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Facebook Faces Class-Action Suit Over Text Messages

David Cohen — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:36:09 +0000

An Illinois woman is leading a class-action suit against Facebook, claiming that she received an unsolicited text message from the social network in February, and her lawyers are actively seeking more plaintiffs who had similar experiences.

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Analyst: Facebook’s Advertising Looks More Like Spam

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:27:29 +0000

Although Facebook’s stock value has recovered from its initial downfall to about $25 per share, one analyst sees another dip coming, largely because of the prevalence of advertising on the site. Richard Greenfield, a media and entertainment analyst for BTIG Partners, told CNBC that he is not confident about Facebook’s future on Wall Street, noting that advertising on the social network looks more like spam.

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Facebook Rolling Out Replies, Ranked Comments

David Cohen — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 15:32:23 +0000

As reported last week, Facebook announced Monday that it will launch new features for its comments section: Replies, which will allow page administrators and users to reply directly to comments, rather than having to post their own comments; and ranked comments, which will move the most engaging comments to the top of comment threads.

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10 Reasons Why Parents Of Preteens Should Deny Them Facebook Accounts

David Cohen — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:46:21 +0000

You must be at least 13 years old to join Facebook, but many kids bypass that rule, often with help from their parents. That may not be the best idea, according to blog Babysitting Jobs, which offered 10 reasons why parents should not let their preteen offspring have accounts on the social network.

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Rihanna Featured In Latest Facebook Sex-Tape Hoax

David Cohen — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:19:17 +0000

The latest sex-tape hoax to flood Facebook uses Rihanna as bait, but the Facebook Security team is already on the job, blocking the links contained in the hoax messages, which were reported as malicious.

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WARNING: Emails Promoting ‘Business’ Flash Player Lead To Facebook Malware

David Cohen — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:52:33 +0000

Attention, Google Chrome users: There is no such thing as a “business” Flash player, and downloading any browser extensions billed as such will bring some serious malware with it.

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How To Tell If Emails ‘From Facebook’ Are Fakes

David Cohen — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:07:43 +0000

A relatively harmless fake email disguised as an email from Facebook Support provided a primer on signs to look for in identifying emails of the annoying variety, like this one, as well as more serious ones that lead to malware, phishing, or other cyber-security issues.

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Facebook Updates IOS App, Adds Voice Messaging, Recording Of Voice And Video

David Cohen — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:09:31 +0000

The voice-messaging feature that was added to the Facebook Messenger applications for iOS and Android is now part of the flagship Facebook app for iOS following an update Monday, along with the ability to record voice and video directly within the app, and an improved version of the nearby tab.

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Facebook Engineering Details Favorite 2012 Hacks

David Cohen — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:32:03 +0000

With 2012 drawing to a close, Facebook celebrated its hacker culture by sharing its favorite hacks from the past year in a note on the Facebook Engineering page.

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What Should Brands On Facebook Be Concerned About?

David Cohen — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:19:15 +0000

There are too many Facebook pages and other social media accounts owned by or connected to brands, too many people with administrator privileges, and too many applications granted permission to access those social media accounts. Those were the main concerns discussed by Social iQ Networks Co-Founder and CEO Devin Redmond during “Protect Your Brand Pages,” a panel at the AllFacebook Marketing Conference in New York Wednesday.

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Facebook Promotes Cyber-Security Awareness Among Employees With ‘Hacktober’

David Cohen — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:57:49 +0000

Facebook decided that the best way to protect itself and its employees from hackers was to hack its own employees, and it did just that in October, holding its second annual “Hacktober.”

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The Dangers Of Facebook Promoted Posts And Suggested Posts

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:18:50 +0000

Friends of fans are a valuable group for many businesses on Facebook, and also the ones who see loads of advertising daily through sponsored stories, suggested posts, and promoted posts. While users are sometimes introduced to pages they end up liking, many times, posts from pages they haven’t connected with end up being unwanted messages. Social media expert Jon Loomer, in recent blog posts, explained how users aren’t shy about voicing their opinion and wrote about how brands can advertise to potential fans without aggravating them.

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Facebook Donates $250K Recovered From Spammers To UAB

Jennifer Moire — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:58:46 +0000

The Center for Information Assurance and Joint Forensics Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham announced a $250,000 grant from Facebook Monday, and the funding comes not from the company’s coffers, but from money that Facebook has recovered from spammers around the world. The donation is in recognition of the center’s role in tracking international criminals behind social media botnet Koobface, as well as other spammers.

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UC Riverside Experiment Yields MyPageKeeper App To Battle Facebook Spam, Malware

David Cohen — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:50:45 +0000

The University of California, Riverside created a free application to detect spam and malware on users’ Facebook walls, MyPageKeeper, coining a new term in the process: “socware,” a combination of social malware.

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Spam Email From Facebook Friends? Here’s Why

David Cohen — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:57:58 +0000

Facebook repaired a misconfiguration last week that briefly allowed spammers to obtain data on users’ friends and use those friends’ names on emails, but it’s now in the hands of email providers to locate and shut down the sources of the spam.

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