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Facebook Powerball hoaxer is software engineer, report says
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2012-12-03 00:31
You have probably barely slept for wondering what kind of sniveling snail would put their picture up on Facebook with a fake winning Powerball ticket.
Or you have probably barely slept for wondering what kind of saintly sort would ask people to share on Facebook his picture with a winning Powerball ticket and offer $1 million to a random sharer.
Either way, the excitement generated by Nolan Daniels has been heated and profound -- especially as more than 2 million people have now shared in the experience. Now, it seems, we know which Nolan Daniels he is.
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Analysts debate effect of Facebook's policy changes on users
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2012-11-29 01:45
Despite calls for Facebook to stop planned changes to the way it makes privacy policy, analysts are divided over whether the changes would be bad for users.
Last week, Facebook announced that it's making an adjustment to the way it pushes through changes to its privacy policy. Facebook will no longer allow users to vote on proposed policy changes, citing the lack of quality comments it has been getting.
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Poll: More Facebook friends = more stress
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2012-11-27 00:51
The whole point of Facebook is to keep up with your friends, right? You might think that adding friends means having more fun, but a small Scottish study says it's adding to our stress.
A report by the University of Edinburgh Business School has found that increasing friends -- specifically different groups of friends -- increases the potential for stress.
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Facebook testing auto iOS photo uploads for some mobile users
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2012-11-20 09:48
Facebook is testing automatic photo uploading on its iOS app. The social network began testing the feature for its Android users two months ago, and now the company has figured out how to incorporate the same feature for iPhone and iPad.
When this feature was first announced on Facebook’s Android app, my first thought was that awkward, angry conversations with former friends should quickly ensue.
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Judge orders sex harassment plaintiffs to produce Facebook passwords
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2012-11-20 09:41
Women suing an employer for sexual harassment will have to provide a court official with their social media and e-mail passwords. The novel procedure was announced by a Colorado federal magistrate judge earlier this month. Wendy Cabrera is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Honeybaked Ham Company. She and about 20 other women charge that company manager James Jackman "frequently" groped women under his supervision and made sexual requests of them. The woman say the corporate office failed to take action to stop his behavior after it was reported.
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