Multiple sources have told CNET that the massive social network is on the cusp of releasing a product that would allow digital publishers to power their commenting systems entirely through Facebook.
The first words publicly spoken by a talking computer named Watson were, “What is Jericho?” Now the supercomputer by the same name, developed by IBM, is gearing up to take on US game show Jeopardy, challenging grand masters at their own game.
New technology in Facebook Photos will suggest which of a user’s friends may be in a just-uploaded photo, the first time facial recognition technology has been incorporated into Facebook’s consumer service.
Tech industry insiders say Facebook is aware of opportunistic developers selling user data off to marketers and advertisers, and is continually policing it like a game of Whac-A-Mole, since the platform’s early days.
The claims covered in the patent are so broad that they may present implications for other geolocation-enabled services like Foursquare, Google Latitude and Twitter.
Facebook has made a series of ostensibly unrelated product announcements: revamped groups, a profile downloading tool and a cleaner way to manage access to third-party applications.
Alcohol has no place behind the wheel of a car, but a team of Scottish scientists believe it might be perfect for the fuel tank.
Terrafugia, a developer of “roadable aircraft” - otherwise known as flying cars - has released a scale model and computer-generated mock-ups of its redesigned Transition vehicle.
Facebook announced on Wednesday that it’s beginning to institute a new interface that will pop up when users connect their Facebook accounts to third-party services - one which the social-networking company says will bring more “transparency” to how much information its nearly 500 million users are sharing across the web.
It’s a victory for PETA, which took issue with the fact that Zynga supports animal rights efforts and yet was using virtual pit bulls as attack dogs in the Mafia Wars game.
Less than a week before Apple is expected to announce a much-anticipated tablet, Amazon takes its first steps toward letting developers build applications for its e-reader.
Members of Facebook will get a free six-month subscription to McAfee’s consumer-level security suite and a “cleaning” if their accounts are compromised.
One of Apple’s smaller announcements at Wednesday’s music-focused event was that you can now share your deepest iTunes hopes and dreams through Facebook and Twitter.
US broadcast network CBS will be advertising its autumn TV season with a video-chip ad embedded in an issue of Entertainment Weekly magazine.
Also notable in data firm Pear Analytics’ breakdown of tweet species is that there’s less spam than expected.
Thanks to iTunes, YouTube, Guitar Hero and the like, it’s possible for long-forgotten music to be revived in a big way - even if it had disappeared from the airwaves for a reason.
Twitter’s home page definitely gets some Zen cred by consisting of little more than a text field that asks, “What are you doing?” But that’s apparently about to change.
A new tool lets celebrities, brands, products and companies effectively embed their Facebook presence into websites.
Will transition users to new settings through use of opt-in tool as it works to make more profile content public. Also, as expected, it does away with regional networks.
Let the land grab begin: at midnight Eastern US time on Saturday, Facebook members will be given the option to customise the URLs to their profiles.
