If you are not visiting Facebook on a daily basis, you may have had to read a lot of news stories that had accumulated in recent times. Facebook then did not sort the stories on your homepage which meant that you had to go through everything to find the news that were interesting to you. [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Facebook Subscribe Button
Up until now it was not really that easy to customize what appears in your news feed and what not. That’s a big issue if you do not want to see game updates in your feed, or would love to read new posts from a Facebook user that you do not want to or cannot [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 9
Every Facebook User Has Multiple Passwords
Facebook users log in to the social networking site with their username and password. Normally you would expect that the password is unique, and that no one else could access the account by entering a different password in the login prompt on the website. If you have thought that then you have been wrong, and [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 5
Facebook Improves Friend Lists, Introduces Smart Lists
Facebook has just announced that they are updating and improving friend lists on the social networking sites. The improved friend lists are said to make it easier for users to see updates from particular lists and share with lists of friends and contacts. Three improvements have been made to lists. Smart Lists are created automatically [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 8
ShareMeNot, Block Automatic Social Media Button Information Sharing
When you load a website on the Internet that has social media buttons embedded, you are automatically sharing information with those social media sites. And this happens even if you do not interact with those buttons at all. Facebook, Twitter or Google can use the data to track your movement on the Web. The absolute [...]
- Author: Melanie Gross
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Share Microsoft Office Documents on Facebook with Docs.com
While Windows Live SkyDrive can allow you to share documents, the person with whom you wish to share an Office document with will have to sign up for a new account and learn how to use it. This has caused frustration for many users. Facebook is the largest social network in the world and access [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 8
Facebook Improves Photo Feature
It is an incredible number; The 250 million photos that get uploaded to Facebook every day. Imagine that: 250 million photos. That’s a lot and some Facebook users must really be active in this regard. The current photo viewer on the social networking site has caused lots of controversy since its introduction. Facebook users who [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 2
Facebook Introduces Photo Tag Previews, Other Sharing Changes
One of the most annoying elements on Facebook in my opinion is photo tag spam that is running rampant on the social networking site. Especially so since spammers take advantage of the fact that you do not really need to be on a photo to be tagged on it. Even worse, those new photos appear [...]
- Author: Mike Halsey MVP
- Comments: 4
Download gHacks Editor’s FREE Facebook Privacy Guide eBook
Over the weekend Martin here reported that Facebook had released their own Guide to Facebook Security “aimed at young adults, parents and educators to educate them about security concepts on the social networking site.” It’s a 14 page, fairly academic piece that doesn’t address the fundamental issue that Facebook need to get their own house [...]