When Facebook was created six years ago in a Harvard dormitory, no one imagined that it would soon become the world’s most popular social network, toppling earlier giants like MySpace and Friendster. No one imagined that it would rise to a level to challenge even Google. in terms of information held. It’s actually funny –… Continue reading What Do The Next Ten Years Hold For Facebook?
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Firesheep, A New Threat for Facebook Users
It’s never been easier to steal information from web surfers. Eric Butler, a software developer has created a Firefox plugin called Firesheep, which allows anyone to hack into a Facebook account, with an automated process. He presented it at the ToorCon (a hacker conference in San Diego, USA) to demonstrate how fragile our security on… Continue reading Firesheep, A New Threat for Facebook Users
Facebook: The Gateway to Modern Romance
Social networking is slowly and gradually encompassing the web domain and it is becoming an essential part of our everyday life. Now it doesn’t matter whether you are sitting in South America under the summer sun or sitting halfway across the world under the cold European weather, social networking will keep you connected to your… Continue reading Facebook: The Gateway to Modern Romance
Facebook’s Messaging System:The Bug Within
For quite some time now, the buzz among Facebook employees about a supposed GMail Killer has been evident. A lot of discussions followed on tech blogs and forums. The project was supposedly codenamed as Project Titan, and was touted to be an e-mail solution which would offer a new way of communication to Facebook users,… Continue reading Facebook’s Messaging System:The Bug Within
A New Trojan Threat on Mac OS X Comes From Facebook
SecureMac has discovered a new Trojan that affects all Mac OS X versions even the 10.7 Lion and it is being distributed through email and social networks like Facebook, posing as a video linked from a message with the title “Is this you in this video?”. When a user clicks on the link, the Trojan… Continue reading A New Trojan Threat on Mac OS X Comes From Facebook
Why Google Limits Access to Facebook Through Gmail?
The relationship between Google and Facebook is complicated but it has never been so tense following Google’s decision to prevent Facebook users from obtaining direct access from their Gmail account. It illustrates a growing rivalry between the two major Internet companies. The world’s number one Internet search engine no longer allows automatic email imports to… Continue reading Why Google Limits Access to Facebook Through Gmail?
Week’s Top Websites and Tools
Internet is becoming so crowded these days that it is very difficult to find a decent website or something new on the web. However, I am going to describe here the top websites and tools of this week. All the following listed websites are free or they come with a free sign-up option, so users… Continue reading Week’s Top Websites and Tools
Samsung Latest Smartphone Galaxy Apollo: A Complete Review
There is no doubt that Mountain Valley California based search engine giant Google is popular for its innovations and successful tools. The same goes for Google mobile software platform. It has taken off big time and is slowly and gradually racking up the market share. One of the best things about Android is its availability… Continue reading Samsung Latest Smartphone Galaxy Apollo: A Complete Review
MySpace Putting a Stop to Apps Sharing User Data
Privacy violation and safeguarding the user’s data is the hot topic all over the web. Various Tech Blogs are presenting their views and scrutinizing the tech giants, to know the fact if user’s data is being kept private or not. First, it was the search giant Google that came under fire from Government Agencies and… Continue reading MySpace Putting a Stop to Apps Sharing User Data
Facebook Applications Sharing User Data
PRIVACY REQUIRED. This is a slogan that all the internet users and especially the social networking platform users are chanting these days. We see blogs fill with tech people condemning the social networking platforms for violating the privacy of the users. So, recently a report was published by Wall Street Journal that claimed that a… Continue reading Facebook Applications Sharing User Data