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Facebook frenzy at British teen’s birthday bash
(IANS) London, Dec 3(IANS) The popularity of Facebook led to an ordeal for a British couple who found to their horror that hundreds of people had gatecrashed into their house for their daughter’s 16th birthday bash, which was advertised on … Continue reading
Scrabulous replaced with Wordscraper by Indian creators
Kolkata-based Agarwalla brothers have returned on Facebook with Wordscraper after Scrabulous, the popular online word game created by them, was taken off by the social networking site early this week in reaction to a lawsuit filed by Scrabble board-game maker … Continue reading
Facebook redesign to give users more control
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc. is making sweeping changes to the world’s largest social networking site, aiming to give users more control and to curb new forms of spam, company officials said late on Sunday.Facebook’s redesign aims to make … Continue reading
Drunken revelry on London Tube to protest booze ban
London: Thousands of Londoners organised an unauthorised "drinks party" on Saturday night to mark their protest against a new ban on alcohol in public tra ort, bringing the city’s underground tra ort system to a virtual standstill.Thousands of revellers, some dressed in … Continue reading
Online profile gives China’s Premier Wen "face" with world public
BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) — Premier Wen Jiabao has become the sixth most popular politician on the U.-based Facebook, a popular social networking site, with more than 44,000 "supporters". Facebook users can show support for Wen by clicking on the "become … Continue reading
IT engineer sues cops for wrongly arresting him
New Delhi: A Bangalore-based software engineer, who was wrongly jailed for 50 days by the Pune cyber crime cell last year, has sued the city police. Lakshmana Kailash K was arrested from his home in Bangalore by eight Pune policemen … Continue reading