(Reuters) – Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, as the world’s largest social network looks for ways to boost its popularity, especially among a younger crowd. The acquisition of the hot messaging service with more than 450 million users around the world stunned many Silicon Valley… Continue reading Facebook is Buying WhatsApp for $19 Billion
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Facebook Ignored The Bug I Found Until I Used It To Hack Zuckerberg
Facebook has a bounty program where it pays people to report bugs instead of using them or selling them on the black market. In this case, instead of fixing the bug and paying the researcher the $500+ fee, Facebook told him “this was not a bug,” according to an email that Shreateh shared. Shreateh says he tried… Continue reading Facebook Ignored The Bug I Found Until I Used It To Hack Zuckerberg
Facebook Adds Support For The Hashtag
Facebook is adding support for hashtags to help its members keep track of popular topics being discussed on the social network, Adding the “#” sign to a word will turn it into a clickable link which brings up a feed of what other people are saying about the same topic. Using hashtags to identify a… Continue reading Facebook Adds Support For The Hashtag
Games You Should Be Playing: Candy Crush Saga
So, you haven’t bought into the Candy Crush Saga craze yet, have you? Well, maybe you should because this match-3 game is seriously addictive, just like candy! It is unlike any other match-3 game I have ever played and surpasses the likes of Bejeweled and others of its kind. The king.com creators of this game… Continue reading Games You Should Be Playing: Candy Crush Saga
After NRA’s Win on Background Checks, McConnell Celebrates On Facebook
Moments after Republicans succeeded in thwarting the will of 90% of Americans by defeating background checks, Republican leader Mitch McConnell and his team couldn’t contain themselves. As Democratic leader Harry Reid and fellow Democrats consoled members of Newtown families that lost a loved one in Sandy Hook, this caption and picture appeared on McConnell’s Facebook page. We… Continue reading After NRA’s Win on Background Checks, McConnell Celebrates On Facebook
Sick Child Porn Video Goes Viral On Facebook
At least 20,000 Facebook users found a child porn video in their news feeds this week, with one copy of the clip possibly originating from Oak Cliff, authorities said. The FBI says the video is at least 7 years old and has been spread around the Internet off and on for years. The viral video… Continue reading Sick Child Porn Video Goes Viral On Facebook
The Crazy Social Networking Craze
What a whirlwind! The Social Media craze has turned this world (and me) into a gotta-get-it now circus. Whether you’re using social media for your job or your own personal entertainment, it has gotten crazy ridiculous. Personally, I use it for news, sports and entertainment, and that’s just on my phone! (SideNote: remember the T.V.… Continue reading The Crazy Social Networking Craze
Facebook Taxes – Made Over $1billion, Paid No Taxes, Received Millions In Refund
Here is another example of what the Republicans would prefer – allow a certain group to make as much money as possible, while making all provisions for those people to game the system and get even more. Such is the story of Facebook and their 2012 taxes. According to Citizens For Tax Justice, Facebook made… Continue reading Facebook Taxes – Made Over $1billion, Paid No Taxes, Received Millions In Refund
Facebook Enters The Search Engine World With ‘Graph Search’
Facebook Graph Search — a new tool that brings an Ask Jeeves-like function to the social-networking giant’s search bar — offers tantalizing possibilities. Want to find friends who like both Pulp Fiction and The Sound of Music? Type the question into the search bar and see the photos of your friends, as results, on the… Continue reading Facebook Enters The Search Engine World With ‘Graph Search’
Question: Who Wrote the Book of Face?
My wife has given me permission to gloat a bit after I said this about Facebook, and Wal-Mart, by-the-by, yesterday on this very same blog. The reason? Wall Street had a nice day today, but the ‘book fell on its Face, dropping to $34.03, almost $4 from its opening last week. Meanwhile, a real company… Continue reading Question: Who Wrote the Book of Face?
Weiner Will Forever Be Remembered As Sending His Covered Weener On Twitter
The unfortunate part of this whole Weiner episode is that now, he will forever be remembered as the man who sent a picture of his covered weener on Twitter, instead of being remembered as the great Democratic voice in Congress. Will Anthony Weiner survive this? No. We expect another press conference where Weiner will announce… Continue reading Weiner Will Forever Be Remembered As Sending His Covered Weener On Twitter
Jon Stewart, Donald Trump and Premature Ecalculation
So you came to this post because of the words “Premature Ecalculation?” Your mind is so much in the gutter! Jon Stewart explains what the words mean, and how it refers to Donald Trump. The Daily Show – Indecision 2012 – Premature Ecalculation Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on… Continue reading Jon Stewart, Donald Trump and Premature Ecalculation