Tag Archives: Facebook

Facebook for web has a new native dark mode and a brand new design. The new design, and the dark mode are slowly rolling out to users so you may, or may not have seen it yet. The new design is different, and it’s going to roll out to the …

If Facebook is still around in ten years, it is possible that the company  will gloss over 2018 when writing its own history. This has not been a good year for Facebook in any sense of the word and that’s not even because profits were down somewhat. Facebook’s reputation has …

Auto-playing videos have become a thing. Websites like Facebook and YouTube will automatically play the next, suggested video for you in a bid to keep you engaged (and unproductive). With YouTube, you can turn off auto-play for the next video but there’s no way to disable the up next video …

Facebook has a feature called ‘On this day’, which basically shows you memories from the same day from previous years. This is, for the most part, a harmless feature that reminds you of the good times, lets you share them again, and gives you a simple way to find and …

Facebook ads have been under a lot of criticism as of late. It’s come to light that Facebook hasn’t been very selective, careful, or conscientious about the kinds of ads that are displayed on its network. Its targeting of these ads is also being heavily criticized and rightly so. That …

Photo albums have become a staple feature on smartphones. They’re not a way to organize photos. If you look at iOS, they’ve taken on a more nostalgic function in the form of Memories. Facebook is home to one of the largest online photo collections. Unlike Flickr, the photos on Facebook …

Facebook, and the content that’s shared on it has a problem. It doesn’t just border around fake news but also click-bait titles. Some pages use images  and titles that will get a reaction out of readers knowing full well that most people might not read the full article. There’s always …

Remember Facebook Stories that were copied from Snapchat? They’re not as popular as Facebook hoped they would be but that doesn’t mean no one is using them. You probably have a few people in your Friends’ list that do post to their Facebook story, and most product and brand pages …

Shake is a gesture on iOS. If you type text in any text input field e.g., the Messages app, and shake your iPhone, it will ‘undo’ what you’ve typed. iOS doesn’t restrict how gestures can be used within apps which is why some apps can, and do, use a gesture …

Facebook is an omnipresent social network that follows you wherever you go online. Its share widgets are such an essential part of the internet that it’s hard to find a website that doesn’t have them. It’s not just websites that integrate Facebook widgets. Your smartphones and desktops are no different …