Amazon acquires touchscreen company: TechVi Now Morning Edition
The countdown to a touchscreen Amazon device has begun. Also, Facebook has changed up the way it displays your e-mail address and there are a couple of new ways to discover apps if you use Android or iPhone. Find out more on TechVi Now.
Facebook backlash: Justified?
Facebook changed their privacy settings yesterday so user's profile picture, groups, gender and birth date are now open to anyone to see them, including search engines such as Google and Bing. That's given some users pause for concern, stating its a self centered move to get more hits from people using search engines. Is the backlash really justified? Iyaz Akhtar gives his two cents on all the hullaballoo.
Man exonerated by Facebook status update
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Rodney Bradford's "Wherers my IHOP?" status update written on October 17 at 11:49 AM managed to prove an alibi, and exonerate him from an alleged robbery.
Internet users spend 68 hours online every month, survey finds
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A recent Nielsen survey reveals that the average Internet user spends 68 hours a month, or around 2.5 hours a day, online. The same survey shows that Google is the top web brand for the month of September, followed by Yahoo!, MSN and Facebook.
Popular Time Wasting Games On Facebook
You know your friends are fooling around on Facebook because there's evidence to prove it: Â Someone just milked a cow on their farm. Â Someone else just won 500 gold coins. Â Everyone wants you to be a part of their mafia family. Â Playing games is one more way to connect with Friends on Facebook. Â The sign up process couldn't be simpler since it uses your Facebook info, and it's easy to join in with friends on the same game because their info is culled from your profile. Â In this episode of The 5, we're taking a look at popular time wasting games on Facebook.
Cast announced for Facebook movie
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Variety reports the cast for the upcoming movie based on the book, Accidental Billionaires, has been formed. Among the cast: Justin Timberlake will play Sean Parker, the co-founder of Napster and the person that introduced Mark Zuckerberg to venture capitalists.
Facebook unveils a lighter version
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The rumored lighter version of Facebook is now available for preview in the United States and India. The primary purpose of Facebook lite, according to Inside Facebook, is to scale back on bandwidth for users with slower internet connections and to introduce facebook to new users.