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Facebook’s Mobile Platform: Not a Phone, Just Software

Facebook’s mobile platform has three parts, single sign on, location API and deals. And they’re focusing on doing software instead of making a phone. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-is-not-building-a-phone-5680720 Now you can use one login for all your mobile sites, meaning, log into Facebook, and then Facebook will handle your “logging in” to other sites through their APIs. There’s…

Social Media Jason Chen Nov 3

Facebook Is Not Building a Phone

Mark Zuckerberg just said so, on stage, right now, at the Facebook mobile event. They’re instead, making their platform accessible on all phones.

Social Media Jason Chen Nov 3

Facebook Predicts When You’re Likely To Get Dumped

Facebook status updates can be creepy and revealing, but they can also help predict when you’re likely to find yourself dumped. Naturally, there’s good news and bad news to be found in the data. David McCandless, the fellow behind some of the stunning data visualizations we’ve posted in the past, gave a rather fascinating TED…

Social Media Rosa Golijan Nov 2

Minimalist Profile? Facebook Knows About You, Too

Even if you keep your profile bare, Facebook can infer your interests from your friends’ interests—and target ads towards you, according to a recent patent application. You think you’re so clever. You think you’re gaming the system. You hardly put any information on Facebook anyway—you just use it to lurk and occasionally “poke” people—so how…

Social Media David Zax - FastCompany Oct 29

The Prize Portrait From Our Halloween Illustration Contest

Yesterday we chose our Halloween Illustration Contest winner and locked Gizmodo’s contributing artist Sam Spratt in a creepy basement with instructions to draw a freaky portrait. Here’s the result. https://gizmodo.com/join-us-on-facebook-to-win-a-zombified-portrait-of-your-5673230 The folks in the drawing are Brandon and his son Logan. They won the illustration contest with this Facebook comment: And in case you were…

Social Media Rosa Golijan Oct 29

Facebook Phone Being Announced on Wednesday?

Looks like Facebook is throwing a very special mobile event on Wednesday and while there are barely any details about it, we’re secretly hoping that it’s going to end with an announcement of the Facebook Phone. [TechCrunch] https://gizmodo.com/a-facebook-phone-5641977

Social Media Rosa Golijan Oct 29

Grieving in the Facebook Age

What does it mean to be memorialized as a good—not great, not awful—man? And can we let go of loved ones when they stay online? Facebook used to delete the accounts of the deceased. After 2007’s Virginia Tech shootings, the site changed its policy in response to the deluge of comments left on the victims’…

Social Media Katie Baker - The Good Men Project Oct 28

There’s Still Time To Win A Zombified Portrait Of Yourself!

You seemed to enjoy our first Facebook illustration contest, so we decided to put Gizmodo’s contributing illustrator Sam Spratt to work again. This time, he’ll make one of you a Halloween portrait. Here’s how you can be the lucky zombie/vampire/ghoul/random-creature-of-the-night: https://gizmodo.com/the-prize-portraits-from-our-facebook-illustration-cont-5659385 All you have to do is head over and join our official Facebook page…

Social Media Rosa Golijan Oct 27

Join Us On Facebook To Win A Zombified Portrait Of Yourself

You seemed to enjoy our first Facebook illustration contest, so we decided to put Gizmodo’s contributing illustrator Sam Spratt to work again. This time, he’ll make one of you a Halloween portrait. Here’s how you can be the lucky zombie/vampire/ghoul/random-creature-of-the-night: https://gizmodo.com/the-prize-portraits-from-our-facebook-illustration-cont-5659385 All you have to do is head over and join our official Facebook page…

Social Media Rosa Golijan Oct 26

AudioFeeds Alerts Deliver Social Media Updates with Soothing 3D Sounds

Twitter and Facebook updates? Everywhere I go I hear their chimes and beeps all the live long day. Annoying, but not nearly annoying enough. Enter a technique called AudioFeeds, which will deliver them with something called “3D sonification.” Sounds peachy. Co-developer Stephen Brewster of the University of Glasgow says the technique will deliver tweets and…

