Facebook has acquired social activity and ‘check-in’ service provider Hot Potato for about $10 million in cash.Facebook, fresh from announcing its entry into the location game (our ongoing coverage), and Hot Potato this morning confirmed the acquisition, which is clearly a move by the social networking juggernaut to bring in more talent rather than expanding its product line. In a blog post, [...]

At this point, pretty much every tech industry insider knows that Facebook is going to jump into the geolocation game. First rumored to be launching at Facebook’s F8 conference back in April, the exact date of Facebook’s location launch has been up in the air. Yet another report, this time from CNET, pegs the release of Facebook’s geolocation product to be “within weeks.” The difference [...]

Facebook this week launched “Places,” a service that allows any user to “check in” to restaurants, stores and other local businesses — thereby sharing their location with friends. The new feature is virtually identical to the much-hyped location startups Foursquare and Gowalla, leading to the obvious question: Are these upstarts now doomed? I’d stop far short of [...]

This is not my first attempt on quitting Facebook. I tried more than 3 times to Delete My facebook account, But All because of so much Confusing Facebook Setting i just deactivated my account. I join back Facebook to catch up all the updates .And now, I return to my old habit again. I usually type “fa…” in the browser and it automatically points to “http://www.facebook.com”. Spend a few [...]

A new Facebook scam is making the rounds, and it’s taking advantage of a non-existent Facebook feature many users crave: the dislike button. First, let’s clear things up: there is no such thing as an official Facebook dislike button. It’s possible that Facebook will implement a similar feature in the future, but right now it simply doesn’t exist. So, if you see a status update containing the [...]

Facebook, which is already widely used as a platform for distributing live video, is making a play of its own with a new app called Facebook Live. However, unlike services like Ustream and Livestream that offer live video features for Facebook Pages, Facebook Live is more of a channel dedicated to the happenings of the social networking company as opposed to a platform for others. In a statement, [...]

Facebook has changed the way photo albums appear on the site. More photos, if not all, from an album are not viewable by clicking on an album, as opposed to having to click to see the next page of photos like before.Facebook is testing a new box on user profiles displaying which Pages the user Likes. This box will apparently appear on the profile’s side bar.