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Don;t be fooled! Phishing Facebook advert claims that actor Hugh Laurie has 'taken his own life'
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Don’t be fooled! Scamming Facebook advert claims that actor Hugh Laurie has ‘taken his own life’

Sunday, Apr 16, 2017Monday, Apr 17, 2017 - by mike s

Facebook is bad enough with all its dodgy privacy-busting shenanigans, but we’ve just uncovered something that is particularly distasteful – and we thought we’d best warn you NOT to click on a link …

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Facebook broken as users remains unable to upload images
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Facebook broken as some users remains unable to upload images

Monday, Oct 21, 2013Monday, Oct 21, 2013 - by mike s

Facebook has been broken for several hours today, with some users complaining that they are unable to upload images to their profiles or event pages. Other users are reporting more …

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Facebook scoops up Instagram photo sharing network for a cool $1bn
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Facebook scoops up Instagram photo sharing network for a cool $1bn

Monday, Apr 9, 2012 - by Lee J.

Facebook has cranked open its jumbo-sized wallet and scooped up the Instagram photo sharing network for $1bn (£629m) in cash and stock.

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Facebook’s first desktop app for Windows released for free download
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Facebook’s first desktop app for Windows released for free download

Monday, Mar 5, 2012Monday, Mar 5, 2012 - by Lee J.

Facebook has finally released its own dedicated messaging app for Windows, letting you access all the Facebook updates you could possibly want from your desktop.

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A year’s worth of Facebook updates add up to 11.5 billion pages of paper [infographic]

Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012 - by Pete Railton

Keen to drum up a bit of support for their business, UK online cartridge retailer Cartridge Save  thought it would be a whizzo idea to calculate how much paper would be …

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gaming / Google / web

Google shows off its Google Maps 3D maze challenge [video]

Sunday, Jan 15, 2012 - by Tony Fletcher

Google has  slipped out a promotional video showing off a Google Maps-driven game for the Google+ Games platform.

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It’s D.I.V.O.R.C.E. on Facebook, with the site cited in one third of UK divorce cases

Friday, Dec 30, 2011 - by mike s

According to a recent study, Facebook is becoming a major factor in divorce cases in the UK, with the social networking site being cited in 33 per cent of behaviour petitions in …

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Android’s Facebook app usage overtakes the iPhone for the first time

Monday, Dec 19, 2011Monday, Dec 19, 2011 - by Lee J.

A new study shows the Android Facebook app now ratcheting up an astonishing 58.8 million daily active users, making it more popular than the iPhone Facebook app for the first time.

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Android / mobile apps / mobiles

Facebook rolls out Android update, speedier experience promised for all

Thursday, Dec 8, 2011Thursday, Dec 8, 2011 - by mike s

Facebook has just announced a shiny new version of its Android application, and it should be landing in an  Android Market near you any minute now.

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computing / mobile apps / portable

Official Facebook app finally promenades on to the Apple iPad

Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011Tuesday, Oct 11, 2011 - by Pete Railton

It’s taken so long to saunter into the App Store that we suspect some iPad users were starting to take it personally, but the official Facebook app is now finally ready for downloading.

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Facebook unveils Timeline and shows off its features in a schmaltzy video

Thursday, Sep 22, 2011Thursday, Sep 22, 2011 - by mike s

Facebook has unveiled Timeline, described as a “major re-imagining of user profiles,” which allows users to build a visual scrapbook of their activities on the site over the years.

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Google / photography / web

Swiftly shunt your Facebook photos into your Google+ account with Move2Picasa

Monday, Jul 11, 2011Monday, Jul 11, 2011 - by mike s

If – like us – you’re preparing to jump ship from Facebook and break free from its auto photo-taggin’ and auto group joinin’ ways, a new Chrome extension makes the …

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Facebook adds self-proclaimed ‘awesome’ Skype video chatting feature

Wednesday, Jul 6, 2011Wednesday, Jul 6, 2011 - by Lee J.

Enthusiastically pre-hyped by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week, the new “awesome” add-on to the social networking site has been revealed as video chat tool created in partnership with Skype.

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Facebook annoys more users by blocking contact-exporting tool

Tuesday, Jul 5, 2011Tuesday, Jul 5, 2011 - by Pete Railton

Facebook’s penchant for hanging on to your data is well documented, so we expect many users were pleased when a developer created a Chrome extension tool that made it easy …

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The world turns blue as Facebook embraces the globe

Monday, Jun 13, 2011Monday, Jun 13, 2011 - by Lee J.

Analytics boffin Vincenzo Cosenza has released the latest of his bi-annual ‘world map of social networks’ graphics, displaying the rise and fall of the big social networks by country.

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