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Facebook

Facebook Hires Hacker (aka Geohot)

George Hotz (aka Geohot), the infamous hacker that was at the forefront of the first jailbreak of the iPhone, and who also published the Sony Playstation’s root keys which landed him in a serious lawsuit, has been hired at Facebook. Facebook is the perfect place for hackers to work because of Facebook’s traditional hackathons – […]

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Facebook

Facebook Is Testing New Homepage Scrolling Features

Facebook has been testing out some new designs for your homepage. One of the main features that Facebook has been looking at is separating the scrolling of your news feed from the rest of the homepage. As it is now, when you scroll down your news feed, the right hand side bar scrolls with it. […]

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Android Facebook

Facebook Android App Update Brings Video Uploading

The Facebook Android app is evolving, although slowly according to some users. The latest app, which is now available in the Android market, allows users to upload videos to their Facebook profile straight from your Android phone or tablet. According to MobileBurn, Facebook claims to have made improvements to the News Feed as well in […]

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Facebook Twitter

Ads Are Coming To A Stream Near You

Pretty soon you will see ads (sponsored content) showing up in your Twitter streams. Twitter announced plans to embed sponsored tweets in your stream which should start showing up within the next 8 weeks or so. But it’s not just Twitter who’s entertaining the idea of sponsored content in the stream, Facebook has also been […]

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Facebook

Winklevoss Twins Just Won’t Give Up on Facebook

Wow, the Winklevoss twins just refuse to stop hammering Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. Just a day after dropping the suit that would have gone to the Supreme Court, the Winklevii have opened another law suit against Zuckerberg and Facebook. Filed with the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, the Winklevoss twins along with business partner Divya […]

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Facebook

India Urges Facebook To Expand

Facebook has been experiencing explosive growth in India by adding 17 million new users in the past 12 months. This brings the total number of Facebook users in India to 25 million. Because of this growth, the Indian government is urging Facebook to expand its operation in the country. Currently, Facebook employs approximately 100 people […]

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YouTube

Google Becomes First Company To Hit 1 Billion Visitors Per Month

Google is now the first internet company in the world to hit 1 billion unique visitors in a single month, according to data from comScore. During the month of May, Google web properties to include its search engine, Gmail service, video sharing site YouTube, Google Maps, and others, claimed over 1 billion unique visitors. This […]