New report claims Samsung may make a mistake of epic proportions
Things haven’t been going great for Samsung lately, but things surely can’t be this bad for the company… can they? SamMobile points us to a …
Here’s the latest way Facebook is making your Internet experience more annoying
With free services invariably comes advertising — after all, the commercials you have to put up with on network television are funded by advertisers. However, Facebook apparently …
Facebook is going farther to protect your privacy than anyone expected
With all the personal information that’s on Facebook, sometimes a user just wants to be anonymous when going online. With this in mind, Facebook is planning …
A 14-step guide on going ‘invisible’ on Facebook and living to share the tale
Those Facebook users looking to make their social networking experience more private without ditching Zuckerberg’s empire in favor of something else should know there’s a way to …
This social network wants to kill Facebook by putting your privacy first
Ever since MySpace fell off and Facebook took control of social media, people have waited for the next big social media empire to rise and give them …
Security researcher finds Facebook Messenger is loaded with ‘spyware type code’ [updated]
As if you didn’t already have enough reasons to hate Facebook Messenger, now you have another one. Security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski tells Motherboard that he spent …
Facebook’s new privacy tool makes sure you share your naughty selfies only with the right people
It’s been a busy week for privacy and security related to personal data, obviously caused by a certain celebrities’ nudes hack, so it’s not entirely …
Facebook’s autoplay video ads blamed for jacking up users’ phone bills
One the absolute most annoying things that Facebook has done over the last year has been to add autoplay video ads to its mobile app …
The funniest thing you’ll see today: Elderly people react to the Oculus Rift
“My God, I’m not going to electrocute myself, am I?” That was the initial reaction of an elderly gentleman when one of The Fine Brothers handed him …
On social media, you’re more than just a critic
Judgmentalism has been a staple of societal life for longer than I’m even capable of understanding, and as such, folks have been handing out criticisms …
You won’t believe the amazing ways Facebook is trying to kill click baiting!
Good news for all you anti-click bait whiners out there — Facebook has heard your pleas and will try to filter out news headlines from …
Twitter goes Facebook by injecting foreign content into your stream
It was really just a matter of time — Twitter is now Facebook. In its early days, where new Facebook users friended just a handful …
Watch Satya Nadella, Mark Zuckerberg and Phil Schiller take the ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’
If you’ve ever wanted to see some of the most powerful individuals in the tech industry douse themselves in freezing cold water, now is your chance. In …
How to keep using Facebook chat on your iPhone without installing Facebook Messenger
Facebook gave users fair warning ahead of a recent change that requires people to install a separate iPhone application if they want to keep using …
Here’s how to stop Facebook’s annoying autoplay ads from eating through your data cap
Facebook is coming up with more and more ways to annoy its mobile users, including forcing them to use its Facebook Messenger app instead of …
Facebook finally explains why Facebook Messenger asks for ridiculous app permissions
Facebook has recently decided to force all its mobile users to install its Facebook Messenger application for messaging purposes rather than letting them chat via the …
Man tries ‘liking’ literally everything on Facebook for 2 days and the results were horrifying
Scrolling through a Facebook news feed can be a depressing experience. From the countless ads to the naive friends sharing links to Onion articles they …
Facebook’s annoying plan to make everyone use its messaging app sparks a big backlash
Congratulations, Facebook: You may have found a way to annoy your user base even more than Google did with Google+. Facebook’s decision to strip the …
Ex-Facebook employee says Zuckerberg used to brandish a samurai sword to intimidate people
Here’s one Mark Zuckerberg anecdote that would have made for a great scene in The Social Network. Business Insider has been leafing through a new ebook …
The hidden cost of Facebook’s Internet.org project
Facebook has joined forces with other tech companies to create Internet.org, an organization that wants to bring the Internet to developing markets. The social network …
This is your chance to ask Facebook to pay you $500 in exchange for your personal data
Even though Facebook is very useful when it comes to staying connected with friends, spying on your ex, and pretending you’re awfully happy with your …
Revenge porn victim wants $0.10 in damages for every Facebook subscriber in the world
A Facebook user who claims the social network has failed to take action against a fake “revenge porn” Facebook page despite being notified about it, …
Using Facebook on your smartphone is about to get much more annoying
Facebook may want to look up the phrase, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” TechCrunch reports that Facebook plans to take away the messaging feature from …
Facebook tried to ‘alter people’s behavior’ with hundreds of unmoderated tests
Facebook’s social experimentation rabbit hole goes much deeper than any of us could have imagined. The Wall Street Journal reports that the controversial 2012 experiment in which …
Headset that ushers in the future of virtual reality finally starts shipping in 2 weeks
Facebook has repeatedly shown us that it is not afraid to bet big on the future. The company sees mobile messaging as a staple for …
Facebook’s Sandberg says company’s mood manipulation experiment was ‘never meant to upset you’
Facebook made waves this week when it was revealed that the social network had been conducting social experiments on nearly 700,000 of its users in order …
Here’s how to stop Facebook from tracking your browsing data once and for all
Facebook always seems to be taking heat for something, and its most recent slip up involved conducting a massive psychological experiment on its users without …
Facebook’s creepy psychology experiment is even worse than we thought
Facebook has a ready-made excuse for people who are upset that it conducted a massive psychological experiment on some 600,000 users — they all consented to …
Facebook takes heat for conducting massive psychological experiments on users
Surprise! Facebook’s gotten in hot water for doing something creepy. Over the weekend it was revealed that Facebook secretly conducted a massive psychological experiment on …
Facebook wants you using its apps at work even more than you already do
Facebook is interested in users relying more on its services while they work, TechCrunch reports, although not for time-wasting activities. Instead, Facebook’s London division is working on …
