In the tech world what you know will land you a job but who you know might land you one faster than your software programming buddies. The team at Hierarchy Structure has taken the time to create an infographic that focuses squarely on who controls what aspects of Facebook and Google. From Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page…
Kim Dotcom Might Sue Facebook, Twitter, And Google Over Copyright Violation
Megaupload and Mega founder Kim Dotcom is wanted in the US for copyright infringement and now he appears prepped to turn the tables. The file sharing mogul revealed on Thursday that he may potentially sue Twitter, Facebook, Google, and other companies for implementing a security standard he patented. While US authorities are currently seeking extradition…
Social Media: The New Face Of Disaster Response [Infographic]
Is social media the new face of disaster response? As many of you reading this likely know, social media has taken on numerous new roles in recent years outside of simply providing a semi-anonymous forum for posting selfies and discreetly stalking exes. In fact, social media has become the news, the entertainment, and even the…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Approval Rating Has Increased Since Facebook IPO
Before Facebook went public Mark Zuckerberg was already a pretty popular CEO among his employees. After the Facebook IPO was a complete disaster employees still stood beside their co-founding leader. One year later the Facebook IPO has recovered much of its value and Zuckerberg is more popular with employees than ever before. According to jobs…
Facebook Adds TV, Movie, And Book Ratings System To Timeline
Facebook in its never ending attempt to build out a better Graph Search product has announced a new ratings system via Sections for Timeline. The “Sections” area shows users what apps they use and now a star rating system appears next to movies, TV shows, and books. Once rated developers can track traffic from Sections…
Vin Diesel: Facebook Owes Me Billions
Fast & Furious 6 star Vin Diesel is a popular guy on Facebook. So popular that he has racked up 41 million likes for his own Facebook page. Now the movie star is proclaiming that Facebook “owes me billions” of dollars. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly the action star explains his rise in Facebook fame: “What…
How A Facebook Site Update Would Look In Real Life [Video]
One of the most annoying aspects of Facebook for many users is the fact that the web platform is constantly changing. From privacy settings being reset to basic Facebook Wall’s becoming Timelines, there is never a lack of stuff to complain about. The team at ExtremelyDecentFilms realized that sudden changes in real-life would probably go over just…
Man ‘Too Handsome’ For Saudi Arabia Now ‘Too Handsome’ For Facebook
Do you remember Omar Borkan Al Gala, the ridiculously good looking Arab man deported from Saudi Arabia earlier this year for being … well … too handsome? Now Facebook has decided that his sexiness is too much to bear, and has shut him down. In April, three men were ejected from an annual culture festival in…
Facebook Names Ad Veteran Nicola Mendelsohn As VP Of EMEA
Facebook on Tuesday announced that longtime veteran of the ad industry Nicola Mendelsohn has joined the team as its permanent VP for EMEA. Mendelsohn replaces Joanna Shields who left Facebook in October 2012. Serving in the role on an interim basis was VP of Global Marketing Solutions Carolyn Everson. Mendelsohn currently works at ad agency…
Facebook Psychosis: Social Networking Will Literally Make You Crazy
Facebook can turn you into a psycho, as if you needed us to tell you that. It might sound like an old-hat revelation to you much as it did me, but “Facebook psychosis” is moving out of “Internet wives tale” speculation and into cold, scientific reality thanks to a study from Dr. Uri Nitzan of Tel…
Path Loses Facebook ‘Find Friends’ Feature Following Claims Of Spam
Facebook’s social graph was yanked from Path smartphone apps over the weekend after the company restricted access to Path’s API privileges. With access gone Path users can no longer use Facebook to search for friends and invite them for inclusion via the Path app. Facebook pulled access to the API after Path spammed Facebook inbox’s…
Facebook ‘Trusted Contacts’ Delivers Added Security With The Help Of Friends
Transcript via SND.TV: Are you ready to hand out your “spare keys” to a Facebook friend? The social network on Thursday announced a new program that allows your friends to unlock your account if you have login issues. Called “Trusted Contacts” the new program gives three to five friends access to your account should you…
Avast Acquires Secure.me, Will Boost Facebook Security For Users
Antivirus firm Avast has acquired Secure.me. The startup is focused on making Facebook a more secure platform for users. In a Secure.me blog post on Thursday co-founder Mario Grobholz writes: “This new set up will allow us to design security for the user to protect their data independent from which device is utilized and from where it is being…
Facebook Has Better Privacy Practices Than Apple, Says EFF
Facebook users constantly complain about their privacy being violated and while that might be true there are worse offenders. A new study by the Electronic Frontier Foundation has found that Apple is actually the worst major technology company in terms of handing over user data. Apple beat out Facebook, Amazon, Comcast, and other competitors for…