Here’s a new development that could potentially affect your privacy: Google can now index AJAX and JavaScript content. Before, Googlebot could not access content that was posted using a third party commenting system, such as what you use on Facebook. But with this new development, everything that you post in a public page or forum…

There’s a new fad that’s currently making its rounds on the largest social networking site: Chicken Pox Lollipops. This isn’t a name for a new lollipop with a chicken pox texture gimmick (as disgusting as it sounds). The name means exactly what it implies – lollipops that are said to contain the Chicken Pox Virus.…

The following hoax has been circulating on Facebook very rapidly: If this little boy gets 100 shares he can get his heart transplant for free This hoax is a variant of another popular one that has been circulating on Facebook for quite some time. Another message being circulated at the moment goes like this: I…

“Off to the mall to buy a new pair of shoes” “I’m heading to Starbucks, anyone want to come with me?” “The weather here in Honolulu is just wonderful!” Have you ever posted something similar on your Facebook page? If you have, then you might want to rethink your social media habits. Seemingly inane status…

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Here’s a possibility that could make your Halloween extra creepy: a Zombie Invasion. Not the brains-eating, rotting-corpse kind, mind you. I’m talking about a zombie bot invasion on Facebook, the world’s largest social network. The technology for such a thing is already available today. In fact, that hot chick adding you up on Facebook –…

Klout is a company that utilizes an algorithm that gathers data from Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare, and YouTube to measure people’s influence on the internet. It’s one of the several social media analytics websites that are cropping up these days, possibly one of the fastest growing ones. In fact, Klout now boasts of having given…

“Users are not allowed to post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence.” That’s Facebook’s basic rule for any content that is posted on the site – something which users have to agree to before they’re even allowed to create an account. Unfortunately for Facebook,…

Nathan Power, a senior security penetration tester at technology consultancy CDW, has just given Facebook users yet another reason to be vigilant about checking the security of every message they receive on the social networking site. According to him, there is a major flaw in Facebook that allows a person to send malicious applications through…

Facebook Security issued a blog post today revealing some new security features that will soon be available to users. The first one is called ‘Trusted Friends.’ This will help users gain access to their Facebook accounts if they fail to remember their password, don’t have access to their email account or if they are locked…