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It isn't unusual for Facebook to change things around. In general, these changes tend to annoy users of Facebook for a while, and we all complain, and then eventually adjust to the new look. An example of this phenomena happened when Facebook changed everyone's pages to the new Timeline format. A rash of blogs hit the internet warning people that
Whether he knows it or not, Mark Zuckerberg fired the starter’s pistol when he reportedly single-handedly spent more than $1 billion on photo-sharing app Instagram earlier this month. The Facebook CEO apparently cut his board of directors out of the picture and decided unilaterally to purchase the relatively small Instagram for a universally huge sum of $1 billion-plus. Nearly two
Yes, I'm still a Facebook geek, even if I don't post about it as much as I used to. I was forced into the new Timeline view about two months ago, and I have given it the good old college try, as we like to say. I still am not fond of it, but like most Facebook changes, it is
The folks at Instagram - screamingly popular free photo-sharing app - announced about an hour ago that they are being bought by Facebook for the mind-numbing price of $1 billion (definitely billion with a "b"). Facebook announced here and Instagram humbly announced they were being bought here. Both parties - Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram's Kevin Systrom - insist
This is what I look like waiting for TV shows to be released on Netflix. Not really - this is what I look like all the time. Image Credit - BigStockThere’s a new report out this week (to be filed in the “Duh” folder…right next to “No Kidding”) showing that some 2.6 million cable television subscribers cancelled their service in
Employers who are asking their current employees, or potential applicants, for their Facebook passwords need to watch out. Facebook has heard about this nasty practice, and is not the least bit pleased about it. An official statement was released by Erin Egan, the Chief Privacy Officer of Facebook Policy. I found it to be an interesting read. The statement points
Yahoo has filed a patent infringement suit against Facebook. The case has been filed in federal court in San Jose, California. Yahoo says that it is suing over ten patents that are related to web-based advertising. Yahoo is also suing because the company says that Facebook is using a social networking model that is based on Yahoo's patented social networking