Posts Tagged facebook
Microsoft Co-founder Sues Apple, Google and Facebook
Posted by admin in Technology on August 27, 2010
Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen is suing Apple, Google, Facebook and eight other companies through his current firm, Interval Licensing LLC.The lawsuit alleges that 11 different companies, including YouTube, Netflix and AOL, have violated four diff…
Illustrator Turns Cute Animal Meme into an Art [PICS]
Posted by admin in Technology on August 27, 2010
Do you like adorable animals? Do you like adorable animals doing silly things? Do you like adorable animals doing silly things that have become Internet famous? Well, then, weve found your new favorite artist, a veritable Van Gogh of virality: Josh…
Facebook Looks to Develop More Social Startups
Posted by admin in Technology on August 26, 2010
Y Combinator, an investment firm for early stage startups, will be upgrading its relationship status with Facebook today, as Facebook has just announced a partnership with the venture company.The Facebook-Y Combinator partnership is designed to be …
Facebook Alternative Diaspora Launches September 15
Posted by admin in Technology on August 26, 2010
Diaspora, the much-hyped open source alternative to Facebook, will release its code to the world on September 15, but promises that its creators are just getting started.Earlier this year, Facebook was embroiled in controversy after it made signifi…
Facebook to kill IE6 support for Chat on IE9 beta day
Posted by admin in Technology on August 26, 2010
Facebook has announced that it will soon end Internet Explorer 6 support for Facebook Chat. The kill date is September 15the same day Microsoft plans to release the first IE9 beta. Today’s announcement comes just a week after Microsoft launche…
Gmail Phone Calls Are All About Facebook, Not Skype
Posted by admin in Technology on August 26, 2010
Google just made it easy for U.S.-based Gmail users to make and receive calls right inside their browsers using technology from Google Voice. The move has prompted some to speculate that Google is going after Skype, but the real target here isnt a …
iPhone App Uses Background Location for Automatic Checkins on Foursquare
Posted by admin in Technology on August 25, 2010
Foursquare players too busy painting the town red to go to the trouble of whipping out their iPhone and checking in can sit back and let Checkmate do the work for them.At $1.99, Checkmate offers a convenient alternative for those looking for a pass…
Facebooks Not So Neutral Ad Policy
Posted by admin in Technology on August 25, 2010
Yesterday BoingBoing wrote about how the Just Say Now campaign to legalize marijuana had its add pulled from Facebook. After 38 million impressions, Facebooks staff pulled the advertisement (pictured in this post) because it contained an image of a…
Podcaster Leo Laporte, the everywhere man
Posted by admin in World News on August 25, 2010
Leo Laporte arrived Thursday at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank.
On Friday morning he arrived at the office of KFI AM 640, the radio station that airs his syndicated “The Tech Guy” program. At 3:42 p.m., he was back at the airport, ready to fly home to…
Facebook Now ‘Worth $33 Billion\
Facebook is now worth as much as $33.7 billion, after investors have paid up to $76 for a share in the company ahead of its much-hyped flotation on the stock market, according to a report.
www.telegraph.co.uk
Facebook for iPhone Fixes Login Issues for Jailbroken Device
Posted by admin in Tech Industry News on August 23, 2010
Facebook for iPhone has a new version out – 3.2.2 – and it fixes login issues for owners of jailbroken iPhones.mashable.com
StumbleUpon Brings Its Serendipitous Discovery To The iPhone
Posted by admin in Tech Industry News on August 22, 2010
On a desktop computer, StumbleUpon makes sense. You’re on the prowl for cool stuff, click a button and find it. But there is a ton of competition these days among services that let you do this — and increasingly people are relying on Twitter and Fa…
Facebook Places Arrives on the iPhone
Version 3.2 of the Facebook iPhone app has arrived in the app store, and while it comes with several new features and bug fixes, it’s the arrival of Facebook Places that make this update one to remember.mashable.com
DeHood, a social network for your neighborhood
DeHood is a free local social networking app for iphone, and soon to be on Android.
Spent too much time on Facebook or watched too many Youtube
videos recently? Wondering what’s going on just outside your
door? Well pop onto DeHood to see the hottest …
Facebook For iPhone Updated: No iOS 4 Support, Broken UI
There was a time when Facebook was at the forefront of mobile app development. Before there was even an App Store, the web app Facebook put out that was optimized for the iPhone was brilliant. Then the App Store came and with it was a great Facebook na…
