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Facebook for iPhone 3.0: Your Little Black Book?
Written by Dana Oshiro / August 16, 2009 6:03 PM / 6 Comments
Parties are fun, but a really great party means the morning after is spent untagging photographs on Facebook. You were tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_for_iphone_30_your_little_black_book.php'; tweetmeme_source = 'rww'; having a perfectly Continue reading »


Facebook Goes Lite and Tests Twitter-Like Version of Itself
Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 12, 2009 12:28 AM / 20 Comments
Tonight, a number of Facebook users reported that they received beta invitations to a 'lite' version of the popular social networking service. Details about this simplified version of Facebook are Continue reading »


De-Mock-cracy In Action: Facebook's Open Governance
Written by Dana Oshiro / August 11, 2009 8:22 PM / 6 Comments
Following February's slew of complaints regarding Facebook's Terms of Use amendment, founder Mark Zuckerberg launched an "Open Governance" model and wrote, "If [Facebook] were a country, it would be Continue reading »


Facebook Acquires FriendFeed for $50 Million
Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 10, 2009 12:25 PM / 14 Comments
Earlier today, rumors started to appear that FriendFeed had been acquired by Facebook. We now have confirmation that this is indeed true. Neither Facebook nor FriendFeed released any exact details Continue reading »


Twitter, Facebook, and LiveJournal Down at the Same Time! (Update)
Written by Sarah Perez / August 6, 2009 7:32 AM / 75 Comments
For those of you addicted to social networking, Thursday morning is starting out pretty rough. The two biggest sites for updating your status - Twitter and Facebook - are both Continue reading »


Despite Banning Twitter, 92% of China Netizens Use Social Media
Written by Dana Oshiro / August 4, 2009 8:33 PM / 28 Comments
According to a recent report, Chinese netizens are twice as likely to use chat and three times more likely to micro-blog, blog and use video conference than American users. The Continue reading »


Immersive Social Gaming: Twitter and Facebook on XBox
Written by Dana Oshiro / July 29, 2009 9:52 PM / 5 Comments
Companies in the internet TV space should start worrying. It seems Microsoft's foray into life streaming on the XBox 360 will arrive as early as autumn. As promised in early Continue reading »


Does that Facebook App Have a Privacy Policy? Probably Not.
Written by Sarah Perez / July 29, 2009 6:35 AM / 7 Comments
When you're installing a new Facebook application, you probably don't think about the app's privacy policy, but perhaps you should. After all, the privacy policy is where the company spells Continue reading »


Facebook Relents, Lets You Change Your Username
Written by Sarah Perez / July 23, 2009 5:48 AM / 33 Comments
Last month, Facebook finally announced that they would allow users to pick out custom usernames for use in vanity URLs that read www.facebook.com/username. At the time, users were advised to Continue reading »


Photo Tagger: Facial Recognition for Auto-Tagging Facebook Photos
Written by Sarah Perez / July 21, 2009 9:00 AM / 9 Comments
We have invites, click through to get yours! Earlier this year, a company called Face.com brought facial recognition technology to Facebook by way of an application called Photo Finder which Continue reading »


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