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Facebook May Share User Contact Information; Prevent Minors From Sharing

by Shabbir Akhtar on 03. Mar, 2011 in Facebook

It seems like Facebook is determined to put the interests of users at stake for leveraging the third party websites. On January 14th, they announced in the Developer Blog that third-party websites and Facebook applications will have access to the contact information of their users along with the basic information, if the users allow them [...]

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Facebook Has No Plans To Introduce Extra Security For Apps: Dan Rose

by Shabbir Akhtar on 31. Jan, 2011 in Facebook

Dan Rose, Facebook’s head of platform marketing said that the company is satisfied with the existing security measures and at this moment, they have no plans to introduce extra security measures for apps. Rose said, “The tools we have in place which stop apps from spamming users have become more sophisticated. The actions we have [...]

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Facebook Allows And Then Halts Sharing Contact Information With Apps

by Shabbir Akhtar on 18. Jan, 2011 in Facebook

Facebook had recently introduced a feature, which would let application developers to request for address and phone number of users.
Facebook’s Jeff Bowen wrote in a blogpost:
We are now making a user’s address and mobile phone number accessible as part of the User Graph object. Because this is sensitive information, we have created the new user_address [...]

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Features Of New Facebook Profile Being Misused

by Shabbir Akhtar on 09. Dec, 2010 in Facebook

A report from Inside Facebook has shown how the new design of Facebook profile is being misused. A peculiar trend in behavior is becoming feasible among the Facebook users as they enjoy a typical power over the profiles of their friends, thanks to this redesign scheme.

Total of five photos in which a user has been [...]

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Faceboook : A New Age Force to Reckon With

by Sahil Shah on 31. May, 2010 in insights

For starters the fact that a special disorder by the name of Facebook Addiction Disorder has been discovered should make one realize the level to which facebook has penetrated our daily lives. Another very astonishing fact where it has 70% of its users from outside U.S. shows that it has crossed technology barriers and has [...]

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