Tag: facebook
Facebook responding to malicious attacks
Over the last few days thousands of people have been affected by the latest attack on Facebook by a group of hackers. Images containing scenes of violence and pornography have been posted as part of a spam attack on…
Google see Siri as a threat to their search business
It has only been a matter of weeks since the iPhone 4S was released but already it has made an impression on Google Chairman Eric Schidt. The functionality of Apple's voice command technology, Siri, has made Schmidt admit that…
Facebook in cookie tracking row once more
Facebook have come under fire from a German watchdog group following allegations that the world's largest social network aer using cookies to create tracking profiles of users without their consent, allowing the network to keep tabs on a user's web-browsing…
Rebel or Obey: Anti-Facebook network Unthink is here
Rebel or Obey? Freedom or Control? Inspire or Oppress? Emancipate yourself! Welcome to Unthink, a new social network set up as a contrast to Facebook. It's just opened up to the first round of beta testers, aiming to provide…
Q&A: Edward Saatchi on NationalField, Obama and the democratisation of the workplace
Edward Saatchi, son of millionaire advertising mogul Maurice Saatchi, is being billed as the UK's answer to Mark Zuckerberg. His private, enterprise focussed social network NationalField is credited as a key tool in President Obama's successful election campaign, and,…
APP OF THE DAY: Facebook (iPad)
The iPad App Store has had a pretty glaring Facebook-shaped hole in its repertoire since being released in April 2010. After many months of waiting, Zuckerberg and his crew have finally got together a Facebook app that they're happy…
Mick Jagger's new addiction? Facebook
What do aging rockers love more than lavish retreats along the French Riviera, bowls of M&Ms (with all the brown ones taken out), or a Mars Bar for quite unusual purposes? Facebook of course! At least if you're Mick…
Spotify adds Private Listening feature to Facebook integration
We're massive fans of Spotify here at Tech Digest. We've covered it from its first baby-steps up to the world-conquering music streaming service it has become today, with hardly a bad word to say about it. However, the recent, deep…
Just a few of the scary things Facebook keeps about your life forever
It's been a busy few weeks for Facebook. Expanding upon the Open Graph model and introducing the site's biggest profile change-up since its launch with the arrival of the Timeline, Zuckerberg and co. are looking to lock you into the…
Facebook f8: What is Timeline?
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg has introduced a major new feature to the world's biggest social network today in the shape of the Timeline, which is set to replace the regular Profile pages we've become accustomed to. Speaking at the company's…