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A “Glitch” Gave Iranians Access to Twitter and Facebook

YesterdayIranians thought a government ban had been lifted after they were able to access Twitter and Facebook on Monday. Some users were able to get to Twitter and Facebook without going around the government firewall which lead them to believe authorities lifted the ban on social media websites. Authorities had placed a ban in 2009. […]

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Facebook’s Facial Recognition Technology

The move by Facebook to enable facial recognition across the entire social networking site has raised some eyebrows and probably some legal woes due to its privacy implications. Facebook announced that it was working to simply the process of users tagging photos of their family members and friends. In order to achieve this, it has […]

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page Hacked

Social Media’s poster boy, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and Chief Executive of Facebook was at the receiving end of what was initially considered a prank, when his Facebook profile page was hacked by an IT security Researcher from Palestine, named Khalil Shreateh. Khalil on his part claims that he had tried to contact Facebook, and warn […]

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Facebook Says Facelook Salon’s Logo Looks Too Similar

Facebook, the largest social media website in the world may just file a lawsuit against a small hair salon in Dubai. The online social media company believe s that the salon is infringing upon Facebook’s property rights in respect to its logo. The hair salon’s logo bears a striking resemblance to that of Facebook. For […]

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Instagram CEO plans to grow bigger Facebook

Instagram, which was acquired by Facebook in 2012, has set some ambitious targets for itself in the coming years. During the course of his interview with a digital portal, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom has outlined the plan for his group within Facebook. Instagram CEO thinks Instagram could actually outgrow Facebook in the coming years. The […]

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Does Facebook’s Open Graph Search Tool Suck?

If Facebook is your favorite cyber hangout then their new graph search tool which definitely make you happier. However not everyone might view it the same way. Facebook had launched a test version of its Graph search tool back in January but only allowed a selected group to use that feature to see how it […]

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Facebook tightens Screws on Pages that Contain Violent, Racy Content by Pulling of Ads

It was revealed that Facebook is pulling advertisements from pages that include violent and racy contents. The Facebook officials stated that they are planning to review the guidelines and train up their employees to deal with the issue. The users who are associated with posting such contents are also going to be treated seriously to […]