Category: Facebook
I AM PLAYR casual football sim to take on New Star Soccer on iPhone, iPad
Not content with snapping up over 8.4 million players through its web and Facebook games, We R Interactive's casual football sim I AM PLAYR is now available as an iPhone and iPad app too. A free-to-play title that mixes action…
Facebook hit by "sophisticated" hacking attack
Social networking giant Facebook have been hit by what it describes as a "sophisticated" hacking attack through a previously unknown loophole in its systems. Though the company insists that none of the personal data belonging to its 1 billion+ users…
Facebook introduces new social search tool Search Graph
So we've all been waiting eagerly to find out what Facebook's big new announcement will be this evening and, like many predicted, the social network has added a new smart search engine called Graph Search. Our sister site Shiny…
Facebook will soon own your Instagram data too
Instagram are preparing to introduce a new policy for the new year in which they will share all content with new owners Facebook. Posting on the company blog, Instagram detailed that the new changes will come into play in January…
Facebook to launch new self-destruct messaging app for worry-free sexting
Reports are coming in that Facebook are preparing to launch a brand new messaging app with a keen focus on user privacy. Ready before the end of the year according to All Things D, the app will let users set…
Facebook and Twitter responsible for lengthy toilet queues
Sick of hopping foot to foot outside a toilet waiting for the previous occupant to clear out? The problem may be down to social networking. No, not the sort of social networking that George Michael is partial to. We're talking…
Facebook considering WhatsApp IM buyout?
Facebook may be preparing to buy multi-platform instant messaging app WhatsApp, according to the latest Silicon Valley rumours. TechCrunch are citing "source close to the matter" on the possible merger, though details are being kept so closely guarded currently that…
Facebook user arrested for posting burning poppy picture, leads to #poppycock Twitter protests
A man has been arrested under the Malicious Communications Act and is awaiting questioning after posting a picture of a burning poppy onto Facebook this weekend, coinciding with the annual Remembrance Day events. Posted alongside "an offensive comment" according to…
HTC Facebook Phone codenamed HTC Opera UL on the way?
The rumours of a Facebook phone once again rear their heads, with news again coming in that HTC may be making a phone for the social networking giants. A Taiwanese source for Pocket-Lint has revealed the HTC Opera UL, billed…
Facebook accused of megabucks UK tax-dodge
How do you become the world's biggest social network? By dodging your tax dues, that's how. That's the accusation levelled at Facebook today, after it was revealed it had paid just £238,000 in corporation tax in the UK, despite pocketing…