YouTube has been forced to fix a flaw allowing hackers to bombard users with fake pop-up messages and redirect them to adult sites. Hackers placed code in the comments section, under targeted videos, that would run when people watched the clip. In some cases, a pop-up screen appeared reporting that the Canadian singer, Justin Bieber, [...]
The latest video game in the Fifa football series has launched on Facebook rather than on games consoles. The popularity of social media games has risen in recent years with up to 250 million global players logging on to various games each month. Previous console Fifa games have retailed at around £30 but FIFA Superstars [...]
SYDNEY: An Australian zoo has posted an urgent plea on its Facebook page for help in returning eight stolen endangered monkeys, so small they could fit in a handbag or the palm of your hand. Symbio Wildlife Park, south of Sydney, said thieves broke into the park on Sunday night and stole a breeding pair [...]
A group protesting Facebook’s privacy policies said Monday more than 30,000 people had heeded its call to quit the social networking giant. “For us it comes down to two things: fair choices and best intentions. In our view, Facebook doesn’t do a good job in either department,” the organizers, who did not identify themselves, said [...]
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered authorities to restore access to Facebook, nearly two weeks after the popular social networking website was blocked nationwide in a row over blasphemy. Justice Ejaz Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court issued the directive, reversing a May 19 order on the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) to block [...]
Google has not handed over sensitive data requested by German authorities, despite a deadline of 26 May. Dr Johannes Caspar, the Information Commissioner for Hamburg, Germany, told BBC News that there was “no sign” of the requested hard disk The firm has until midnight to hand over data harvested by its Street View cars from [...]
Social network giant Facebook will roll out a new set of privacy settings to all its users starting on 26 May. Founder Mark Zuckerberg and other senior Facebook executives will discuss the changes at its Palo Alto headquarters at 6.30pm (BST). Facebook faced a barrage of criticism from users over a series of tweaks that [...]
There are now more Facebook users in the Arab world than newspaper readers, a survey suggests. The research by Spot On Public Relations, a Dubai-based agency, says there are more than 15 million subscribers to the social network. The total number of newspaper copies in Arabic, English and French is just under 14 million. The [...]
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that Facebook “missed the mark” over recent privacy concerns. In a column in the Washington Post newspaper, he said the social network would soon make changes to users’ privacy options. The move may placate some of the growing band of members who had pledged to quit the social network [...]
The first handset to use the Symbian operating system since it became open source has been announced by Nokia. The N8 phone has a 12 megapixel camera and allows people to record and edit High Definition video clips, as well as watch web TV services. Analysts said the phone was a “pivotal device” in efforts [...]