Social Media Jack Loftus Oct 24

How To Eliminate Facebook Like Buttons From All Web Pages

We gave you many reasons to quit, but no, you had to keep sticking your head into that bucket of pain called Facebook. But perhaps you really dislike those like buttons popping in every web page. Here’s how to eliminate them. https://gizmodo.com/more-reasons-why-you-should-still-quit-facebook-5534736 Step 1 Before starting, if you are not using Chrome, Firefox or Safari,…

Social Media Jesus Diaz Oct 22

Over 7,000 People Tagged in One Facebook Photo Wins a Guinness World Record

36 ultra hi-res photos taken with two Hasselblad cameras at this year’s Glastonbury Festival in England were stitched together to create a 1.3-gigapixel image. Of the 70,000 people captured, over 7,000 dirty revellers have tagged themselves on Facebook. This has awarded the pictured, created by mobile network Orange, a Guinness World Record for most people…

Social Media Kat Hannaford Oct 22

The Difference Between Facebook and Twitter

Sure there are a lot of superficial differences between Facebook and Twitter. But this is really the only distinction that matters. I might add that both tend to make me hate myself a little more, but that’s neither here nor there. [YouFail via The Next Web]

Social Media Brian Barrett Oct 20

People Spend 927 Million Hours Per Month Playing Facebook Games

This is truly crazy data: 290 million people play Farmville and other Facebook games—five of the top 10 are by Zynga—every month. Combined, that’s 4,406 years worth of play time—or 105,878 man-years milking virtual cows. [All Facebook]

Social Media Jesus Diaz Oct 20

Facebook Gets a Letter from the Government

The chairmen of the House Bipartisan Privacy Caucus sent that nice young man from Facebook a letter about Facebook’s problems with user information getting leaked out to advertisers through third-party apps. Good for them! I hope it was strongly worded. http://gawker.com/5666325/how-to-stop-facebook-from-sharing-your-information-with-third-parties So, we have a House Bipartisan Privacy Caucus. Did you know? It’s kind of…

Social Media Max Read Oct 19

Creepy Teachers Using Facebook to Do Creepy Things

“This is sexy” is not a comment a teacher should post on a student’s Facebook photo. But that’s what Chadwin Reynolds allegedly wrote on a photo posted by one of a half dozen female students he friended on Facebook. The New York Post reports that the Department of Education in New York City has fired…

Social Media Matt Buchanan Oct 18

Report: “Popular” Facebook Apps Are Sharing User Info with Third Parties

Interesting. Certain Facebook apps (ahem, Farmville) are sharing user info. Maybe that big Jobs-Zuckerberg sit down two weeks ago was a scolding about privacy and user experience? Probably not. In any event the sharing goes against Facebook’s own rules. https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-and-mark-zuckerberg-break-bread-talk-ping-5666028 The report arrives this evening thanks to reporting done over at the Wall Street Journal.…

Social Media Jack Loftus Oct 17

What Happens In Facebook Stays In Facebook

It was the first time in his life Isaac didn’t want to go to Vegas. He is an avid Craps player. He goes to Vegas several times a year. And he was set to spend two days with a large group of his oldest friends. But he was looking for any excuse to get out…

Social Media Dave Pell Oct 16

Let’s Be Best Friends On Facebook!

Did you know that you can easily add some Gizmodo to your Facebook? You’ll get all the best stories, discussions, and contests right in your Facebook feed. All you need to click that “like” button on our Facebook page. Actually, we’re making it extra easy for you. You can just click the like button below.…

Social Media Rosa Golijan Oct 14

Buy a Poster of All Your Facebook Friends For $20

A new service called PrintingFacebook will put your friends’ profile pictures—every last one of them—on a high-quality, 20″ x 40″ poster for just $20. Throw a dart at it to decide which smoldering friendship to rekindle first! $20 is not that much money. It’s like the price of a large pizza, or one goddamn movie…

Social Media Kyle VanHemert Oct 11

Facebook’s Mobile Platform: Not a Phone, Just Software

Facebook Is Not Building a Phone

Facebook Predicts When You’re Likely To Get Dumped

Minimalist Profile? Facebook Knows About You, Too

The Prize Portrait From Our Halloween Illustration Contest

Facebook Phone Being Announced on Wednesday?

