Facebook and new plans for developer access

Facebook, the Internet social media company has been talking about its plans to allow outside developers access to core parts of its website. Facebook have said that this will help to build new services to its website. Read more

Facebook News: Former executive aims for MySpace

Facebook’s former chief revenue officer, Owen Van Natta looks like a series contender for taking the top job over at MySpace. Chris DeWolfe has announced today that he will not be renewing his contract and will be stepping down. Read more

Facebook for Playstation 3 on the way - Sony

John Koller, who is the Hardware Marketing Boss at SCEA has recently said in a conference over in San Francisco that Facebook integration for the Playstation 3 is already in the works. Read more

Facebook Connect for Apple iPhone

For those of you who were wondering if Facebook Connect would be making its way to Apple’s iPhone (AAPL), then wonder no more as Facebook have confirmed it will be. Connect allows users to take their Facebook friends, privacy and identity wherever they go. Read more

New Facebook home page, feel the Twitter

We have known for some time that Facebook were to revamp its home page, and yesterday was the first time that people were able to use the new home page. One thing that users have noticed is how much it looks like Twitter. Read more

Facebook Worm Threat: The virus is back

If you are a Facebook or MySpace account holder, then you should be aware that the ‘Koobface’ worm is back. It seems as if the virus has some unfinished business with these social networking sites. The worm is disguised to trick you into downloading programs; these will then hijack your computer. Read more

Latest Facebook Koobface Virus: Spawned by an earlier attack

If you’re a user of the popular Facebook networking site then you may have heard about the latest Koobface Facebook virus and the problems it’s causing via a link to a video that asks you to update and installs something nasty.

This latest attack is apparently thanks to malware remaining on users computers and now is striking again by asking Facebook users to click on either a shared video in the Read more

Facebook Connect: Why It looks like a winner

Facebook Connect has now launched Connect, their Web-wide sign-on system and the Washington Post has said that the new service certainly has potential, as it simplifies and enriches the social network site. Read more

Koobface Facebook Video Virus and Fix Information

There are reports all over the Internet that Facebook has been attacked by a virulent piece of malware, which came as a surprise to users considering that Facebook use the walled-off internal e-mail system. The Koobface Video Virus managed to slip through the cracks, and has now upset the calm waters of Facebook users. Thankfully Facebook have issued some fix information for the virus. Read more

Facebook Phishing Site: Google Chrome, Safari and Firefox Report

Now this is really interesting and quite worrying for some, how many of you love the words “Conspiracy Theory”? Yes there are many of you and this news about those trying to access Facebook using Google Chrome browser and seeing a warning that the social network may Read more

Facebook Web Browser: Connect with other sites

FaceBook has now launched their new service called Connect, which will allow FaceBook users to connect with another site via the networking portal. This means that a FaceBook user can use their login details to gain access to other sites. Read more

Facebook wins $873 million against Canadian spammer

Facebook is happy in the knowledge that they have won $873 million in damages against a Canadian man who sent 4 million spam emails to the users of the social network. Facebook should not open the Champagne just yet, as spammer Adam Guerbuez of Montreal, has not been found. Read more

Facebook’s failed attempt to buy Twitter

For those of you who thought that Black Friday was the only thing going on in the world, you would be mistaken. One of the biggest stories doing to rounds over in Silicon Valley is Facebook’s failed attempt to buy Twitter, for the massive sum of $500 million in stock. Read more

Facebook for Android T-Mobile G1, well almost

If you take a visit to Android Market you will notice that FaceBook is now available for the T-Mobile G1. We all assumed that FaceBook would be made available for the Google Android handset, as they need to be able to compete with rival MySpace. Read more

INQ1 Phone: Facebook integration, Skype functionally

When the first range of Skype phones were launched they were a bit basic and not that nice to look at. Well as with all early ideas, things get better as time goes on, and this new INQ1 Phone with its Skype functionally and Facebook integration is a great step forward.

Here we have some great images for you, thanks to Engadget. When looking at the INQ1 is, it does not look like anything spectacular, but it is only when you take a closer look that things get better. The phone has a 3.2 megapixel camera, but the old design lets it down a little.

