In a step to enhance the service it provides to users, Facebook has been trialing a new search feature on its site. Questions is a new service which enables users of the site to post up queries, which can be answered by the five million registered users on the site. (more…)

Social media giants Facebook have been subjected to a flurry of concerns, after users realised that there was a security glitch in the system which put privacy at risk. (more…)

This week sees a controversial row over people’s right to express themselves online, following Facebook’s inclusion of a page paying tribute to Raoul Moat, the murderer who shot his ex girlfriend, her partner and a policeman. In the aftermath of Moat’s death, a friend of his has posted a tribute up on Facebook, which has sparked government intervention in a bid to have it taken down. (more…)

In a new initiative to cut down child exploitation online, Facebook have announced that they will be implementing a form of ‘panic button’ on their social networking site. The new button has been designed to alert authorities should young children and teenagers who use the site feel under threat from sexual predators. (more…)

Following recent government activity looking to reduce their spending on online services, Chancellor George Osborne has been meeting with a number of people who have submitted ideas online, to establish how web spending can be cut back.
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In the wake of much controversy surrounding social media giant Facebook’s privacy settings, the firm has made some amendments to the site to increase data protection. Many industry experts have criticised Facebook for the way it handles member information, suggesting that the site is mismanaging the privacy of its users. (more…)

A teenage boy has been detained in East London, following the death of an 18 year-old in Bromley-by-Bow. The 16 year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been sentenced at Southwark crown court to serve a minimum of 14 years in prison. (more…)

Facebook look to be giving Google a run for their money when it comes to purchasing smaller companies as they have announced their acquisition of Sharegrove. (more…)

It does sound quite far-fetched, but according to recent figures the Facebook homepage has become more popular than its Google counterpart with US users. These latest figures validate the idea that Social Networking is becoming a real powerhouse in the online world, it also shows that the way in which certain users search the internet may be changing. (more…)

Still high from their recent coup of beating Google in traffic this week, Facebook have made a surprise announcement that actually has something to do with ‘search’. In yet another move to keep up with Google they have announced that they will be enhancing the query suggestion feature on the site. (more…)

Facebook has begun testing a new update entitled publisher, amongst other things it gives users more control over the security of their accounts, allowing them to control access to their profiles in a granular fashion. The update comes in response to complaints from users that they had no control over who out of their friends saw their status updates and wall posts etc. (more…)

Facebook has announced 25 of the 50 finalists for awards from the Facebook Fund, a scheme that aims to provide between £25,000 and £100,000 dollars worth of seed funding for companies that create, in the words of Facebook, ‘Great social experiences that make the world more open and social.’ Essentially what that means, is companies that build apps for new company project Facebook Connect. (more…)

Facebook is booking itself in for yet more negative press this year after refusing to take any action against users who have started or participated in groups that deny the holocaust, unless their country of origin has a specific law against holocaust denial. (more…)

A few weeks ago on this blog I wrote a post called something like ‘Facebook Makes you Stupid,’ in response to research from the US that Facebook use lowers attention span. Now, it appears that research has been backed up.
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