Thursday, May 22, 2014

Facebook News - News

DealsOn April 25, 2011, Facebook announced a pilot program called Deals, which offers online coupons and discounts from local businesses. Facebook initially released Deals as a test in five cities: Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego and San Francisco with the hope of expanding. This new offering is a direct competitor to other social commerce sites such as LivingSocialand Groupon for online coupons and deals-of-the-day. Facebook users will be able to use Facebook Credits to purchase vouchers that can be redeemed for real goods and services.Photo TaggingOn April 11, 2011, Facebook launched a new feature for photo tagging - people can tag photos with a brand, product, company or persons Facebook page, similar to the way they tag their friends in photos.QuestionsOn March 24, 2011, Facebook announced that its new product - Facebook Questions - facilitates short, poll-like answers in addition to long-form responses, and also links directly to relevant items in Facebook's direct ory of "fan pages."Security FeaturesOn May 12, 2011, Facebook announced that it is launching several new security features designed to protect users from malware and from getting their accounts hijacked.Clickjacking WarningsFacebook will display warnings when users are about to be duped by clickjacking and cross-site scripting attacks in which they think they are following a link to an interesting news story or taking action to see a video and instead end up spamming their friends.Login ApprovalsFacebook also is offering two-factor authentication called "Login Approvals," which if turned on will require users to enter a code whenever they log into the site from a new or unrecognized device. The code is sent via text message to the user's mobile phone.Site WarningsFacebook is partnering with the free Web of Trust safe surfing service to give Facebook users more information about the sites they are linking to from the social network. When a user clicks on a potentially malicio us link, a warning box will appear that gives more information about why the site might be dangerous. The user can either ignore the warning or go back to the previous page.

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