Facebook Helps You Express Yourself with New Gender Options

Facebook has just announced that they are offering new identity options instead of just male and female. Facebook wants you to help “better express your own identity”, offering 50 new gender profiles including “transgender”, “intersex” “gender questioning”, “androgynous”, “bigender”and “neither.” Users are also able to chose the prononun that they would like to be referred … Read more

200 Million Used Facebook’s Look Back Feature

To celebrate their 10th anniversary, Facebook launched a feature called Look Back, allowing users to create video snapshots of their time on Facebook. Over 200 million people have used the feature since it was launched, creating a milestone for the company. “Almost 200 million people watched [their Look Back video], and 50 percent of people … Read more

Zuckerbergs Donate $992M to Charity

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan have topped the list of the most most philanthropic Americans thanks to their generous donation to the Silicon Valley Community. Trumping Bill Gates, Zuckerberg and his wife have become the most generous Americans after their donation of $992.2 million to Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Bill Gates gave $183.9 … Read more

All About Facebook’s Look Back Videos

If you have Facebook, chances are that you would have seen ‘look back’ videos coming up on your feed which highlight personal Facebook journeys for each user. Launched as part of their 10th birthday celebrations, the videos show users top moments, photos and status updates dating from the time they started their Facebook account. Hundreds … Read more

Facebook Celebrates 10th Birthday

Want to feel old? Facebook is celebrating it’s 10th birthday today. Doesn’t it feel like just yesterday that it launched onto the social scene? Ten years ago on February 4, nineteen year old Zuckerberg launched Facebook, the site that would change the way in which we connect and communicate with each other. Facebook was originally … Read more

Facebook to Launch Paper

Facebook has released its new reader app called Paper which combines content shared by your friends and a news from publications across the internet. The app will be available for download on February 3rd and is the first app launched by Facebook Creative Labs. Facebook generates half of their advertising revenue from mobile use and … Read more

Facebook Bites Back at Princeton Study

A recent study by Princeton University that claimed Facebook was a dying social media has been trumped by Zuckerberg and his team. Facebook fought back at the study that claimed after 2017 Facebook would lose 80 percent of it’s users, by retaliating with a study that showed Princeton would have 50 percent of its current … Read more

Facebook Announces the End of Sponsored Stories

Facebook has announced the end to Sponsored stories after the feature sparked privacy concerns that resulted in legal action. Facebook will be ending Sponsored stories on news feeds around the world on April 9th. The sponsored stories were created as social endorsements for ads based on users actions however, they were active without permission. To … Read more

Is Facebook Dead?

A new report from Europe has found that teenagers are leaving Facebook in favor of other social networking due to the fact that their parents are also on the site.  The Global Social Media Impact Study found that younger Europeans are shifting to other social networking sites such as SnapChat, WhatsApp and Twitter to communicate … Read more