Facebook - we're not sharing your phone contacts with the world

This slightly belated message from Facebook wasn’t amusing at all was it

Following many rumours circulating that Facebook was sharing users phone contacts with the world Facebook released this yesterday – Wednesday 10th August

“Rumors claiming that your phone contacts are visible to everyone on Facebook are false. Our Contacts list, formerly called Phonebook, has [...]

Facebook can recognise your face in photos

Suggest photos of me to friends

I first spotted the feature on my own account yesterday when I uploaded a few photos from a day out at the weekend. Facebook’s photo app suggested a I tag a few of my friends and the suggestions were right too.

It’s a potentially useful application of the technology but as always with Facebook there are [...]

Facebook's new Send Button

Facebook's new Send button

Facebook have added a new “Send” button that compliments the “Like” button or can be added on it’s own. It allows the page to be sent to Facebook users, groups or email addresses and is as simple as adding an extra ‘send=”true”‘ to your current code if you’re already using XFBML.

Here’s [...]