Nir Goldshlager, an expert in Web security, received a huge prize from Facebook for exposing a network flaw for the second time, just 3 weeks from the first time he saw a bug on the social networking

Netflix today introduced new social aspects to give users an easier way to search for a TV show or a movie and discuss it with friends.
The Internet television network now offers its streaming members who live in the U.S. the option to link their Netflix account to Facebook.
Consolidation with the world’s largest social networking site allows Netflix members to see what TV shows and movies their friends watched in the past.

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A new research on Facebook behavior has found surprising proof on how “likes” are connected to someone’s personality, perspectives, and sexuality.
Cambridge University researchers published on Monday a study (PDF) on the significance of each Facebook Like to a user’s identity. Oddly, they found that users who like curly fries over straight fries on the social network tend to have high IQs.
People make shady pictures of themselves on Facebook, even without a filled up profile on …

Facebook has acquired for an undisclosed amount a younger social networking site that focuses on storytelling.
On Friday, Storylane unveiled in an official blog post the “acqui-hire” with social networking giant Facebook. Its acquisition means the service on storylane.com will shut down, as the team behind it will work on new projects with Facebook.
Storylane CEO and founder Jonathan Gheller wrote in the post about longstanding negotiations with Facebook on how both teams can work together. …

In Depew, New York, a man gets arrested for operating a scam on Facebook, a scam wherein women were made to send sexy or nude

Cardinal Luis Antonio “Chito” Tagle could be the successor of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. That’s if social media was a standard to choose the next pontiff.
Tagle is the second-youngest member of the College of Cardinals at age 55. And he is the most active and prominent Roman Catholic church leader on Facebook.
Italian startup Decisyon found that the cardinal, often called the “Asian Karol Wojtyla [Blessed Pope John Paul II],” has amassed more than 127,000 “Likes” on his …

Facebook redesigned its News Feed on Thursday last week. The social network’s latest major revamp to solve its clutter riddle.
The company’s makeover gives its more than one billion users the ability to organize the News Feed. All activities from friends, “liked” pages, and real-time content are available in sections for easy viewing.
The new News Feed comes with a stripped-down design, as part of Facebook’s attempt to handle increasing volumes of data. But most of all, …

An unannounced smartphone could be the next Facebook phone after the HTC Status and ChaCha.
Website Unwired View has leaked specs of a new HTC Myst #UL from U.S. telecoms carrier AT&T.
Expected to arrive later this year as the latest Facebook phone, the HTC Myst follows the footsteps of the HTC Status.
The HTC Status had a physical keyboard with a dedicated Facebook button.
Unwired Review is not sure if the phone will come with a dedicated Facebook button, but its leaked specs have no hint …

True to expectations, Facebook unveiled changes to its drawing card. Its latest attempt to address complaints from users who think the social network has turned into a flat pile of online content, with random photos cluttered all over the website.
In an announcement and a succeeding blog post on Thursday, Facebook uncovered new controls to organize into sections the streams of photos and content on its News Feed.
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he is optimistic that this will …

Facebook will reveal major changes to the news feed of its desktop web platform this Thursday.
Jason Stein, founder and head of social media firm Laundry Service, told CNBC in an interview that Facebook is set to uncover key changes to users’ news feed. The social network plans to improve visuals and targeted content for its more than one billion members.
The expected revamp is hot on the heels of last month’s launch of Graph Search, a technology that Facebook said will refine …