The INQ1 is not about its looks, but rather about its software, like the full Facebook integration and Skype functionally. The phone also has some other great software features, such as eBay tracker and Windows Live Messenger.

Latest Facebook Craze: Agonymous advice column

If you love Facebook then you may love the second generation of applications that come after the new Facebook design. Read the release below.

After the recent uproar of the new Facebook design, a subsequent second generation of applications are beginning to rise up from the ashes..

Agonymous (representing Agony Anonymous) is the latest Facebook application on it’s way to achieving cult status from its many fans. Soft launched only two weeks and with almost zero marketing, Agonymous already has around one thousand users all clamoring to become Facebook’s number one advisor

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Will you boycott Facebook over new design?

Are you one of those members who will boycott Facebook on October 18 and 19 because of the sites new design? Well apparently 2.7M users are being told too boycott the site on these dates.

There are apparently 2.7 million supporters who oppose the sites new design and it seems the two-day boycott will make a great point. The group is called “1,000,000 against the new Facebook layout”, and it seems that it has become very popular indeed, and many have been asked to stay OFF Facebook during the dates given above.

This must a big deal because it is not only the Facebook group that is backing this, there is another group called “Petition Against the New Facebook” which so far has 1.6 million backers, there is another group called “I hate the new Facebook” which has 1.5 million supporters.

Will you boycott Facebook over new design? Please get those comments coming in, we really want to know what you think.

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Facebook users will have to change to the new site

If you are a regular facebook user, then you will already know that the facebook site gave you an option to go with the new facebook or stick with the old, basically we are all going to have to go to the new site.

Over one million of the user signed a petition against the sites controversial redesign, but that facebook have over 40 million members, so, it’s not really a huge percentage. 30 million users have already changed over, Mark Slee the facebook Product Manager said although some users will be uncomfortable with the changes over time they will appreciate the advantages that the new design and feature it has to offer.

Not only has facebook had a facelift, they have also design a very slick, intuitive site dedicated to the iPhone.

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Children evading Facebook, Bebo and MySpace age restrictions

It has been reported that almost a quarter of children aged between eight and twelve have been evading the age restrictions that have been put in place from social networking sites. Those sites that children have managed to evade are Facebook, Bebo and MySpace.

These result were taking from a poll which was commissioned by Garlik, it shows that over 75,000 children are illicitly using the sites. The alarming fact shows that children are allowing themselves to become exposed to communicate with strangers. This news is a little alarming.

Parents have been doing their utmost to try and stop this from happening, many have been secretly logging on to their children’s social networking pages to see if they have been doing anything reckless on there.

Tom Ilube, chief executive of Garlik has said “The fact that parents feel compelled to monitor their children on this scale should send a powerful message to the big social networking sites.”

Both Bebo and Facebook have an age limit of 13 while Myspace has set their age limit at 14. Also an alarming fact is that a quarter of 8 to 15 year olds have admitted of having strangers as friends on their social networking page. A fifth of that figure also said that they have met these strangers that they befriended online.

It is now time that these social networking sites did more to stop this from happening. But this is such a hard thing to monitor, this will take sometime to come up with a perfect solution.

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Hackers target blogging site Twitter

Popular site Twitter has become the latest website to be targeted by a group of cyber criminals who have found ways to exploit social networking websites. The suspect activity was spotted by security firm Kaspersky, and found a fake Twitter profile containing a malicious payload.

This latest news is sure to worry other networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook, as it appears the hackers are quite sophisticated and are still able to target these websites even when security measures are put into place.

One of the techniques used by the hackers is trying to trick users into downloading a fake version of Adobe Flash which then installs other programs instead capable of stealing personal data.

Kaspersky claims that this attack on Twitter first originated in Brazil, due to the language used at the time, the email addresses used, and servers for downloading Trojans. Kaspersky have also said that there are a number of dangerous ‘worms’ on the internet that are trying to target MySpace and Facebook.

With all these news of hackers I think it’s safe to say, just be careful when you are logging onto to your facebook or similar sites, and be warned the next time a message telling you to install Adobe flash pops up!

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