Posts tagged ‘facebook’

May 24, 2012

Alleged iPhone Thief Outed on Facebook

by duncanr

A woman who lost her iPhone knows where it is and who has it

Fortunately for Katy McCaffrey, she had enabled the Photostream app on her iPhone which automatically transmits copies of any photos taken by the phone – wirelessly – to her iCloud account

Unbeknown to the current possessor of her phone, therefore, all photos taken by the phone were being ‘sent’ to Ms McCaffrey. From these, she was able to identify him as . . .

May 20, 2012

Facebook Foolishness ?

by duncanr

Facebook is a very successful social network – the numbers of registered users testifies to that

But is it a business worth investing in?

Does it make economic sense to buy shares at their current value?

Where is Facebooks income (and your profit if you bought shares) going to come from ?

1. the size of their user base may attract . . .

May 17, 2012

Calculate Your Value to Facebook

by duncanr

The social media site, Facebook, is going public and is expected to be valued at around $100 billion

But what about it’s users?

What value does Facebook place on you?

Well that depends on how often you visit the site, how long you spend on it, and what you do when you’re there

Click following link to answer a short quiz (7 questions) to find out how valuable an asset you are to Facebook – https://goprivate.abine.com/

P.S. Facebook is not going to get wealthy on the back of my interaction with the site – I’m worth a measly $2 to them

May 15, 2012

Facebook Cops Thief

by duncanr

He forgot to log off !

There are certain attributes or skills one needs to be a successful crook – [by successful I mean here the ability to evade capture by the police]

Intelligence is useful in this regard.

Stupidity is not – http://tinyurl.com/6wwrddr

March 29, 2012

Guy Comes Out on Facebook

by duncanr

A guy decided to ‘come out’ to his friends by posting an announcement on Facebook

Their reaction was not entirely what he expected !

See – http://tinyurl.com/cd4t754

February 10, 2012

Crime and Punishment ?

by duncanr

This is a dad’s response to discovering his teenage daughter has bad-mouthed him on Facebook

Hhmm, Am I the only one who finds this dad’s reaction (be sure to watch the vid right to the end) – ‘disturbing’ ?

August 23, 2011

Facebook Sucks !!!

by duncanr

I was reading an article in the Washington Post this morning when my eye was drawn to a familiar face in the bottom right corner of the page (see screen grab)

The WP was telling me that some of my friends had read articles in the Post recently.

Now the top two names on that list are certainly . . .

August 14, 2011

Riots : Knee-jerk Response

by duncanr

U.K. Prime Minister, David “hug a hoodie – except when the buggers are rioting” Cameron is proposing access to social networking sites like twitter and facebook should be blocked during episodes of civil unrest lest dastardly miscreants use them to outwit the police. He is seeking, likewise, to have the Blackberry (cell phone) Messenger service blocked during those times.

Continued here . . . http://mhextra.wordpress.com/

August 10, 2011

Anonymous Threaten Facebook

by duncanr

Remember, remember, the 5th of November . . .

goes the children’s rhyme to commemorate Guy Fawkes failed attempt to blow up Parliament.

If the group of hackers calling themselves ‘Anonymous’ are to be believed, however, that date may soon be remembered as the day social networking site Facebook was brought down (nobbly, at least, will be pleased at the news!)

July 5, 2011

Facebook History of America

by duncanr

via Presurfer

Imagine the history of the USA if told through Facebook

Read the rest of this history here -
http://tinyurl.com/3re5ern

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