Dopey burglar logs onto Facebook while burgling

Seriously, is FarmTown that important? A Pennsylvania burglar is behind bars after signing onto Facebook mid-burgle from the victim's computer. Stupid? Unnecessary? That's not even the worst part. Jonathan Parker, 19, didn't bother logging off when robbing the ... continue

Facebook “Fan Check” not likely virus, confirmed to be annoying as all get out

Yesterday, I was "tagged" in someone's Facebook "Fan Check" mosaic. Because I am the 19th most popular commenter on the tagger's page, I got no less than seventeen e-mails declaring that someone had commented on a "tagged picture" ... continue

Sharing on Facebook is a good thing unless it’s using Limewire

With a market share of around 35% Limewire is one of the best known filesharing applications and this was something they were hoping would become a success application on Facebook. The only problem is ... continue

A look through Facebook’s Palo Alto’s office – we should all be so lucky

This is just a brief walkthrough of the relaxed and modern working conditions for the employee’s of Facebook at their Palo Alto digs. The work environment was designed for Facebook by Studio O+A a ... continue

Once again @Facebook rips off @Twitter, but who really cares anymore

This is getting borderline ridiculous. The big news of the Internet today? Facebook yet again takes a page out of the Twitter playbook. As Duncan reported here earlier Facebook is starting to rollout ... continue

Facebook copies Twitter, adds @replies

Facebook has copied another play from the Twitter playbook with the introduction of @replies in status updates. Although the concept is a direct copy, Facebook engineer Tom Occhino explains that the @replies do come with some extra level ... continue

The inside joke of uSocial – people will buy friends

Back in July I passed along the story of Australian company uSocial who were offering the help you get some new friends on Twitter – for a price. Even back then I said this ... continue

Parents have new tools to stalk their college-aged kids – Thanks Facebook and Twitter

This is an excellently done spoof (we hope) where “E-Mom” Gloria Bianco shows mom’s and dad’s how easy it is to stalk stay in touch with their children at college using tools like Facebook ... continue

UK woman allegedly murdered over Facebook relationship status update

Mother of four Hayley Jones, 26, was found dead by her children on the morning of March 12th. Her live-in partner, Brian Lewis, 31, is currently on trial for her murder. While Lewis denies murdering Jones, he did ... continue

That person you friended just might be your friendly taxman

Don’t recognize the name of that person who just friended, or followed, you on Facebook, Twitter or MySpace? Well rather than just blindly accepting and returning the favor you may want to do some ... continue

Using Twitter and Facebook on Xbox Live is free (for people who pay)

Because social networking is what gets the kids hot under the collar nowadays, Microsoft revealed months ago that it would make Facebook and Twitter accessible on Xbox Live. Which is great 'n all, but would it be accessible ... continue

Is Social Media ruining the good old heated debate

I was reading a post by Ryan Tate over at Valleywag this morning which lead in to posts by Edward Boches and Bob Knorpp where the common thread between them all being that we ... continue