OK so Mark Zuckerberg is unblockable on Facebook, here is why: Zuckerberg is unblockable because of an automated system that kicks in when too many people try to block one user.
This afternoon we received an e-mail from a Facebook spokesperson who revealed:
“This error isn’t specific to any one account. It’s generated when a person has [...]
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Why Zuckerberg can’t be blocked
Posted by melissa in August 25th 2010
Mark Zuckerberg - error: block failed!
Posted by melissa in August 23rd 2010
You can’t block CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook. You’ll get an error message that says, “General Block failed error: Block failed.”
Could it be a bug or an intentional inside joke, but Facebook’s developers have created jokes and pranks in the past, so don’t put it past them. Of course, why would you want to block [...]
Web designer claims to own 84% stake in Facebook
Posted by melissa in August 20th 2010
New York web designer Paul Ceglia, who has filed a suit against Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, claims he owns an 84% stake in Facebook. Paul Ceglia, 37, said in his June 30 lawsuit that he and Zuckerberg signed a “work for hire” contract in 2003, when the Facebook CEO was an 18-year-old Harvard [...]
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The safe and secure way to pass on your online accounts to your friends and loved ones
Posted by melissa in August 11th 2010
As lives move increasingly online, Legacy Locker is building virtual safe-deposit boxes where people can leave digital estates for descendants.
“I have young children that can’t read yet,” said LegacyLocker.com founder Jeremy Toeman. “One day my blog will have meaning to them in the same way you find an old photo of your grandfather and wonder [...]
Celeb Race to 10 Million Facebook Fans
Posted by melissa in July 1st 2010
There is a heated competition that has been getting some press.
The contest is between President Obama and Lady Gaga who are competing to be the first living person to garner more than 10 million fans on the popular social networking site Facebook.
The two are currently neck-in-neck in the race to 10 million, and that as [...]
Levi’s integrates Facebook into their online shop
Posted by melissa in April 22nd 2010
Levi’s is one of the first major brands to integrate Facebook’s social plugin into their online shop, turning it into a “social shopping experience.”
Upon entering levi.com, shoppers can now choose to shop socially by clicking on the “like-minded shopping starts here” sign. From there, customers can share Levi’s products with their friends, “Like” them, or [...]
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UK Boy amasses £905 of Farmville debt
Posted by melissa in April 9th 2010
Oh dear — looks like it’s time to add FarmVille to the list of internet addiction scares after a 12-year-old UK boy has amassed £905 in FarmVille debt. About £288 of that came from the boy’s own savings, while £625 was billed to his horrified mother’s credit card.
The debt — which is equivalent to about [...]
72% of internet users use at least one social networking site
Posted by melissa in March 29th 2010
Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are used by 28.3 million people in the UK, or 77% of the online population, according to a new survey.
The survey, by research company InSites Consulting, reports that 72% of internet users worldwide use at least one social networking site.
Eastern Europe and Asia are the regions with [...]
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The Sad State of Social Networking in China
Posted by melissa in March 16th 2010
While most of the world happily enjoys the Internet’s free services such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Google, in China these are either inaccessible or might become so in the following months.
And, as shown by Google’s recent squabble with the Chinese government, it can be very hard to operate in the world’s most populous country. [...]
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Twitter hits 50 million tweets per day mark
Posted by melissa in February 23rd 2010
Twitter has hit 50 million tweets per day mark - more than 20 times the traffic the microblogging service was experiencing a year ago.
The leap to 50 million tweets per day, or 600 tweets per second, which does not include spam, shows the huge growth the service has notched up in the space of three years.
In [...]
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