Oct 14
You know the drill. Facebook’s changing its privacy settings
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Oct 14
Social networking giant Facebook frequently purchases smaller companies to add to its capabilities and programming repertoire. The most recent purchase made by Facebook is the purchase of a mobile data compression startup called Onvao. Facebook purchased the company in an effort to make Internet access more affordable. Facebook announced the purchase on Monday. Onavo is […]
Oct 14
Facebook has announced a new alpha program for its Android app, so super-early adopters can excitedl
Posted in: Today's ChiliFacebook has announced a new alpha program for its Android app, so super-early adopters can excitedly try out new features. Be warned, though: even Facebook engineer Christian Legnitto says it’s "not for the faint of heart."
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Oct 11
Much in the same way his users seek privacy on the world’s most popular social network, Mark Zuckerberg has made a hefty financial investment in a bid to retain privacy in his Palo Alto neighborhood. The well-off Facebook founder has reportedly bought four houses surrounding his own in the California neighborhood after news of a […]
Oct 11
All the way back in 2012, the folks at Facebook began cutting out a privacy measure – this week they’re completing the job. This measure went by the name of “Who can look up your Timeline by name?” and it included the ability to block your name from search results of the public. This was […]
Oct 11
This was bound to happen. Following Facebook’s highly controversial attempts to make social endorsements ubiquitous on the site, Google just announced a Terms of Service update that will enable the company to use your name, photo and endorsements in its advertising network.
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Oct 11
After years of international anti-fashion icon status and getting married in his own back yard, the NASDAQ Prince might be scaling up: he just bought four homes directly next to his.
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Oct 10
In 2012, Facebook announced that users who never took advantage of the “Who can look up your Timeline by name?” feature would lose access to that search setting option, which had been around for a while and was swapped out with different options. Those who were using the setting could continue to do so, however, […]
Oct 10
Facebook is completely removing the “who can search for me” option, for those who were still using i
Posted in: Today's ChiliFacebook is completely removing the "who can search for me" option, for those who were still using it (if you didn’t have it checked, it already disappeared). Facebook says the setting is outdated now that Graph Search is live, and that everything’s now controlled via your Privacy settings
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Oct 10
Facebook has announced today that it is now finishing up the removal of an old search setting. The removal of this setting, “Who can look up your Timeline by name,” was actually announced in December last year. This setting was removed for users who weren’t using it, those who are still using it, will begin to see reminders about the fact that Facebook is going to remove the setting in the coming weeks. Facebook says that whether or not users are making use of this, the best way to control privacy is to just choose who can see the individual things they share.
Facebook Wrapping Up Removal Of An Old Search Setting original content from Ubergizmo. 
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