Facebook Timeline is rolling out Worldwide today. “Timeline gives you an easy way to rediscover the things you shared, and collect your most important moments. It also lets you share new experiences, like the music you listen to or the miles you run. Starting today, timeline is now available everywhere.” To Activate the new profile, [...]
Written on 15 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook has decided to go even further in suicide prevention, providing a Live-Chat assistance. This new service will be available only in the United States at the beginning. “The new service goes a step further by enabling an instant chat session that experts say can make all the difference with someone seeking help. The science [...]
Written on 13 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryIs it possible to find a job through social networks? The answer is obviously yes, we had already seen that recruiters are particularly active on this kind of medium. 1 in 6 workers use social networks like Facebook and Linkedin to find a job. 16% of job seekers actually succeed in finding work through a [...]
Written on 12 Dec 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook is expected to unveil its first mobile phone on the market within 12 to 18 months, according to AllthingsD. And it will not be a Samsung smartphone… but an HTC. Code name: “Buffy“. Of course as we expect, the social network will be fully integrated in the mobile phone. With 350 million active mobile [...]
Written on 21 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook has released a new application called SendMoney which allows to send money to your Facebook Friends. The app is using eBay’s online payment system, PayPal. You can also send a customized greeting card (hundreds of cards to choose from) along with the money. Ideal for Christmas, New Year, Weddings and Birthdays. In order to [...]
Written on 18 Nov 2011 by Vincent AbryEvery 24 hours, 600 000 intrusions take place over 1 billion logins to Facebook accounts. Facebook has released a detailed infographic on its security processes at the same time it announced a few extra layers to strengthen it (remember Trusted Friends). 0.06% of all Facebook logins are compromised every day on the billion connections made. 0.06% represents 600,000 hacked logins each day. This is a security breach every 140 milliseconds (3 more time it takes to blink eye) or 18 million compromised facebook connections [...]
Written on 31 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook just launched Trusted Friends, an additional layer of security that can give the keys to your account to your best friends. These super-friends will be useful if your account is hacked or you have forgotten your login. In this case, you will need to ask three of your trusted friends to send you the code [...]
Written on 28 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook is now testing its virtual currency Facebook Credits outside its own site. Facebook for Websites is being tested on some sites as GameHouse.com. Social Gaming first but this could be extended to VOD, e-commerce and votes at reality TV shows. With virtual money all over the web, the social network could compete with online [...]
Written on 25 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryStrange title for an infographic … Wordstream work presents the main failures and missteps of the social network. Privacy issues (recurring item), difficulty to configure account parameters and the different levels of visibility/security, waste of time spent online on the site to chat / change your profile photo / watch pictures of LOLcats (because we [...]
Written on 17 Oct 2011 by Vincent AbryIn the war between Internet Giants, Facebook just scored a Huge point. The social network has surpassed Google in terms of time spent online by users. Actually it all started at the end of 2010. Google, Yahoo and Facebook were tied. But this year, we have a totally different picture : AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft [...]
Written on 27 Sep 2011 by Vincent AbryDon’t be evil Mister Facebook. Australian blogger Nik Cubrilovic published on his blog an analysis that shows that Facebook keeps track of web pages on which the user is surfing, even after a logout. Cubrilovic, a Computer security expert, discovered that when a user logs out of his account, the Facebook cookie is not deleted [...]
Written on 26 Sep 2011 by Vincent AbryWith the new Facebook Timeline, it is easy to find out who no longer likes you. To start you will need to activate the new Timeline Profile with a developer account (or wait a bit if you don’t want to do this painful process ; Timeline will soon be public for everybody). How to discover [...]
Written on 25 Sep 2011 by Vincent AbryAfter Steve Jobs, DSK or Google-Motorola Deal, Taiwan Studio Next Media Animation made an animation for yesterday’s Facebook F8 changes. Get ready for WTF humor. Not very kind for the Social Network.
Written on 23 Sep 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook has unveiled Timeline a new type of profile which is in fact the journal of your life, your online bio. More than just a design change, this new profile will automatically adapt to the device on which you are viewing (tablet, mobile, computer). It will let to organize important dates (by years, months, days) depending on the events that have marked our life (births, marriages, work, vacation and more). [...]
Written on 22 Sep 2011 by Vincent AbryWith new Facebook Subscribe Button, you can now follow non-reciprocal friends updates. (exactly like on Twitter…) # To follow strangers (non-friends) like journalists, artists and political figures : Click on “Subscribe” text with RSS icon on the user profile page. You can decide what to see in your News Feed : All updates, Most updates or [...]
Written on 14 Sep 2011 by Vincent AbryWe already know it, Winklevoss twins don’t like Facebook’s Founder. Now they just appeared in a TV commercial for Wonderful Pistachios, sending an indirect message to Mark Zuckerberg… Love or Hate ?
Written on 13 Sep 2011 by Vincent AbryFacebook could unveil its new music platform at f8 developer conference September 22 in San Francisco. According to folks from Mashable, Zuckerberg’s Social Network is already testing its upcoming online listening music service (streaming) called Facebook Music with partners like Spotify, RDIO and MOG. So Facebook will not host the music itself on its own servers [...]
Written on 01 Sep 2011 by Vincent AbryHere is an infographic that tracks key statistics of major social networks. It is amazing to see how Facebook is far, really far ahead with 310 million unique visitors per day and 640 million registered members. Regarding the number of daily visitors, Orkut comes in 2nd place with “only” 51 million visitors a day. StumbleUpon [...]
Written on 31 Aug 2011 by Vincent AbryLogin Facebook is the Facebook.com log in page to connect to the Social Network Website. This social networking site has surpassed 500 million users worldwide in 2011. LOGIN if you are already a MEMBER : Sign in here : facebook.com/login.php SIGN UP for Facebook if you are a NEW USER : Sign up and register here [...]
Written on 15 March 2011 by Vincent AbryNice video from french guy Maxime Luère with “A Life on Facebook“. From registration, to student partys, to friends, girlfriends, love-hate-love, wedding + baby, and finally a logout at age of 80… A whole life on a social network. Worth the effort ? See by yourself.
Written on 11 Nov 2010 by Vincent Abry