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Ever Wondered What An Update to Facebook Would Look Like in Real Life? [VIDEO]

Sarge — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:12:36 +0000

We all know the developers at Facebook are infamous for changing things around right when everyone starts to get use to them. Some people have commonly referred to this as "Changing the furniture around". Or how about the recent uproar about having random ads pop up while your logged on.

Budweiser Puts Facebook In Your Beer With New 'Buddy Cup' [VIDEO]

Sarge — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:00:42 +0000

Facebook has become one of those things that’s really everywhere you look. Whether its somebody with their face buried in their phone or the totalitarian thumb on the window of a business demanding you “Like” them. And, if that wasn’t enough, Facebook is now, literally, IN your beer thanks to the Anheuser-Busch company. Its called the “Buddy Cup” and [...]

12 Parents Embarrassing Their Kids on Facebook

Cameron Simcik — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:00:24 +0000

There’s a funny thing about parents and technology. That being a majority of moms and dads are pretty tech unsavvy without the help of us internet-obsessed younger folk. And while parental struggles can be frustrating at times, their attempts to get in the techy loop are mostly just hilarious. This is particularly true with Facebook. Many [...]

The Best Ways to Annoy Your Ex on Facebook [VIDEO]

Tony LaBrie — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:39:05 +0000

Wanna get even with that ex that dumped you and broke your heart? Here are several ways to get under her skin and drive her crazy by using Facebook. This guy nails it and you know every one of these tips would work. Good luck guys!

What You 'Like' On Facebook Says More About You Than You Know [VIDEO]

Sarge — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:24:00 +0000

Everyday around 2.7 million people on Facebook find something new to “like”. But could the bands, products, and people you like say more about you than you know?

Want To Erase All Your Horrible Searches Saved On Facebook [PHOTOS]

Sarge — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:38:21 +0000

So, we all know how creepy and stalkerish all of you are. So I’m sure you’d like to know how purge this incriminating evidence from your account. So you don’t get caught with those (Ahem) "questionable" skeletons in your closet or in this case search history.

Father Pays Daughter To Deactivate Facebook Account

Sarge — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:19:53 +0000

How much do you think it would cost you to kick your (or your kids) Facebook habit? One father found out just how much. Personally, I think he got off cheap. 14-year-old, Rachel Baier from Wellesley, Mass., struck a deal with her dad that would require her to deactivate her Facebook account for four and a half months. [...]

New App Wants You to Start Banging Your Facebook Friends

Mike Adams — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:00:55 +0000

Social networking has always been a way to anonymously spy on people you wish you were hooking up with, but now it can be a tool to help make it actually happen.

Picture Explains Why 'If I Get a Million Likes' Facebook Posts Are the Worst Ever

Tree Riddle — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:02:00 +0000

You’ve seen them all over Facebook, pictures of people holding sign that say, “If I get a million likes (or shares) ______ says I can get _______.” Thankfully, this gentlemen does his best to put a stop to our least favorite Facebook offenders. This is another example of something that starts off with the best [...]

Sister Accidentally Shoots and Kills Brother While Posing for Facebook Photo

Donald Deane — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:00:47 +0000

In a tragic example of why guns, alcohol and social media don’t mix, a woman accidentally shot and killed her brother while posing for a Facebook photo early in the morning on New Year’s Day. According to reports, 22-year-old Manuel Ortiz and 19-year-old Savannah Ramirez returned to the home they shared in Phoenix, Arizona, after [...]

Teen Arrested After Making Facebook Threats

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:35:15 +0000

Eric Rizley of Portage, Indiana was having a bad day. So the 19-year-old got on Facebook and started issuing threats. Unfortunately for him, that was actually a very, very bad idea. Now he faces criminal charges “Watch out portage people might be dying soon,” Rizley wrote on his account at about 4 AM Thursday morning. As if [...]

Man Hijacks Girlfriend's Facebook Page To Propose

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:00:23 +0000

If there’s anything the internet loves, it’s a creative marriage proposal. Now that the best ones end up on YouTube for all to see, it has become harder and harder to come up with a truly unique proposal. But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Israeli entrepreneur Guy Malachi accepted that challenge and passed with flying colors when he asked [...]

Our Five Least Favorite People On Facebook

Tree Riddle — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:00:13 +0000

We love all of our Facebook family, but just like any other family -- we love some of the members less than others. Here is our list of those "black sheep."

Facebook Mistakes Elbows For Nipples & Bans User [VIDEO]

Maggie Meadows — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:16:37 +0000

Nipples and elbows have plenty in common, said no one ever! Apparently for the powers that be at Facebook, one woman's picture of herself in the bathtub was showing too much nipple. Come to find out, it was her perky elbows. Take a look for yourself.

Your Facebook Copyright Notice Status Update Is Bogus

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:58:14 +0000

If you've been on Facebook over the last few days, you've probably seen that some of your friends have posted a copyright notice as their status update.

The message suggests that the poster has copyrighted all the material on their Facebook page thanks to the authority of something called the Berner Convention. Here is the full text of the update:

Nine-Year-Old's Dying Wish Granted Thanks to Facebook

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:00:15 +0000

There is nothing worse than a story about a nine-year-old dying of cancer. The best we can hope for out of one is something like this — overwhelming humanity from strangers in the face of tragedy. Nine-year-old soccer fan Jens Pascal Schmidt had a brain tumor, and his dying wish was for a gravestone with the [...]

Planning to Tweet or Instagram Your Ballot? You May Be Committing a Felony

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:53:35 +0000

Voting in a presidential election is pretty exciting. And, these days, when we do something exciting we want to tell the world about it through social network sites like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

But while there may be a temptation to take a photo of your completed ballot and post it on the internet with pride, it's not a very good idea. In fact in states like Wisconsin it's a felony to let anybody else see your ballot or a photo of your ballot.

Parents Embarrass Teen With Hilarious Facebook Pics

Cameron Simcik — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:15:52 +0000

We love our parents; we really do. It's just that during those early years, they can seem like the most embarrassing people on the planet. It's tough enough growing up (kudos to you if you can read the word "puberty" without wincing) without lame-o parents humiliating you, but when it comes to two parents in Wisconsin, we have to admit they've surpassed "embarrassing" and jumped straight to "awesome."

Spend Too Much Time on Facebook? Hire Someone to Slap You in the Face

Wes Glinsmann — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:30:13 +0000

We all know it’s easy to get distracted and waste a ton of time on Facebook (or GuySpeed) but one guy is getting serious about his social media addiction -- he hired someone to slap him in the face every time he logs on to Facebook.

Facebook Reaches One Billion Users

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:35:07 +0000

You know what’s cool? One billion users. OK, now that that’s out of the way, lets discuss the big Facebook news, which is that the social network recently topped one billion users. This amounts to about 15% of the world’s population. Mark Zuckerberg announced the achievement as a status update on his Facebook page, and thanked users [...]