New Facebook Security Flaw Lets Users Tag People They Aren’t Friends With
Want a really great Facebook spam technique? This morning a Facebook user added me as a friend and then tagged me in a post without me approving their friendship request. The post was then displayed on my wall. I’ve heard of similar issues in the past with tagging users in notes, however this is the first time that I’ve seen someone tag a user in a status update and have it displayed on their wall. Does it present a huge risk to users? Not really. However it can be used to spam people aggressively. Simply add all the people who you’d like to post on their wall and then tag them in separate posts or one post which includes all of them. Wh

Signs Point Toward Facebook’s IPO, Although The Company Denies It
Yesterday afternoon, the Wall Street Journal wrote that Facebook had restructured their share structure to give existing shareholders greater voting rights. It’s a step most companies take prior to going public, but when asked about the company’s intentions, Facebook stated that they have “no plans” to go public “at this time”. Despite their supposed lack of plans, chatter is increasing about the company’s desire to have a public offering, resulting in

Facebook Co-Founder Dustin Moskovitz Raises $9 Million For New Startup
How does it sound to be able to start your job and immediately spend $10,000 on your desk setup? That’s what you get if you become an employee of Asana, Dustin Moskovitz’s new startup which announced $9 million in funding earlier today. The startup is not only run by a Facebook Co-Founder but it also has a jam packed advisory board and team of investors including numerous ex-Facebook employees and executives, as well as a number of Facebook board members. While the company has yet to publicly releas

Stream Changes Actually Going Live Today
Two weeks ago I prematurely announced that the Facebook stream changes were going live for users and developers. While the original roadmap had an earlier date, the changes are finally going live tonight. What does that mean for developers? Not much, since most developers have most likely made the necessary adjustments to their stream stories. For users however, it will mean a different layout for stream stories (as pictured below). Personally, unless I go to the Facebook live stream, I never see application stories anymore. There could be a number of reasons for the decreased visibil

New Developer Policies Go Into Effect On December 16
This afternoon, Facebook posted that the new developer terms, as discussed at the Palo Alto Developer Garage at Facebook Headquarters last month, will go into effect starting December 16th. The new terms, which are the standards originally set forth in through the Application Verification Program, are being integrated intro the new Developer Priciples and Policies and the Statement of Rights and Responsibiliti