Engadget reports that a southwestern state in India has declared that retweeting or “liking” “blasphemous” material on social media can land you in jail for 90 days, without even appearing before a magistrate. 3 Lousy Ways To End Up In Prison… Read More ›
Swedish Employee’s Pay Docked For Six Years For Using Facebook For Like Five Minutes (Yes This Is Hyperbole)
The Local (Sweden’s News In English) reports that an employee of an insurance agency called “Försäkringskassan” has been docked 15 days’ pay for spending over 40 hours of company time using social media. Multiple employees were docked pay for allegedly visiting… Read More ›
Alleged Burglar Forgets To Log Out Of Facebook After Allegedly Robbing House
Reuters reports that a man was charged in Minnesota after allegedly burglarizing a house, logging into his Facebook account on a computer in the home, and leaving his account logged in prior to leaving the scene. 3 More Dumb Things… Read More ›
3 Embarrassing Images We’d Like To Email To Myspace
Mashable reports that Myspace is emailing old photos of people with the hopes of luring them back to the once popular social networking site, apparently through potential embarrassment. From the article: “The emails include one or two old photos and… Read More ›
Facebook Survey Allows You To Say Which Kinds Of Posts You Don’t Like. Here’s 3 Things We’d Like To See Less…
Marketwatch reports that Facebook has created an optional survey, where users can look at posts, and rate them on whether they would like to see similar posts in their news feeds. The goal is apparently to reduce the priority and… Read More ›
3 More Smileys We Want To See On Facebook Messenger
The New York Times reports that Facebook will require users who use its mobile messaging app on their Facebook App to download a separate mobile messaging app. One of the benefits of the new messenger app is more elaborate smileys…… Read More ›
But Will You Be Able To Use Drones To Finally End Your 2007 Poke Wars?
The LA Times reports that numerous other reports state that Facebook is buying a Mexican company that makes drones. This follows a December CNN report that Google acquired a company with “strong ties to the U.S. Military” that makes “animal-like”… Read More ›
Is Facebook Better At Analyzing Your Life Than Your Mother?
Yesterday we wrote about a recent report that Facebook had been analyzing user behavior following break-ups. Days ago Facebook also analyzed user behavior before and shortly after entering a relationship. Which is great, because Facebook wants to hear more about… Read More ›
Facebook May Be Analyzing Your Recent Break-Up More Than You!
The Atlantic reports that the Facebook Data team has reviewed data of people who were on the “receiving end” of a relationship break-up. Apparently, Facebook assumes that if you were in a relationship for four weeks and the other person… Read More ›
To Celebrate Its 10th Bday, Facebook Gives Users A Personalized Video Gift, Which Is Better Than The Gift Other Companies Are Giving (Namely, Your Credit Card Number To Hackers)
The Street and the internet report that Facebook is now giving a video montage of important moments in your Facebook using history set to music. To see yours, click on https://www.facebook.com/lookback 3 Things We Would Have Liked To See In A Facebook Video… Read More ›
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