Almost a whooping 73% of pre-teens in India are on the social networking site Facebook in spite of the fact that there’s a 13-year age bar to ban anyone below this age from joining the social network. Expecting Facebook and other similar services to enforce this restriction is quite unfair since people can easily lie about their age when signing up ... Read More »
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Facebook narrows loss in Q3 as revenues gain
Facebook has reported a strong rise in quarterly advertising revenues and said its take from mobile users was gaining as it beat analysts’ earnings forecasts. The world’s leading social network, with more than a billion users, impressed weary investors in its second-ever quarterly report as a public company, sending its shares climbing more than eight percent in after-hours trade to ... Read More »
Angry Birds now invade Facebook
Seattle: Those having a Facebook account can play the world famous Angry Birds game on the social networking site. The game has been downloaded about 500 million times and has just been launched as a free version on the site. In the game, players use catapults to fire infuriated birds at pigs hiding inside buildings made of planks. The Facebook ... Read More »
Five hidden dangers of Facebooking
Washington, May 10 (ANI): An expert in online privacy has drawn attention to the five dangers of sharing information on social networking site Facebook. Joan Goodchild, senior editor of CSO (Chief Security Officer) Online, claims marketing efforts by the company often results in a compromise on account holders’ privacy, reports CBS News. Goodchild noted five risks of using Facebook on ... Read More »