With over 750 million active users, offices in 13 different countries, and over $2 billion in annual revenue, many users wonder how Facebook makes money, considering that the majority of the social networking platform is free. Though Facebook clearly makes money through advertisements, many users cannot see how this has turned Facebook into one of the largest companies in the world.   Facebook Ads It is true that Facebook makes much of its money from advertisements that are placed on the website’s right border. Additionally, ads can be seen in Read More

While many applications claim that Facebook users can find out who is viewing their profile, most of these applications are simply lying and are actually trying to get the user’s Facebook password, install malicious software on the user’s computer, or send spam to the user’s Facebook friends. Facebook’s privacy regulations ban applications from actually providing the user with information about who is viewing his/her page. As a result, users are only able to piece together information to find a clue that may help them determine who is viewing their profile Read More

With Facebook users becoming more concerned about the privacy ramifications of all the updates Facebook releases, more users are curious about deleting their account. While it is not a difficult process–one click on a link will get rid of the account–it is permanent and will erase everything. Because of this, it is important to back everything up from your Facebook account to your hard drive. What many people do is upload photos from their phone right to Facebook or they just upload pictures right to Facebook without saving on their Read More

Contacting Facebook can be a difficult ordeal, which most Facebook issues’ highly personal nature exacerbates. A blocked account or lost password puts a complete block on one’s ability to interact with friends and family via Facebook, while a stolen or hacked account can be even more personally disruptive. Whether the user’s Facebook account has been taken over, there are technical difficulties, or the user just wants to consult a real person about Facebook’s features and policies, the list below provides a place to start. Facebook’s Online Help Section The first Read More

One of the many perks of having a Facebook account is that you can create a group–otherwise known as a fan page or business page–that you can invite people to. In theory, a Facebook group is similar to a Facebook account. There is a feed where you can post updates. You can have photos and video added. And, people are friends to you. Therefore, managing one is similar to managing a Facebook account. The first step is to log in and go to your feed. This feed is where you Read More

On October 23, 2003, Mark Zuckerberg invented Facemash which would lead to Facebook the following year. On the 23rd of October, Zuckerberg got dumped by a girl and he was upset. To get his mind off of it, he decided that he would create a web site where people could decide which was hotter: a farm animal or a person. While the farm animals never got onto the site, he did create a site that compared photos of two people. To get the photos, Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s computer network Read More

Although Facebook is the most popular social networking website, many people do not like some of its most basic qualities. For example, Facebook has recently modified its instant messaging software, Facebook Chat, to run vertically on the right side of the user interface and is permanently seen no matter the page a user visits. Also, the new Facebook Chat does not allow users to see what they are typing once the text box is full. Additionally, Facebook itself is designed for people to connect with friends they already know, rather Read More