For a while now, Facebook has promised they would provide a way for applications to spread more virally since the removal of notifications. Today we noticed that they have added an application widget to the right of each application on the network. The widget shows a user what applications their friends are interacting with, thus […]
Clever trick makes SPAM look ‘trustable’ Spammers have found an uncontrolled redirect on the BBC website and are using it to spread a hoax about the death of Justin Bieber. The link points to the following domain : http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/go/-/[hostile-website-url] which was presenting the link as a BBC web-story. The story is false, and is a […]
The news has spread about Mark Zuckerberg’s announcements a few hours ago… but what exactly is Facebook releasing? Quite simply they covered 4 main topics. One-to-One Video calling with a built-in Skype technology. On first use a user will need to download a small application to allow Skype integration. Get started by heading to http://www.facebook.com/videocalling […]
We just came across the article by dazeinfo about a new feature that Facebook is testing with a small percentage of their users that will stream a user’s friends’ comments, likes and shares instantaneously. Much like Twitter’s last update, this feature implements a new design change that allows users to follow news as it dissipates […]
This spam-scam tries to convince you that it’s a legitimate video but then spreads the site via your Facebook wall…. using the ‘verification’ text as a ‘comment’. Why is this a dead give-away? Have a read, so that you can avoid falling for future spam-scams! 1) YouTube is ALWAYS found at www.youtube.com and not at […]