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  Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has confirmed that they’ll buy Instagram, a photo sharing service that enhances images using some filters. Facebook will chalk out a whopping $1 billion in shares and cash and expects to close the deal later this quarter. As for the current service, Facebook and Instagram have both promised to keep the [...]

India court has warned Internet giants, Google and Facebook to remove offensive content or the sites will be blocked like it is in China. This warning is as a result of a filing of case against them by a private petitioner in a lower court case. The hearing on this will be taking place at [...]

  The most missed app for the iPad, the Facebook app launched today to provide iPad users the full Facebook experience. The application now makes it easier to scroll the news feeds with just fingertips. Besides this, it now offers, bigger and better photo viewing experience. Games, apps, groups and lists are in the left-hand [...]

  Live and breathe in the world Mark Zuckerberg has created? If you answered in affirmative, you might want to look at the new Vodafone Blue phone. The exclusive Vodafone Blue comes with a dedicated Facebook button and is tightly integrated with the world’s largest social network to keep you in touch with friends. A [...]

  The world’s largest social network yesterday added some new features to make communication with friends more exciting. In addition to the revamped chat design and group chat feature, Facebook has added video chat support. The video calling technology is provided by Skype and it requires a small downloadable plugin to work. Disappointingly, there’s no [...]

  Zune HD users can connect with friends on world’s largest social network. Microsoft has released the highly anticipated Facebook app (after Twitter) for Zune HD and is now available for download from the Zune Marketplace. The app allows user to view/update their status, post photos, videos, view profiles as well as receive messages through [...]

  PS3′s new firmware will bring Facebook to the console, confirming the leak from last week. The firmware v3.10 will link the PSN account with Facebook and will enable PS3 to automatically update the Facebook feed with Trophy, PSN purchase history and game specific details. In addition to social network integration, Sony has also improved [...]

  Care to get social while you’re playing on your Xbox 360? Microsoft has announced to release an Xbox LIVE update on November 17 that will allow LIVE members to use Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm and Zune right from the LIVE dashboard. Microsoft has been adding some decent features in the updates recently. The previous update [...]

  Leaks and claims are often dealt with cautious eyes but when the leak comes from none other than the company itself, the info is as good as unofficial confirmation. This just happened with Sony, whose PlayStation UK site spilled some features that will be integrated in the future firmware. Off the leaked ones, the [...]

  Nintendo has released a new firmware update for the DSi in Japan. The v1.4 update is apparently, a small one because all it does is “display images faster in the DSi camera” and brings the Facebook integration, which the Americans are destined to get in fall. The Facebook integration will allow users to post [...]

  As it may sound absurd to you and me, the researchers certainly have a different opinion. Often visiting social networking sites can increase the risk of cancer, stroke, heart disease or even dementia. Their justification, you ask? It’s actually the same thing – isolation, that has also been linked to the increasing use of [...]