Facebook Secret Crush: a private list of people you want to be “more than...
Facebook continues to add services focused on relationships and matchmaking within its social network. Secret Crush is an add-on that adds possibilities to the Facebook Dating dating section, which...
Deceased people will outnumber living ones on Facebook in 50 years. Is it time...
Deceased people may outnumber living ones as Facebook account holders within half a century, something that could have serious implications for how digital heritage is addressed in the future.
This...
Facebook and Twitter close accounts of terrorist group New IRA
Facebook and Twitter have removed accounts from the political group Saoradh for its alleged relationship with the terrorist group Nuevo IRA, responsible for the death of journalist Lyra McKee...
Facebook will stop alerting you of the birthdays of friends who have died
It is one of the most useful things for many of the Facebook users: the social network reminds you of your friends' birthdays saves you on many occasions and...
Twitter limits the number of accounts we can follow in one day to 400
Twitter has reduced from 1,000 to 400 the number of accounts a user can follow throughout a day. And no, it's not a whimsical choice. What those responsible for...
Researchers find dozens of groups dedicated to scams in plain sight on Facebook
Talos, a team of cybersecurity researchers from Cisco, has published this Friday a report on dozens of scam groups it has been tracking over the last few months on...
Less politically engaged Twitter users avoid politics more and more
While partisan users form highly partisan social networks on Twitter, moderate users—or those less politically engaged—continue to avoid politics, potentially creating a void on social media.
“We are not necessarily...
Selfies detract from the enjoyment of the experience
While other studies have focused on the emotions—often of pride and joy—that result when we see likes and comments on our Facebook or Instagram posts, a new study in...
Do you think your travel photos are anything special or do you #instatravel?
There is an epidemic of people trying to brag through social networks about everything good that supposedly happens in their life, as part of a search for acceptance, likes,...
If you leave Facebook you will be happier, or so the Stanford scientists say
A study by scientists at Stanford and the University of New York says that if we move away from the social network we will be happier. To reach this...
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Google Play may be still used on Huawei devices
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