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Facebook makes it harder to 'forget' birthdays

Juha Saarinen: Dangers lurk in crisis app

Facebook needs to look hard at Safety Check before using it in disasters, writes Juha Saarinen. A very good friend of mine was informed via Facebook that her friends in Paris were safe. Not just once, but through five separate notifications.

Mobile future for NZ business

Facebook's chief creative officer spoke to Ad:tech about the opportunities in mobile for business in New Zealand.

Six rules for 'Happy Facebooking'

As research discovers Facebook can increase feelings of sadness, Rachel Halliwell explains how she found the social media sweet spot.

Why being unfriended hurts so much

Dumped on Facebook by a friend? Me too, writes Laura Marcus, and it stings. Here she looks at online friendships and their effect on your self-esteem.

Happiness not as simple as unplugging

The latest prescription of this sort comes from a Danish think tank called the Happiness Research Institute, which this week published a new report on the connection between Facebook use and basically every negative emotion a human can feel.

Facebook is eating your phone's operating system

Facebook wants to take all your information and route it through a platform it controls: Notify, an app that's purpose is to send you notifications.

Facebook removes victim's photos with killer

Facebook has finally taken down photos of a murdered woman with the man who killed her after previously refusing to do so.

School boys assault women, post online

A group of secondary school boys have been assaulting young women in broad daylight and posting videos to social media.

Mum's tough ultimatum to son goes viral

A single mother fed up with her son's bad behaviour penned a letter to him and posted it to Facebook - with a huge response.

Facebook copyright hoax

We may have stopped forwarding them years ago, but the chain email never really died: It just migrated to Facebook.

Will ignoring the US market pay off for Facebook?

Facebook should launch its experiments with online payments in places such as Latin America, Asia and Africa - instead of the US.

The viral Ice Bucket Challenge really worked

"Without it, we wouldn't have been able to come out with the studies as quickly as we did."

Do we overshare online?

Shelley Bridgeman on why pregnant bellies and discreet breastfeeding is ok - but the act of giving birth and exhibitionist breastfeeding is not for online posting.

Facebook on diversity

Facebook has announced that other companies can use its internal diversity training. But is this a case of "Do as I say and not as I do?"

Woman adopts 'ridiculous' fake name

"I can't believe I'm stuck with this stupid name and I still can't get into my Facebook. It's ludicrous and I am embarrassed to tell people what has happened."

Facebook change to make your news feed better

For the first time, users will be able to choose for themselves which posts and pages appear at the top of their feeds.

See who’s unfriended you

Before you take your unfriend-number to heart, remember most of the people we connect with on Facebook are not, and were never, actually our friends.