Facebook had another major announcement this week that set the social mediasphere ablaze! Facebook Messages is their latest messaging innovation, and it has been touted as a Gmail killer and loathed by privacy pundits. At first glance, Facebook Messages appears to offer some welcome and more robust changes to the current messaging system. Messages will…

The beginning of the week started off with a response from Facebook regarding the controversy and security of Facebook UID (user identifier). Facebook admitted that some developers sold UID to data brokers. It is important to note that private user data was not compromised or sold. The developers in question were banned from Facebook for…

Facebook privacy and security continued to receive prominent media attention this week. One of the biggest stories revolved around Firesheep, a Firefox extension developed by Eric Butler. Firesheep was released to showcase the massive vulnerabilities of most social networking sites, including Facebook and Twitter. Butler is on record as stating the following, “As soon as…

Another Facebook privacy fiasco was front and center this week. Security experts, media pundits and privacy advocates all weighed in on the issue with their two cents and then some. This latest privacy breach involved popular Facebook applications sending personal user information, specifically unique “Facebook ID” numbers, to third party companies and advertisers. These numbers…

It seems like there is a never ending battle between Facebook privacy snafus and their attempts to regain user trust by implementing enhanced privacy and safety features. More times than not, it is a one step forward and two steps back scenario. Facebook’s latest features to be implemented in the coming month include one-time passwords…

Facebook held a press conference on Wednesday of this past week to announce changes and features coming to the platform. Facebook Groups has received a great deal of media attention due to some privacy issues discovered about its functionality. The main problem with Groups is that someone can add you to a group without your…

This was one of the slowest news weeks regarding Facebook that we have had in quite a while. The Social Network, a major motion picture about Mark Zuckerberg and the founding of Facebook was released nation wide on October 1, 2010. The film has received rave reviews by both fans and critics alike. It is…

One of the major stories of the week was the massive Facebook outage that occurred on Thursday. Robert Johnson, a senior engineer with Facebook stated that it was the worst such outage the site has experienced in over four years. Apparently, the reason for the outage was due to a software issue and its error…

One of the major stories of the week was the massive Facebook outage that occurred on Thursday. Robert Johnson, a senior engineer with Facebook stated that it was the worst such outage the site has experienced in over four years. Apparently, the reason for the outage was due to a software issue and its error…