Facebook News

Nov 2, 2010

Facebook study: You're most likely to get dumped between now and Christmas

http://www.nerve.com/news/web/more-couples-break-up-between-now-and-christmas-than-any-other-time-according-to-facebook-study

A study of 10,000 Facebook breakups maps the most, and least likely, break-up times over the course of a year.

6 Reasons I Hate Facebook

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-reasons-hate-facebook-geeks-weighin/

Despite being so useful at times, Facebook also suffers from its own breed of drawbacks.

Facebook vs. Business Spam

http://blog.entrepreneur.com/2010/10/facebook-moves-to-eliminate-spam-on-business-pages.php

Facebook moves to eliminate spam on business pages. Here's how Facebook's new automatic spam content filtering system works.

Facebook Chubby Scale Compliment Backfire

http://nextround.net/2010/11/facebook-chubby-scale-compliment-backfire

You mean to tell me chicks don't always assume erection when you refer to "chubby"?

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Facebook Application – Escape from Kamino

http://www.swtorstrategies.com/2010/11/star-wars-force-unleashed-ii-facebook.html

Star Wars fan will be delighted to know that along with the release of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II comes another game. Lucas Arts and Activision join the world of Facebook game applications with Escape from Kamino. A retro-styled game that bring players further into the world of Star Wars.

Are texting and Facebook worse for teens than TV?

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2010-10-31-facebook-teens_N.htm

Let's face it: Teenagers spend hours texting, socializing on Facebook and playing video games. And it's driving their parents nuts.

Facebook Developers Sold User IDs to Data Brokers - by PC Magazine

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371830,00.asp

In the wake of a controversy surrounding the security of Facebook user IDs, the social-networking site on Friday admitted that several of its developers have been selling UIDs to data brokers.

Nov 1, 2010

http://www.facebook.com/notes/radical-publishing/get-published-with-radical/454502101344

Radical Publishing wrote a note titled GET PUBLISHED WITH RADICAL. Read the full text here.

Facebook Acquires Drop.io, Nabs Sam Lessin

http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/29/facebook-acquires-drop-io-nabs-sam-lessin/

Social sharing site Drop.io has just posted the breaking news of its acquisition by Facebook on its company blog:
Today, were proud to announce that weve struck a deal with Facebook.What this means is that Facebook has bought most ofdrop.ios technology and assets, and Sam Lessin is moving to Facebook.
In the coming weeks, well be winding down thedrop.io service. As of this week, people will no longer be able to create new free drops, but youll be able to download content from existing drops until Dec. 15. Paid user accounts will still be available through Dec. 15 and paid users

When Are Facebook Users Most Active? [STUDY]

http://mashable.com/2010/10/28/facebook-activity-study/

We know that users are spending increasing amounts of time online on social networks like Facebook, but when exactly are users the most active? Social media