Facebook is constantly updating its inteface and settings configuration, so most of the How-To tutorials published in the various blogs are invalid now.
Today we are reviewing the up-to-date process of removing yourself from Facebook Search Results with screenshots:
Facebook plans to launch a platform for announcements of finding employees, which will be a direct competitor for the social networks for business communications like LinkedIn, reports The Wall Street Journal.
The new project will involve a number of specialized services for searching a job – BranchOut, Jobvite and Work4 Labs. These services are aggregating information about vacancies and they are already actively use Facebook platform for applications.
The Russian-language Wikipedia website was shut down on Tuesday 10 July. Now it has a stark black line across its main page in protest at a bill, which may be used to censor the Russian internet.
“Imagine a world without free knowledge,” it said in a statement. Russian parliament will discuss on Wednesday amendments to an information law and they “could lead to the creation of extrajudicial censorship of the whole Russian-language internet”.
What if the Social Networks were cars? Check up this funny image with Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus.
There are versions in 4 languages: English, German, French and Russian. Feedback is much appreciated!
Facebook added a new feature to the mobile functionality, which helps users to find friends and other people by location.
Its original name is “Friendshake“, but the abbreviation specified in the URL (http://fb.com/ffn) means “find friends nearby“.
For people who want to discover public Facebook profiles and content outside the app itself, a
facebook viewer tool
can also be useful.
Facebook is one of the Silicon Valley companies, which pays the highest salaries to the employees. Even Software Engineering Interns of the social network, can be paid more than $ 74 thousand per year, while the salary of the lead software engineer – $ 132 thousand.
In the Glassdoor.com ranking, where employees of the American corporations anonymously publish the amount of their salaries, Facebook is on the third position in the list of the companies, which are considered to be the most successful place for employment. Google is on the 5, and Apple – 7.
As it is in the most of technology companies, software engineers – are the most highly paid employees in the Facebook.
Facebook salary of the Senior Developer is about $ 132.5 thousand per year.
Back in 2010 Facebook released Automatic Facial Recognition feature and now the social network acquires facial recognition startup Face.com.
Face.com was founded just three years ago and already provided some face recognition technology to Facebook. According to the Financial Times, the amount of the deal can be estimated in the tens of millions of dollars. The mass media called the sum of $ 80-100 million.
Previously, we published 5 Tips To Quit A Facebook Addiction. Now The Daily Telegraph reports that Facebook addiction appears to be even more stronger than alcohol or tobacco ones.
One of the reasons Facebook can become so absorbing is how easy it is to endlessly browse profiles, posts, photos, and public updates. Tools like a facebook viewer make it possible to explore public Facebook content in one place, which also highlights how much information is constantly available.
On Monday Scott Forstall announced integration of Facebook into the iOS 6 and OSX Mountain Lion operating systems at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.
As we reported before NASDAQ Will Compensate Facebook IPO Issues, now we know the amount: NASDAQ agrees to pay $ 40 million compensation for the trader’s losses caused by software issues during the Facebook initial public offering.
Nasdaq CEO Robert Greifeld apologized for the problems encountered on May 18.
