Category archives: facebook

 

 

Facebook revealing the personal data it collects, won't spare your drunk-poking blushes

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Facebook’s massively expanding its Download Your Information service into an all-encompassing archive of the data Mr. Zuckerberg collects about your daily dose of people-stalking. DYL was introduced in 2010 and allowed you to pull down all the photos, posts, messages, friend lists and chat conversations in the archives — but now will also offer stored IP Addresses, previous names you’ve used, friend requests you’ve made, with further categories due in the future. It’ll have to to sate the concerns of privacy organizations worldwide , since it’s rumored to collect 84 different categories of information about you (85 if you count all those Instagram photos it just bought). It’ll be gradually rolled out to all 845 million users in the coming weeks and is available from your general account settings. Facebook revealing the personal data it collects, won’t spare your drunk-poking blushes originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink New York Times | Facebook | Email this | Comments

 

Facebook launches 'groups for schools,' keeps enrollment tight

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It’s no secret that Facebook encourages users to spend as much time as possible on the site, doing things like sharing photos , playing games , chatting , and of course, sharing status updates . Now, the company is giving students a reason to visit that’s actually related to academics. ‘Groups for schools’ creates a virtual venue for collegiate collaboration, letting students and faculty members share un-copyrighted files within the groups created for their sports teams, clubs and even individual classes. There is a file limit of 25MB in play, so consider those dreams of sharing videos and zipped up apps crushed — you’ll also need to provide a .edu address that matches the school before Facebook grants you admission. At first, online cliques will be limited to colleges in the US, though global institutions will eventually be permitted to join in on the fun as well. In the meantime, who knows — perhaps Dropbox will also launch some kind of super-secret, exclusive club in the near future. Facebook launches ‘groups for schools,’ keeps enrollment tight originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink TechCrunch | Facebook | Email this | Comments

 

Gaikai brings its cloud gaming to Facebook, launches beta application

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Gaikai’s certainly grown leaps and bounds since its early days , and today the cloud gaming firm takes another step by joining the largest social networking platform on the globe. For starters, this first beta of Gaikai’s Facebook application is available to North American / European gamers, offering support for browsers such as Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari and Firefox on Windows, OS X or Linux machines. Gamers who’ve fiddled around with the outfit’s previous betas or Walmart’s Gaikai powered Gamecenter will know the drill: streaming game demos in the frame of your web browser. Ready to try before you buy? The setup is serving up samples of Saints Row: The Third , Dead Rising 2 , Magicka , Sniper: Ghost Warrior , The Witcher 2 , Orcs Must Die! and Farming Simulator 2011 . Gaikai CEO and co-founder David Perry told us that while the outfit’s current Facebook rigging is still centered around demos, it’s primed to push full titles if and when a publisher requests it. “Our goal is to get games as accessible as movies and music,” he told us “so games get the chance to compete.” Gaikai v1.0 is live on Zuck’s site now, so click the source link below, pop in your Facebook credentials and you should be all set. Sean Buckley contributed to this post. Continue reading Gaikai brings its cloud gaming to Facebook, launches beta application Gaikai brings its cloud gaming to Facebook, launches beta application originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Facebook (Gaikai) | Email this | Comments

 

Twitter and Facebook for BlackBerry get BBM connected, BBM gets some animated avatars

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BlackBerry fans of the world over rejoice: some of your favorite social apps have just become slightly more connected to your favorite smartphone ecosystem. RIM announced today via its official blog that the 3.0 versions of Facebook and Twitter for BlackBerry have become BBM connected , meaning, among other things, that you can share status updates, tweets and the like with your BBM contacts. The Canadian smartphone maker also used the opportunity to announce a handful of additional updates to fellow BlackBerry App World apps like BBM itself, which is getting BlackBerry Tag integration and, hold onto your BlackBerry hats, new animated avatars. You can find all of the relevant updates by clicking the source link below. Twitter and Facebook for BlackBerry get BBM connected, BBM gets some animated avatars originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Inside BlackBerry | Email this | Comments

 

Facebook to buy Instagram

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How’s this for some big news on an otherwise slow Monday? Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has let slip that his company plans to buy popular photo-sharing app Instagram (pending all of the standard regulatory approvals, naturally). According to a report from All Things D ‘s Kara Swisher, Facebook will pick up the social app, which got its own long-awaited Android version , for a cool $1 billion in cash and shares. Ole Zuck confirmed the news on his personal blog, adding that the deal won’t affect Instagram’s integration with competing social networks: We think the fact that Instagram is connected to other services beyond Facebook is an important part of the experience. We plan on keeping features like the ability to post to other social networks, the ability to not share your Instagrams on Facebook if you want, and the ability to have followers and follow people separately from your friends on Facebook. Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom confirmed via his site’s blog that the service, “is not going away,” adding, “The Instagram app will still be the same one you know and love.” Check out some PR on the subject after the break. Continue reading Facebook to buy Instagram Facebook to buy Instagram originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink All Things D | Facebook , Instagram | Email this | Comments