Grieving in the Facebook Age

There’s Still Time To Win A Zombified Portrait Of Yourself!

Join Us On Facebook To Win A Zombified Portrait Of Yourself

AudioFeeds Alerts Deliver Social Media Updates with Soothing 3D Sounds

How To Eliminate Facebook Like Buttons From All Web Pages

Over 7,000 People Tagged in One Facebook Photo Wins a Guinness World Record

The Difference Between Facebook and Twitter

People Spend 927 Million Hours Per Month Playing Facebook Games

Facebook Gets a Letter from the Government

Creepy Teachers Using Facebook to Do Creepy Things

Report: “Popular” Facebook Apps Are Sharing User Info with Third Parties

What Happens In Facebook Stays In Facebook

Let’s Be Best Friends On Facebook!

Buy a Poster of All Your Facebook Friends For $20

Scientists Are Recycling Centuries-Old Bullets for a Badly Needed Toxic Compound

Amazon Drops Kasa Smart Light LED Bulbs (4-Pack) to Around $6 Each as Stock Clears Out

You Can Buy ‘Dune: Part Three’ IMAX Tickets Right Now

LA Has a Big Flea Problem. Typhus Cases Reached Record High Last Year

Samsung’s Tablet Deals Just Got Bigger, Galaxy Tab S10 Lite Hits Its Lowest Price With S-Pen on Amazon

Beats Solo 4 Headphones Are Back at Black Friday Pricing and Over 4x Cheaper Than AirPods Max

‘The Testaments’ Cast on How Their Show Mirrors Our Real-Life Dystopia

Meta to Smart Glasses Owners: Stop Hitting Yourself

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Facebook’s Mobile Platform: Not a Phone, Just Software

Facebook Is Not Building a Phone

Facebook Predicts When You’re Likely To Get Dumped

Minimalist Profile? Facebook Knows About You, Too

The Prize Portrait From Our Halloween Illustration Contest

Facebook Phone Being Announced on Wednesday?

Grieving in the Facebook Age

There’s Still Time To Win A Zombified Portrait Of Yourself!

Join Us On Facebook To Win A Zombified Portrait Of Yourself

AudioFeeds Alerts Deliver Social Media Updates with Soothing 3D Sounds

How To Eliminate Facebook Like Buttons From All Web Pages

Over 7,000 People Tagged in One Facebook Photo Wins a Guinness World Record

The Difference Between Facebook and Twitter

People Spend 927 Million Hours Per Month Playing Facebook Games

Facebook Gets a Letter from the Government

Creepy Teachers Using Facebook to Do Creepy Things

Report: “Popular” Facebook Apps Are Sharing User Info with Third Parties

What Happens In Facebook Stays In Facebook

Let’s Be Best Friends On Facebook!

Buy a Poster of All Your Facebook Friends For $20

Scientists Are Recycling Centuries-Old Bullets for a Badly Needed Toxic Compound

Amazon Drops Kasa Smart Light LED Bulbs (4-Pack) to Around $6 Each as Stock Clears Out

You Can Buy ‘Dune: Part Three’ IMAX Tickets Right Now

LA Has a Big Flea Problem. Typhus Cases Reached Record High Last Year

Samsung’s Tablet Deals Just Got Bigger, Galaxy Tab S10 Lite Hits Its Lowest Price With S-Pen on Amazon

Beats Solo 4 Headphones Are Back at Black Friday Pricing and Over 4x Cheaper Than AirPods Max

‘The Testaments’ Cast on How Their Show Mirrors Our Real-Life Dystopia

Meta to Smart Glasses Owners: Stop Hitting Yourself

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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