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The Android Facebook app got an update. It’s a little faster now, and opening photos is easier. Not bad. [Facebook]

Your Facebook Profile Just Changed Again

If you’re not the embrace change type, you’re going to throw another mini-fit today: Facebook is switching up the look of your profile. Again. Again, again. https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-new-news-feed-the-biggest-change-in-years-5989228 Slide the arrows in the image above left to right to compare the old profile with the new one. There are two main changes: apps are getting plugged…

It’s Time to Stop Sharing Your Netflix Password

Streaming video philanthropists of the world: your generosity streak is probably coming to a close. Starting today, Netflix goes social: everything you watch can be beamed to Facebook. So it’s time to cut off all your mooching friends https://gizmodo.com/your-facebook-friends-can-see-what-youre-watching-on-ne-5990303 It’s been a great run. Netflix doesn’t enforce any kind of login limits, so your tightwad…

Your Facebook Friends Can See What You’re Watching on Netflix Now

Brace yourselves and your news feeds: Netflix is finally giving you and your buddies the chance to announce what you’re watching on Facebook. That functionality has been available to non-US residents since 2011, but Netflix has been cautious when it comes to the States because of decrepit laws that could’ve landed it in hot water.…

How Facebook’s New News Feed Was Developed Using… Post-Its

Some times, the good ol’ fashioned ways are the best. Seems Facebook would certainly agree: according to a blog post, its new news feed was developed using paper, Post-its, and a large blank wall. https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-new-news-feed-the-biggest-change-in-years-5989228 This is a apparently what came out of a series of focus groups, the overwhelming message from which was that…

Study: Your Facebook Likes Alone Reveal Gender, Ethnicity, Religion and More

Every little piece of information you give away online can reveal something about you—but it seems your Facebook likes could reveal rather more than you bargained for. New research by the University of Cambridge and Microsoft Research has been analyzing Facebook Likes to see how much information they really contain. After quietly—and, apparently, innocuously!—collecting data…

Do Facebook News Feed Revamps Even Faze You Anymore?

Back in the earlier days of Facebook, a UI update was a mind-blowing concept. An unprecendeted change. An Earth-shattering upheveal. If you’re not some sort of total newbie, you must remember the “how to keep the old Facebook!” groups and “Bring back X” petitions, the screams of heresy and the unshackled hope that maybe just…

How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Creepy New Targeted Ads

Facebook has announced that it’s teaming up with four of the world’s largest corporate data brokers to “enhance” the ad experience for users. Datalogix, Epsilon, Acxiom, and BlueKai obtain information gathered about users through online means (such as through cookies when users surf the web) as well as through offline means (such as through loyalty…

Here Are All Your Favorite Social Networks Explained

All those social networks we spend more than half our life on? There all just varying degrees of the same damn thing. Basically, look at my cat’s albums. Watch my cat videos. Read how I hashtag my cat. Check this filtered cat. And on and on we go. According to Devin made a hilarious comic…

All The Tiny Changes Hiding in Facebook’s Latest Redesign

Zuck bought Facebook its fanciest new outfit in many years this week, and naturally, the New News Feed is getting all the swooning. But FB added a handful of delicate tweaks and turns to the site—some you might not have noticed yet. https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-new-news-feed-the-biggest-change-in-years-5989228 It makes sense to toss in little changes in the shadow of…

Facebook’s Most Overlooked Design Change

Facebook showed us its new News Feed yesterday. It’s as pretty as anyone could have hoped, and a wonderful update to the design. But lost in the big images and new feeds was a pretty major change that actually started weeks ago: The first thing you look at on Facebook’s page has moved. https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-new-news-feed-the-biggest-change-in-years-5989228 Move…

Facebook’s Beautiful New News Feed Has an Ugly Side

The new new new new News Feed is Facebook’s latest stab at rendering your swarming, swirling online life easier to digest. According to Facebook. Yes, it’s cleaner than a German toilet. Yes, it’s beautiful. But more importantly, it’s about Facebook making more money. It’s about ads. Bigger, distracting, super-ads. This isn’t speculation, and it shouldn’t…

How to Get the Glorious New Facebook News Feed Early

Facebook just showed of its vision for the future of your news feed, and we have to say it’s beautiful. Facebook will start rolling it out to users today; if you want to get on the waiting list for an early look, the sign-up page is here. https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-new-news-feed-the-biggest-change-in-years-5989228

Facebook’s New News Feed: The Biggest Change In Years

The last time Zuck overhauled the website you check all day every day was two years ago. Two! You’ve probably changed a decent amount since then, but Facebook hasn’t in a way that’s done anything but make us cringe—until today. Enter the clutter killer. Here’s how you’ll be stalking the universe now. The News Feed…

Hey—there’s a page on Facebook that gets rid of all the crap and lets you see just shared links. Who knew?

This Naked Lady Photo Got a French Museum Blocked From Facebook

A gentle reminder to creative types the world around: if you try to put breasts on Facebook—even highly artistic breasts—Facebook will Shut. You. Down. Our object lesson today comes from the Jeu de Paume museum, which found itself in Facebook’s virtuous crosshairs after posting the above photograph by Laure Albin Guillot. The original, as you…

Facebook Is Going to Revamp the News Feed By Adding More News Feeds

We knew Facebook was going to overhaul the News Feed this Thursday. Now we may have an idea what that means. According to TechCrunch, Facebook plans to introduce new ways to filter the News Feed. Meaning there’ll be a Photos feed for pictures, a Music Feed for what friends are listening to and more. https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-getting-a-news-feed-overhaul-next-week-5987893…

Canadian Android users can now make VoiP calls via the Facebook Messenger app. No word, sadly, on when it’ll head south.

How Much Twitter and Facebook Is Okay When You’re On Vacation?

Barcelona is such a wonderful place to visit if you get the chance. Check out the architecture. Eat the jamón. Drink the wine. Our own Kyle Wagner is there right now on vacation, and although you’d think he’d be chilling away from the internet, he’s tweeting about which camera he’s using. Here’s the question: just…

Facebook’s Getting a News Feed Overhaul Next Week

As though Graph Search wasn’t enough to turn your Facebook world upside down, the company’s retooling its news feed again. So what will new new new (new) Facebook have in store? We’ll find out next Friday.