The Facebook Phone?

The rumor about Facebook working on its own smartphone has been in the mills for a while and there are no signs that things are about to change. The social networking giant are cooking things up in the smartphone department to compete with the likes of Apple and Google.

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Text Messaging Service May Die Out Soon!

With the emergence of other instant messaging services now available on smartphones and tablets, the Short Messaging Service (SMS) may well be on its way to fading off the scene. 

Research In Motion's BlackBerry Messenger smartphone app, often cited as the leading communication method, is one example of the SMS-killing service. So also, other messaging apps like Whatsapp, Kik, and Apple's upcoming iMessage for iOS, are growing almost daily.

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Zoom Facebook Photos By Simply Mousing Over!

I stumbled upon this browser add-on and will really love to share it with you all. Viewing thumbnail pictures on Facebook will require you to click on it to enlarge and then click on it again to close.

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Facebook Ban On Comments?

I don't know what this user must have said or commented on, but it definitely did not go down well with the policies of the social networking site. I know they've got rules that govern users of the site but I have just not been faced with this kind of prompt seen right here.

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FBI Wants An Ear On Social Networking Sites!

The Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI) is pushing for a law that will make them wiretap into social networking sites as well as other peer-to-peer services.

There has been the 1994's Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) that gives the law enforcement agency a direct back-door access to users' data during warranted investigations just as they began with carriers in 1994 and expanded to broadband providers in 2004.

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Clash Of The Titans!

The war is officially on: It's Google+ vs. Facebook, in the battle to become the biggest or best global social network.

After rolling out a three-month test phase with limited openings, Google+ is now open to the general public for sign-up and use. Google's new social network site has also integrated its search engine into the design (which is pretty cool), and expanded its "Handouts" video chat feature for mobile use and broadcasting.

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