person represents or that person himself. The latest update on this case is that the court has refused to throw the case out of the windows and so the case continues. Given below are the respective arguments of both sides.
