Facebook has become a behemoth of social networking. As of June 2017 there were over two billion active users — or a quarter of the world’s total population. From its beginnings as a small project at Harvard College between Mark Zuckerberg and friends, it has grown into one of the world’s largest technology companies. Of […]
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On the back of several major natural disasters, Facebook has created a new Crisis Response hub for all users. This is a drastic upgrade on the former Safety Check feature many people have used over the years in extreme events. Facebook Crisis Response The Crisis Response hub is the evolution of several crisis help features […]
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Ah, schadenfreude! So universal is our tendency to laugh at the misfortune of others that the Germans invented a term for it. Not to be left behind, the internet coined its own term: “Fail.” Let’s witness the best (or worst?) of these. Well, let’s be clear, this isn’t the worst of the web. Fails are […]
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You might use it to keep in touch with friends and family — perhaps a bit of after-hours banter with your co-workers. It’s not uncommon to follow your favorite bands, TV shows, or even childhood toys on Facebook, but it’s not the safest environment online. With privacy issues, stalking, controversies with censorship and so-called “hate […]
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Facebook is making its Timehop-style feature, On This Day, bigger and better. This means that Facebook will show you more memories than ever, filter out bad memories likely to upset or annoy, and show you friendship milestones. All of which will be great for fans of nostalgia. On This Day is a nice feature that […]
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You can already do so much with Facebook Messenger. Which is why more than 1 billion people have the app installed on their phones. And now, thanks to a new update, Messenger has some new tricks up its sleeve. All of which will be especially interesting to those who do video chats. Messenger is insanely […]
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