Facebook is reportedly working on a ‘sympathize’ button to show support for somber updates
If you’ve ever felt strange “Liking” a status concerning the death of a pet or other gloomy news on Facebook, you may be able to voice your support in a more appropriate way soon. According to The Telegraph, the social network has a “Sympathize” b…
Facebook hires NYU professor to lead its artificial intelligence efforts
Facebook’s fledgling artificial intelligence group now has a leader — the social network has hired New York University professor Yann LeCun to run the research division from New York City. He’ll remain at the university part time, but most of hi…
Microsoft and Google lead coalition demanding limits on government surveillance
In October, the tech industry’s biggest companies petitioned congress to reform the US Government’s surveillance policies. Now, the firms are taking their pleas global. Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo and AOL (Engadget’s parent…
Two million accounts compromised by ‘Pony’ botnet, bad passwords
Though most of us cast stones at large-scale corporate password thefts, we ought to be checking our own glass houses, according to a security company called Trustwave. It just revealed that a single attack from a Dutch-based server has resulted in…
UK Facebook and Twitter users warned over sharing court case information
In an effort to ensure UK courts can conduct fair trials, the UK Attorney General’s Office (AGO) will soon start advising Facebook and Twitter users about the dangers of commenting on legal cases. In a world of super-injunctions and tweeted court …
Facebook’s News Feed: now with more relevant and oft-commented articles, fewer meme photos
Ahh, News Feed, the lifeblood of Facebook, a river rife with baby and puppy pictures, plus countless status updates and shared articles. Today, Facebook has updated the Feed once again to percolate more (and more relevant) news article in your fee…
Facebook tests ‘save-for-later’ feature for the second time, makes it better than the first
Beware, Pocket and Instapaper: the folks at Facebook HQ are testing a feature that encroaches upon your “save-for-later” territory. This new function currently appears for some mobile users as an iBook bookmark-esque button next to status updates …
Facebook 4.0 app for Android to usher in new UI
The next big release of Facebook’s mobile app for Android should usher in a new UI, according to reports. Allegedly, the 4.0 version of Facebook for Android features the design and layout you see in the images above. It’s not clear, exactly, how soon Facebook plans to roll out this…
[Download] Latest Facebook test build shows off new Flat UI Design
Getting your hands on an early release look at an app that is being updated, hopefully for the better, is always a fun way to spend the weekend. Looks like those fantastic gurus over at AndroidPolice have managed to land themselves a test build of a newly redesigned Facebook APK. (probably…
Facebook for Android test build shows off flat UI and rearranged navigation
In a test build of its mobile software for Android devices, Facebook seems to be finally headed down the flat UI path that Twitter and a host of other apps have already traveled. Aside from that, navigation in this build has been shuffled around t…
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