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Facebook brings Poke feature to mobiles
Enough of all that swiping and pinching and touching that you put your phone through. Facebook now invites you to go on an ‘poke’ your phone. They have introduced the infamous feature for mobiles. It’s been around since 2004 and has annoyed numerous Facebook users, especially women, who get ‘poked’ and just have to poke…
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Facebook becomes a gifting hotspot this holiday season
Today, Facebook opened its Gifts feature. Available only in the US and launched in time for the holiday season, this service allows folks across the States to buy and gift their friends and loved ones, via Facebook. This system has already been tested by millions over the last two months and the network is confident…
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Facebook HQ has posters urging employees to chuck the iPhone for Android
Way back in August the Facebook app for Android was so pathetic that the company actually urged its employees to switch from iOS devices to Android so that they can also experience the suffering that millions of Android users go through daily. Some of the flaws have been addressed but the Android app of the…
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Facebook addict hires a woman to slap him out of it
There are some measures that are quite drastic, when addictions or even mere distractions can affect productivity. Take the case of HackTheSystem.com man, Maneesh Sethi, for instance. He knows that Facebook is quite a distracting source and so he’s gone all out and hired someone to beat the responsibility into him. How? He advertised for…
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Facebook to give retailers a ‘Want’ button advantage?
We all ‘Like’ posts and are tired of asking for an ‘Unlike’ button to deal with unwanted stuff on our respective walls. However, Facebook has considered something a little more useful, and this time it’s in the retail space. The company is introducing the ‘Want’ button. The button will enable users to click it and…
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Facebook vest rewards each ‘Like’ you get with a hug
Clothing and technology can go wonderfully well together, if they’ve been put there for a noble cause. And that’s just what the Like-a-Hug vest fulfils. With all those amazing status messages you post and the picturesque poses you strike in your pictures, you’re often hounded by ‘Likes’. Now it boils down to the fact that…
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A Facebook girlfriend to make your ex-girlfriend jealous is up for sale on Ebay
A virtual girlfriend that will like your statuses, post on your wall and even let you keep a ‘in a relationship status’ with her for two months. The purpose of this is to make your ex girlfriend jealous. What’s surprising is that bidding for this ended at a whopping 9,000 Euros. Maybe spending this amount…
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Samsung Canada rewards a Facebook fan with a unique Samsung S III Epic Dragon version
Fans are what make the brand. And so if Samsung Canada needed a reason to up their potential for selling, they’d better show the fans their gratification. It so happened that one Shane expressed his love for Samsung and the desire to add to his collection with a free Samsung Galaxy S III. He ever…
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Facebook employees asked to use only Android Smartphones to drive home the poor quality of their Mobile App
If you are a smartphone or even a tablet user who is using Facebook on the Android OS, then you would be well aware of the quality it offers, or rather the lack of it. And the top brass have decided to convey this message to those probably working on the development of the app…
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Facebook unveils Camera for iOS users
Taking pictures and uploading them all to your Facebook page from your iOS device has just turned easier. The social networking website has finally unveiled the Camera for iOS application that helps speed up the process of taking a picture from your iPhone and quickly uploading it to your Facebook page. Using Instagram-like filters, the…
