Posts Tagged ‘Facebook’
83 million Facebook accounts fake!!!
One out of 12 accounts on the Facebook could be fake, according to the world's no5pc of users were considered "undesirable", which means they breach the social network's rules [subscribe2]
Facebook acquires Face.com
Facebook on Monday said it has bought a startup specializing in software that lets computers recognize people's faces in digital images Facecom announced the acquisition in a blog post Facebook has acquired Facecom! Our mission is and has always been to find new and exciting ways to make face recognition a fun, engaging part of people’s [...]
Sony launches “α” CLOCK for Mobile
Sony launches “α” CLOCK for Mobile*1 with new “Time-shift UI” Enjoy High Quality “World Heritage” Photos Captured with “α” Interchangeable lens digital Cameras, a free Android smartphone application available on Google Play™, which enables users to enjoy high quality "World Heritage" fixed-point photos captured with “α” [...]
Nokia introduces new range of mobile phones; Nokia 110 and Nokia 112
Nokia introduces new range of mobile phones to provide a fast, affordable internet experience Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 offer Facebook, Twitter, world-class EA games and access to thousands of apps from the Nokia Store Nokia has today unveiled two new mobile phone models as it continues to accelerate its strategy to connect the next [...]
Facebook pushes record-breaking IPO
Facebook Inc aims to raise about $102 file photograph2 billion at the upper end of that range36 billion, according to a Thursday prospectus The indicative price range can be adjusted depending on Wall Street's response Investors are expected to flock to the highly anticipated IPO, though some have voiced concerns about the social network's [...]
Users don’t feel safe on social media sites: Survey
IT security expert Avira conducted a survey of computer users worldwide in January and February which showed that more than four out of five users worry about their personal information being stolen or misused on social media sites such as Facebook, Google00 million customers worldwide during January and February 20120 respondents with a margin of [...]
Facebook launches organ donor campaign
Facebook has encouraged its more than 900 million users to use the social networking website as a tool to find organ donors02 people in the United States waiting for a donor kidney, the organ that is in greatest demand, according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Last year, only 28,535 kidney transplants took place, with the [...]
Norton and Facebook partner to make the web safer
Partnership brings Norton protection to Facebook members Today Norton by Symantec 22 by visiting the Facebook AV Marketplace, which features a variety of consumer security offerings to protect against online threats2 for Mac At launch these partnership offerings will be available in English To learn more about how Norton and Facebook are [...]
Bengal CID asks Facebook to remove pictures mocking Mamata Banerjee
Bengal’s criminal investigation department CID has written to Facebook in its efforts to track down those responsible for uploading four Internet pictures lampooning chief minister Mamata Banerjee If the CID persists with the drive, it will mean that the government is keen to take its crackdown beyond the circulation of unpalatable digital [...]
Nearly half of parents keep tabs on teens via Facebook
Nearly half of parents keep tabs on teens via Facebook, latest AVG Technologies’ research reveals Is this a new kind of parental relationship, or is it spying7th April, 2012 – 44 per cent of parents are keeping tabs on their teens by accessing their Facebook accounts without their consent, AVG Technologies’ latest Digital Diaries global [...]
Facebook to list on Nasdaq: source
Facebook Inc, preparing what would be Silicon Valley's largest IPO, has picked Nasdaq over the New York Stock Exchange for its listing in a major victory for the technology-laden US bourse, a source familiar with the situation said on Thursday11, NYSE Euronext hosted 44 percent of technology IPOs in the United States, bringing 19 new listings to [...]
Facebook makes users feel self-conscious
Using Facebook can increase the risk of developing eating disorders and lead people to obsess about their weight in ways that could prove dangerous percent say the social networking website makes them more conscious of their bodies6 to 40, showed that 80 percent of participants logged into Facebook at least once a day, making it nearly impossible [...]
Facebook offers Rs 1.34 cr package to Allahabad student
Facebook has hired an engineering student for a fat annual pay package of Rs 134 crore The MNNIT Director said the recruitment process began with a mail from Facebook "in October last year which was followed by nine rounds of telephonic interviews" before he was finally selected for the plush job which would require the student, who hails from [...]
Content row: Court dismisses case against Yahoo
A Delhi court today discharged Yahoo! from the civil petition that accuses 20 internet companies like Facebook and Google of hosting objectionable content on their website Yahoo! has already been discharged from a criminal petition of the same nature in a different court Administrative Civil Judge Praveen Singh imposed a cost of Rs 5000 on [...]
Kolkata: Raped at gunpoint in car, Woman tracks down accused on Facebook
A 37-year-old woman who was allegedly raped at gunpoint inside a moving car tracked down her rapists on social networking website Facebook Media reports say the woman showed profile photos of the alleged rapists to the police and filed a complaint against them However, according to the victim, the police mocked her and refused to register [...]
No censorship for social media, but laws must be followed: Sibal
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal today said India does not intend to censor online social networks such as Facebook, but demanded that they obey the same rules governing the press and other media "I want to say once and for all, without any obfuscation, no government in India will ever censor social media," Mr Sibal said at an IT summit in [...]
Delhi HC refuses to stay criminal proceedings against Yahoo!
Criminal proceedings will continue against Yahoo India which had moved the Delhi high court against a lower court order summoning it for allegedly hosting objectionable content, saying he will hear the case before the trial court hears it on March 13 websites for allegedly committing offences of criminal conspiracy, sale of obscene books and [...]
Facebook rolls out new photo viewer
Facebook has rolled out its new photo viewer to more users The latest change in the Facebook photo viewer seems to be inspired by that in Google Quite like the Google photo viewer the interaction panel is to the right, instead of its previous position below the image This update to the Facebook photo viewer comes a year after the last major [...]
Objectionable content case: Google removes content, Facebook files report in court
Admonishing internet firms like Google and Facebook, a Delhi court on Monday gave 15 more days to 22 social networking sites to remove 'objectionable' contents from their websites5 more days Earlier today, Facebook India filed its compliance report before the court Google India also told the court that it has removed certain web pages from the [...]
No question of blocking, censoring websites: Sachin Pilot
Social media sites have to operate within the framework of the law, said Sachin Pilot, Union Minister of State for Telecommunications and Information Technology, on Monday5 per cent in the current year, down from 30 per cent per annum in the last decade “The IT sector remains a sunshine sector and does provide job opportunities to lakhs of [...]