 

Our favorite tweets of the week Apr 2 – Apr 8, 2012

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Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter , however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week. Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out. To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot Parallax Scrolling: An Introduction http://su.pr/1ASut4 The Importance of White Space: Take a Breath Already! http://ow.ly/a1aNZ Get rid of that mess: 10 Plugins to Help Spring Clean Your WordPress Blog http://ow.ly/a1aL4 Icon fonts are awesome, but.. http://ow.ly/a1czO 8-Bit Video Games Can Teach Us About Design And UX. Here’s what: http://ow.ly/a1cER Mark Powell takes his drawing skill to vintage envelopes & the result is stunning http://ow.ly/a1bXO Birth of a Book: a tour of Smith Settle’s handmade bookbinding process http://ow.ly/a3r23 *Its growth is then up to us Foresight.js gives webpages a future-preview ability http://ow.ly/a3pDH Seoul-based Studio fnt has an incredible body of work with clean, but powerful results http://ow.ly/a3tSj The ethics of SEO – what’s your status? http://ow.ly/a4tDX The Key To Keeping Designers Happy – Facebook Has It http://ow.ly/a4JJx Typography Shop has some cool stuff for designers and typophiles. Check them out! http://might.ly/a4dHI Drop Caps: Historical Use And Current Best Practices With CSS http://ow.ly/a4Ltn *Inspiring read Up and Running With Custom Post Types http://su.pr/2JZDMR Can You Guess The 8 Reasons Why Users Don’t Fill Out Sign Up Forms? http://ow.ly/a6kPq Webkit CSS properties allows you to enhance the look of your web pages where possible. Check it out: http://ow.ly/a6lgl Matt Needle shows you how to transform an iconic image into a visually striking, unique print http://ow.ly/a6nIk Fool.js – awesomeness & fun http://ow.ly/a7ig9 Mhm, mhm, you’re goona like this http://ow.ly/a7poT Easy WordPress pagination without plugins Astounding collection of Minimalist Movie Posters http://ow.ly/a7qXU How Ford Engages Customers With Social Media http://ow.ly/a7sbj *great insights from a connoisseur Want more? No problem! Keep track of all our tweets by following us @DesignerDepot Arnold Samuels Art Deco Font – only $14! Source

 

Friendcaster for Facebook gets shiny new 5.0 update on Android, rocks new UI

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When it comes to alternative Facebook apps, Friendcaster checks in as one of the more robust options for Android . Now the app is getting a major status update thanks to a 5.0 makeover. Highlights touted by the Friendcaster team include design improvements, real-time notifications, higher resolution news feed images, the ability to tag more than one friend at a time in a post, a new check-in interface and memory improvements. The update — which is compatible with Android 1.6 and higher — also kicks off with a suite of themes in six fresh colors, with more in the works. After all, if you’re gonna ignore yet another Farmville and Texas Hold’em request, you may as well do it in style. Friendcaster for Facebook gets shiny new 5.0 update on Android, rocks new UI originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Google Play | Email this | Comments

 

 

Tips For That Perfect Facebook Contest

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Social media marketing is one of the new up-and-coming departments within online marketing companies. One of the latest social media marketing strategies being used, is when social media experts create a contest on one of the many social media platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. For example, recently I took part in an online contest using Facebook as their social media platform. As most of the rules of the contest were not explained clearly, it led to major confusion experienced by contestants. Many of the contestants were unsure as to what to what to do to be recognized in the contest and what not to do – avoid spamming. Below are four simple tips to help marketers’ avoid the much unwanted situation we found ourselves in. 1.

 

Congressmen ask devs of 34 iOS apps about user privacy

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In the wake of the Path address book fiasco , Congressmen Henry Waxman (D-CA) and G.K. Butterfield (D-NC) have followed up their initial query to Apple about privacy issues by contacting the people and companies behind 34 iOS apps. The list includes Tim Cook (again), concerning Apple’s own Find My Friends , Mark Zuckerberg and Path’s CEO Dave Morin, among others. The letters themselves are open for viewing on the Committee on Energy and Commerce’s website, and include questions about exactly how many times the apps have been downloaded, what information they transmit back from user’s devices and what happens to that data. The devs have until April 12th to respond, and while we’re not sure what will happen after that, we’re pretty sure this ends with someone’s Hall of Fame consideration in doubt despite seven Cy Youngs and more than 4,000 strikeouts. Congressmen ask devs of 34 iOS apps about user privacy originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Mar 2012 02:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink Ars Technica | Committee on Energy and Commerce | Email this | Comments