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Aug
3

Facebook Has 83 Million ‘Fake’ Or Duplicate Users

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In its company filings published this week,Facebook revealed that more than 83 million of its users are ‘fake,’ CNET reports.

Last week, in its first quarterly earnings report as a public company, the social networking site announced that it has 955 million monthly active users and 543 million monthly active mobile users.

But this week, tucked away in the company filings, Facebook has revealed that 8.7 percent of these accounts are likely fake.

More than half of these “fake” accounts are duplicate profiles, while 2.4 percent are “user-misclassifed” (think: pets and memes) and 1.5 percent are considered “undesirable” accounts, such as those created by spammers.

Checking In on Foursquare

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Check-in, Cheque, facebook, Foursquare, Mass communication, Mayor, Scouting, Social network service, Wikipedia 1 Comment

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There are numerous diverse apps and social networking apps and it’s tough to keep up with which ones are worth downloading and using. Meet Foursquare, it’s all about checking in at a certain location, whether that is a movie theater, restaurant or hospital. Here are a few reasons you should start checking in as soon as possible:

Google+ Gets Facial Recognition

Category: Social, Technology Tags: face, facebook, facial recognition, Facial recognition system, google, google plus, Matt Steiner, opt-in, Photograph, Picasa Web Albums, Privacy, Social network service, Social Networking Leave a Comment

Google is rolling out a new feature called “Find My Face” to Google+ users allowing them to opt-in to a new facial recognition feature for photos shared on the service. Of course this isn’t the first foray Google has made into the facial recognition arena, they have offered the feature on Picasa Web Albums for a little more than three years. The feature is not available to all Google+ users yet , but Google has decided to alert users to the presence of the new feature instead of just turning it on.

Facebook Educating Users How To Avoid Spam Attacks

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Facebook said Wednesday that it has stopped most of the spam that has flooded many users’ pages with pictures showing graphic sex and violence.

The social-networking company urged its 800 million-plus users to remain vigilant to keep their accounts from being hijacked.

Social-networking sites are popular targets for spammers because people are more likely to trust and share content that comes from their “friends.” This makes spam, scams and viruses easier to spread.

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Oct
29

By pratyushkp

600,000+ Facebook Accounts Get Hacked Per Day

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Computer security, facebook, guardian angels, infographic, Password, Privacy, Security, social network, Social network service, Sophos, Spam, Trust (social sciences), trusted friends 1 Comment

If an unauthorised party has logged into your Facebook account, then you’re far from alone.

New official statistics revealed by the social networking giant reveal that 0.06% of the more than billion logins that they have each day are compromised.

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Oct
1

By pratyushkp

Facebook Uses By Country

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Countries Facebook Use, Experian, facebook, Facebook Use, Facebook Use By Country, Hitwise, Huffington Post, india, International Facebook Use, social network, Social network service, Time Spent On Facebook, United States, Video 1 Comment

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Data monitoring and analysis firm Experian has released the results of a study examining the Facebook habits of users in eight countries across the globe.

Experian examined the users’ visits to the social network and determined how long the average Facebook session lasted in each country, as well as the percentage of each country’s internet traffic that was seen to visit social networking sites. While some of the countries studied also appear on lists of countries shown to have the most Facebook users, an Experian rep told the Huffington Post that this study analyzed Facebook usage only in countries where Experian’s online intelligence service, Hitwise, operates.

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