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Randi Zuckerberg Quits Facebook
By Beth Owens
Randi Zuckerberg, who is the marketing director for Facebook and the sister of Mark Zuckerberg, recently announced that she would be leaving the site. Miss Zuckerberg had been working for Facebook for six years.
Sources say that she had took a three-month maternity leave and during that time, she had a chance to reflect on where her career was going.
Miss Zuckerberg is currently working...
Facebook Hires Hacker For Unknown Reasons
In a surprising move Facebook has hired the hacker George Hotz for rumored though unconfirmed reasons.
Known as “GeoHot” the hacker first made news in 2008 when he cracked the iPhone so that it could be used outside of its exclusive provider AT&T and again in March 2011 when he was sued by Sony for publicly providing instructions for users to hack their Playstation 3 console so that...
Facebook Announces Facial Recognition Feature
Facebook has announced its intentions to roll out an international facial recognition ability to its social networking website, a move that has caused a great deal of worry to many users.
The facial recognition software was previously released for beta testing to some American users earlier this year. The newly implemented software will compare likenesses of those in uploaded images to those of other...
Facebook To Release Facial Recognition Software
Is Facebook Getting Dangerous?
Facebook now has facial recognition for photo tagging. What does this mean exactly? It means that when you upload photos to Facebook, face recognition software is used to match your face to other photos you may have already been tagged in.
Security company Sophos is warning that this may not be the safest idea, and that users should update or revise their privacy settings....
Facebook Secretly Initiates Facial Recognition Software
Privacy controversies seem to follow Facebook wherever Mark Zuckerburg goes. Without warning Facebook quietly turned on its high technology facial recognition software “Tag Suggestions” that can automatically identify peoples photos as they are uploaded.
Many people are now wary and uncomfortable after learning about Facebook’s continued erosion of their online privacy with the new Tag Suggestions...
Winklevoss Twins Lose Court Battle With Facebook; Must Settle
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twin brothers who sued Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg claiming that they were entitled to part of the social networking fortune, lost their appeal in federal court against the April 11th ruling that entitled them to a $65 million settlement.
The Winkevoss twins claimed that they believe they should have been entitled to more Facebook stock and a bigger settlement....
Mark Zuckerberg Explains Why He De-Friended On Facebook
Because of its popularity Facebook has become one of the biggest social media giants in the game. Having many friends on Facebook is actually considered as a positive social accomplishment by many in today’s society. But what if you were someone’s friend and all of a sudden you realized that your friend De-friended you?
Attorney Mark S. Zuckerberg found himself in a similar situation recently,...
Kate Middleton’s Facebook Page Suspended
Kate Middleton’s facebook account has been suspended.
All Kate Middleton’s of the world have had a lot of trouble with their facebook accounts. A Kate in Boston talks to reporters about the hassle of having to prove she is indeed Kate Middleton from Boston and not the Kate that is marrying Prince William. Her account was reactivated in a week after proving her identify.
The 32-year old...
Palace Guard Removed From Wedding After Facebook Incident
A palace guard has been removed from his post in the royal wedding after going off about Kate Middleton on Facebook.
Cameron Reily was apparently upset with Ms. Middleton because she drove by Reily and gave him only a slight wave. Reily responded on Facebook calling Ms. Middleton stuck up among many other inappropriate choices.
Reily has been known to vent his feelings and frustrations on Facebook...
Facebook Launches Send Button Feature
Facebook launched a new feature on their social networking website on Monday and it is the Send feature. According to company officials, this new Send feature is meant to improve the functionality of groups and also replace the emailing to friends feature as well.
The send feature looks just like the ‘like’ feature and what it does is allows a person to send a page to any friends, groups,...
