Category Archives: Facebook

Facebook Takes Away Another Privacy Feature While Zuckerberg Spends $30 Million To Get More Privacy

This week Facebook announced that they are finishing the removal of the “Who can look up your Timeline by name?” setting from all accounts. For most people this setting was removed last year, but if you had that setting turned on when Facebook tried to remove it (originally) they let you keep it. According to… Read More: Facebook Takes Away Another Privacy Feature While Zuckerberg Spends $30… »

The Evolution of Social Media

Social media has become an integral part of modern society. There are general social networks with user bases larger than the population of most countries. There are niche sites for virtually every special interest out there. There are sites to share photos, videos, status updates, sites for meeting new people and sites to connect with old friends. It… Read More: The Evolution of Social Media »

Facebook reports Q3 2012 financial results: beats expectations, but $59 million net loss

Facebook today reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2012, announcing a revenue of $1.3 billion, which beats analyst expectations. Despite that, Facebook still reported a net loss of $59 million in the quarter. 86% of Facebook’s revenue in the quarter came from advertising, but for the first time ever, the company made money from… Read More: Facebook reports Q3 2012 financial results: beats expectations, but $59… »

New Facebook app for iOS released with massive performance enhancements

As previously, Facebook has just released version 5.0 of its app for iOS devices, bringing with it a complete re-write of the app. The new Facebook app for the iPhone and iPad has been “rebuilt so it’s faster and easier to use.” [adsenseyu1] Full release notes: We’ve rebuilt the app so it’s faster and easier… Read More: New Facebook app for iOS released with massive performance enhancements »