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Category: Social Media

  • ‘The Social Network’ Won 3 Oscars Out of 8

    The Social Network won only 3 Oscars out of eight awards it had been nominated for. Aaron Sorkin won best adapted screenplay, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won best soundtrack and Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter won best film editing. The Social Network didn’t score on its nominations for direction, actor, supporting actor, sound editing nor…

  • Goodbye to Facebook ‘Share’ Button – ‘Like’ is the Future

    Say Goodbye to the Facebook ‘Share’ button, because the new functionality of ‘Like’ button is taking it over. Facebook is rolling out new functionality changes to the ‘Like’ button.     Now after hitting the Like button, a full story with a headline, blurb and thumbnail will be posted to your profile wall. You’ll also…

  • LinkedIn Blocked in China

    After the micro blogging site Twitter, it appears that LinkedIn is the latest victim of the anti-government protests in China. The Great Firewall (read China) now blocked the professional social networking site LinkedIn.     The site had recently seen growth in China and was holding off the challenges of several clones like Ushi and…

  • Twitter Restores Banned UberSocial and Twidroyd Apps

    After a dramatic turn of events earlier in the week of Twitter’s suspension on UberMedia’s popular apps UberTwitter and twidroyd under the auspices of privacy, monetization and trademark violations; UberMedia has had its API access reinstated for at least two of its apps.     From official Twitter post: UPDATE 2/20/2011: We’ve given the developers…

  • Twitter Suspends UberTwitter and twidroyd

    According to the official post from Twitter, it has suspended UberTwitter and Twidroyd for violating its policies.     Summary of the post – “Regardless of how you access Twitter, we are dedicated to making Twitter better, faster and more reliable for you. As part of this effort, we ask applications that work with Twitter…

  • How To View Facebook Photos in the Classic Way

    Facebook recently rolled out the new Photo Viewer to everyone where you can browse more photos faster without having to lose your place in Facebook. Instead, the photo opens in the center of your screen, and you close it when you’re done. There’s no need to go back and forth between pages or reload the…

  • Facebook Phones: HTC announces Chacha and Salsa

    Mark Zuckerberg said it before: there will be no Facebook phone. And now its clear what he meant – his strategy is to integrate Facebook into every phone telling us today at the HTC launch event in Barcelona. He also gave a sign with expectation of dozens of Facebook phones featuring deep social integration coming…

  • Facebook Pages Are Getting An Upgrade

    Many of our friends administer one or more pages on Facebook, but there is one essential feature Facebook "forgot" to make – the option to get email alerts when somebody posts or comments on one of your pages.     Now, Facebook pages are getting an updated layout and several new features to help you…

  • FB Spam: I was logged into Facebook for XXX hours in 2010

    Spam messages are spreading across Facebook claiming to be from users who have calculated the total hours they spent on the social network during 2010. Would you be tempted to find out how long you had spent on Facebook in the last year? Well, I would be cautious if I were you as you could…

  • Facebook Introduced Social Captchas and HTTPS

    Facebook is introducing two new measures to gripe up security – a secured connection and Social Authentication. These features are especially useful when you’re uncertain whether your network or computer is secure.     A Secured Connection – Facebook currently uses HTTPS only when your password is sent, but today it is expanding its usage…