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Facebook Over Usage Develops Psychological Disorders in Teens – Study

August 8, 2011

Over usage of Facebook may develop psychological disorders such as antisocial behavior, narcissism and a slew of other character flaws in teens, according to a recent study. One of the interesting point in the study is that Facebook usage will develop a virtual empathy in teens. […]

Zynga’s Scrabble-Like ‘Words With Friends’ Game to Launch on Facebook

August 2, 2011

Zynga announced that it is bringing its mobile Scrabble-like game ‘Words With Friends’ to Facebook. This mobile multiplayer game challenges players to create words by placing letter tiles on a digital game board. Zynga says this is the first time it is taking a mobile game to Facebook. […]

Access Facebook on All Feature Phones Using ‘Facebook for Every Phone’ App

July 29, 2011

Facebook has released ‘Facebook for Every Phone’ app that works on java enabled phones. This app will “offer a fast and comprehensive Facebook experience” on feature phones. In India Airtel, Aircel and Reliance has partnered with Facebook to offer free data for the first 90 days. […]

Facebook Shows Ad for Turning Off Facial recognition Feature

July 29, 2011

Facebook runs advertisements that show users how to turn off facial recognition system and thus try to calm the outcry put forward by the users. The feature uses facial recognition technology to identify people in photographs posted on Facebook. […]

Vodafone Launches ‘Vodafone 555 Blue’ Facebook Phone for Prepaid Market

July 29, 2011

Vodafone unveiled Vodafone 555 Blue handset, aimed at prepaid users active on Facebook. The phone has Facebook running once it starts up, delivers updates to the homescreen, integrates Facebook messages with texts and e-mail from the same contacts, and allows quick uploading of photos. […]

Facebook Mobile App for Airtel – SMS fb to 54321

July 26, 2011

Airtel now offers their customers a new Facebook mobile application for Java-based feature phones. Airtel enables their customers to download and use this application for three months without incurring any data charges. SMS fb to 54321 to get the download link of the application. […]

Facebook Comments Can Now Display Videos, Photos & Link Previews

July 22, 2011

Facebook has tweaked their comments feature by adding a new feature allowing users to embed photos, videos and website previews into comments. If you paste a link to the movie’s trailer on YouTube, your friend will be able to view the video from within the comment you’ve posted. […]

Facebook Announced Skype-powered Video Calling and Group Chat

July 7, 2011

Facebook unveiled video chat powered by Skype, revealing the “something awesome” speculation. The improvements includes Skype-powered video calling, group chat, and a redesigned chat tool. Click on the video-call button at the top of chat window to start a video conversation. […]

Skype Video Calling on Facebook Coming Soon?

July 5, 2011

Facebook had recently announced that they were planning to launch something awesome coming this week. Though they did not disclose what it is but there are rumors spread in the web era that Facebook will implement Skype calling, including video chat, within the Facebook interface. […]

Buy Digital Goods and Services On Facebook Using Facebook Credits

July 2, 2011

Facebook introduced ‘Facebook Credits’ payment system to provide a way to pay for digital goods and services for Indian users. It can be used to buy virtual goods in games and apps on the Facebook platform. You can purchase it using your credit card, PayPal, or a mobile phone. […]