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…

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Your cell phone has 18x more bacteria than a public toilet handle! Ok, I’ll admit the title of this article could be a little misleading, but anytime you access a social site, make a telephone call or do any activity that requires you to utilize your touch screen, you could be exposing yourself to a…

Have you been “Facecrooked?” – Facecrooks is a place to share any unsavory experiences you have encountered on social networking sites. It could be anything from exposing cheaters and haters, to blowing the whistle on hackers and scammers. Or you can share any funny, practical jokes that you have been the victim of on social…

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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…

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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…

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Tragically, these two seem to go hand in hand these days. Cyber bullying recently claimed its fourth victim in as many weeks. The latest casualty – Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University student that jumped to his death off of the George Washington Bridge. This was in response to his his roommate secretly taping and streaming…