Facebook really wants messages to be like email. The social network announced Wednesday that it is testing some changes to make its messages feature look a little more like email.
Facebook Tests Makeover For Messages
Facebook Launches Phish@fb.com Email Address To Report Phishing
Facebook made it easier for its users to report phishing attempts by launching email address phish@fb.com.
Microsoft Rebrands Hotmail As Outlook, Adds Facebook Integration
Microsoft’s latest attempt to beef up its Hotmail email service to compete with Google’s Gmail by rebranding it as Outlook and adding integration with Facebook and other social networks.
Kaboodle Together Allows Facebook Friends To Shop With Each Other — Online
Shopping is more fun as a social activity, and social shopping company Kaboodle believes this should be true online, as well, so it launched interactive group experience Kaboodle Together.
WARNING: Fake Facebook Photo Tag Emails
Be on the alert when opening emails that appear to come from Facebook: An extra “o” can go a long way toward determining whether they are authentic or part of a malware attack.
How To: (Possibly) Restore Your Contacts After The Switch To Facebook.com Email Addresses
Still having issues with lost contacts following Facebook’s recent controversial move to make Facebook.com email addresses the default emails for its users. Lifehacker may be able to help.
Facebook Plays Key Part In How People Discover, Share News
It’s apparent that Facebook has changed the way people share information, and not just baby photos and event announcements. According to a study in the United Kingdom by the Reuters Institute, the social network is responsible for 55 percent of the country’s news sharing, beating out email and Twitter.
Heat Continues Over Facebook Email Switch; Contacts, Emails Lost
Facebook’s controversial email address switch last week continued to irritate users, as those with mobile devices or other software that synchronizes their address books with their Facebook contacts are finding in many cases that their contacts’ actual email addresses have vanished in favor of their Facebook email addresses. UPDATED: Facebook told Mashable a bug in its application-programming interface is causing mobile devices to pull the last email address added to accounts, instead of the email address designated by users as the primary one.
Users Angered Over Facebook Email Switch; Company Says Change Was Announced In April
Yesterday, Facebook made a subtle switch to users’ contact information: swapping out whatever email address they had listed in favor of a Facebook email account. While reaction has been overwhelmingly negative, the company hasn’t exactly backed down, saying that these changes were announced in April.
Study: Most Parents Have No Clue What Their Teens Are Doing On Facebook, Online
Six out of 10 teens have witnessed cruel behavior online, and 93 percent of those who have said it took place on Facebook, according to the results of a new study by McAfee, which also found that only one out of four parents is aware of that behavior.
