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Mashable.com reports that Willook, an Israel-based company, has developed a Facebook application called If I Die, which lets you "post a final message to your wall and loved one when you’re dead." No, there’s nothing supernatural about it.
Thursday, January 19, 2012Reuters (via Interaksyon.com) reports that Shaadi.com, a matrimonial website with two million members, has launched a game called Angry Brides. The repot pointed out: "The name of the app, available on the group’s Facebook page, is [obviously] a spin-off from the globally popular Angry Birds game. The [page] shows a red-clad, eight-armed woman resembling a powerful female Hindu goddess."
Tuesday, January 17, 2012GMA News Online—citing data from computer security firm Trend Micro—reports that "a new survey scam offering free coffee from popular coffee shop chain Starbucks is targeting users of social networking site Facebook and micro-blogging service Twitter."
Monday, January 2, 2012Interaksyon.com reports that a fake concert poster of British band Coldplay spread on Facebook over the weekend and caused an uproar among Pinoys.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011GMA News Online reports that the black and white photo featuring Lola Aurelia Matias with a missing person flyer of her husband, Lolo Luis, pinned to the back of her dress ended in a heartwarming reunion on Tuesday, November 22. Lolo Luis had been missing for two weeks. A concerned caller had spotted Lolo Luis at LRT’s Quirino station. Relatives fetched Lolo Luis and brought him home.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011Interaksyon.com reports that social networking giant Facebook revealed in a recent infographic on security concerns that "as many as 600,000 logins on the site each day are considered compromised."
Thursday, November 3, 2011GMA News Online, citing Mercury News, reports that Loas Angeles resident Jesus Felix, 22, was charged for harassing his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend by creating fake online accounts.
Monday, October 24, 2011ABS-CBNNews.com reports that Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson feels "humiliated" by the fiasco caused by the altered photo showing three DPWH officials doing their post-"Pedring" assessement on Roxas Boulevard. The fiasco was even featured by The Washington Post.
Monday, October 3, 2011The Washington Post’s Elizabeth Flock wrote about the recent "Photoshop fiasco" involving the Department of Public Works and Highways. Flock detailed how the administrators of the DPWH’s Facebook page had reportedly "Photoshopped three officials into a typhoon cleanup photo." The altered image featuringthe post-"Pedring" devatation on Roxas Boulevard enraged a lot of netizens.
Saturday, October 1, 2011ABS-CBNNews.com reports that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) got slammed by netizens yesterday, September 29, for uploading a fabricated photo on its Facebook page.
Friday, September 30, 2011
