L33tdawg: Speaking of hackathons, registration for #HackWEEKDAY at HITB Haxpo is still open with some awesome prizes up for grabs including of course EUR1337 for the 'most l33t coder' sponsored by... read more
Featured Slideshow
Facebook adds new Nearby Friends feature to engage mobile users
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2014-04-17 19:41
Facebook has spent a lot of time recently talking about anything but Facebook. Instead, the company has spent billions buying technology and developing new apps separate from the Facebook service. But on Thursday, the social network announced the first significant feature for its core product in over a year.
Called Nearby Friends, it lets users see which of their Facebook friends are in physical proximity to them.
FTC warning unlikely to stop Facebook from changing WhatsApp privacy policies
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2014-04-15 05:02
Despite pressure from the Federal Trade Commission, Facebook is unlikely to leave WhatsApp's stricter privacy policies intact, once government regulators approve the $19 billion acquisition, privacy experts say.
Late last week, Jessica Rich, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, sent Facebook a letter, warning the social network that it must abide by the privacy promises WhatsApp made to users of its instant messaging service.
Tutorial: Facebook 2-factor authentication, step-by-step
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-04-14 05:04
Facebook has never seemed to have a particularly friendly relationship with security and privacy. After all, the more Facebook knows about you, the more the company can profit from the social graph. But while the company has implemented some fine security features for users, the way they present them leaves a lot to be desired.
Hackers discover Facebook's biggest holes
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-04-07 04:35
Russia and Brazil are hacking Facebook, and the social network is paying them to do it.
Facebook paid out US$1.5 million to security researchers worldwide last year as part of its Bug Bounty programme, and the two emerging markets were responsible for reporting some of the most critical threats, according to a report Facebook released this week.
Facebook scrapped last year's redesign because your screen is too small
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2014-03-31 00:14
Earlier today, Dustin Curtis wrote a post about the recent Facebook desktop redesign.
Dustin makes a few assumptions about the rationale behind the redesign, including how some of the beauty and cleanliness of the initial version tested a year ago was discarded for the sake of short-term metrics. I thought it’d be helpful to shed some light on the real reasons why the design has evolved. The goal of making News Feed all about the content—with bigger photos and more expressive stories—is near and dear to my heart. It’s why we started the project in the first place.