When it comes to social networking, most people know that Facebook is by far the largest social network around. Pew Research Center released a survey recently looking at late 2012 for the social networking landscape. As expected, Facebook was in the lead with 67% of Internet users in the United States using the social network.
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Facebook security reveals zero-day Java attack
It's never good when you have to make an official report to the public about a hacker attack your multi-billion dollar social network has had. That's what's happened this week as Facebook's Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan lets it be known that several engineers on staff with Facebook had been the subject of a zero-day Java exploit. The good news is that no customer data was exposed (that's your stuff), the bad news is that Facebook wasn't the only company targeted by this attack.
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Facebook wins court battle that forces Europeans to use real names
Facebook and Germany have been going back and forth for years, but the most recent development was the disagreement between the two entities as far as using real names or pseudonyms. Facebook wants its users to use their real names, but Germany insisted otherwise. However, Facebook just won the court battle that will force Europeans to use their real names.
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Facebook now allows friends to promote your posts
Facebook has announced a new feature that people very keen on privacy may not like. The new feature allows your friends to promote your posts even if you don't give them permission. The new option will allow your friends to pay to promote your posts and have the post seen by more people. The idea is that if you're trying to raise money for a worthy cause or have another important announcement your friend can get it in front of more people that you know.
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Facebook data shows football fan statistics across the US
Facebook has a lot of data about us, but that's not necessarily their fault. It's more our faults since we willingly post all sorts of information to our profiles. However, in Facebook's most recent data collection case study, they showed off various regions in the US and what football team had the most fans in a particular region of the country. The results are quite impressive.
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Facebook Connect bug takes down entire internet (almost)
It's official: Facebook has a hold on the internet, and when the social network has a problem, the entire internet will suffer. Case in point: Facebook's Connect feature experienced issues yesterday that affected thousands of other website who use Facebook's integrated "Like" button system on their websites.
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Pew study finds 61% of Facebook users have taken extended breaks
For some, Facebook has simply become a part of day-to-day life, but for others, it can be hard to keep up with the constant stream of (sometimes pointless) status updates. A new poll from the Pew Internet & American Life Project suggests that many Facebook users take breaks from the social network from time to time, with these breaks stretching for weeks at a time. If you have ever felt overwhelmed by Facebook, it would seem you're not alone.
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Jawbone UP app update connects you to Facebook Open Graph
This week the folks at Jawbone have made their UP band a more social device with an update to its iOS app and connectivity with Facebook Open Graph. The Jawbone UP device itself is out on the market now and has been for some time - $129 for a lovely little strap that fits around your wrist and makes you a much more responsible fitness fanatic. This set of updates includes two major pushes for an active lifestyle with Multiple Sleep Alarms and the ease of connecting with your friends on Facebook - like a snap!
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Mark Zuckerberg awarded CEO of the Year Crunchie, Larry Page is runner-up
At the 6th annual Crunchies, Mark Zuckerberg has been awarded "CEO of the Year", beating out several other big names in the field, including runner-up Larry Page of Google. Zuckerberg has comes a long way in a short time, taking the idea of Facebook generated during his college years and making it into something that has had a large and lasting impact on both the techsphere and world as a whole.
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Facebook announces the Facebook Card for offline gift giving
A day after Facebook's Q4 2012 earnings, in which the company saw a spike in mobile users, they have announced the Facebook Card. Essentially, it's a gift card that can store multiple gift cards in one. Plus, the card will manage each balance from however many stores there are on the card. Users can manage their Facebook Card from the web or through the mobile app.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: January 30, 2013
Welcome to Wednesday evening everyone. Today was RIM's big day, as it rebranded itself as BlackBerry and launched the latest version of its mobile OS, BlackBerry 10. We were there at the launch event to take it all in and get some hands-on time with the new handsets the company has introduced, and you can catch all of the news from the show in our BlackBerry 10 event wrap-up. Be sure to read through the hands-on posts, because it seems that BlackBerry is doing some interesting things with its new phone.
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Facebook posts $1.59b revenue for Q4 2012, more users on mobile than desktop
Facebook has beat expectations of its Q4 2012 earnings, recording a revenue of $1.59 billion, which is just above the expected $1.53 billion that the company would rake in. However, the social networking giant didn't make much of a profit, and instead recorded only a net income of $64 million during the quarter.
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