Why save the fright-fests for Halloween? A new Facebook app called “Take This Lollipop” will take care of it nicely ahead of time — and may give you pause about how much information you share.
Looks like someone needs to update their relationship status: Med student Priscilla Chan could soon be Mrs. Facebook — that’s what Bill Gates says anyway.
A woman in the Netherlands has pledged eternal allegiance to her favorite Facebook chat buddies friends o in a most permanent way: She spent the past two weeks getting all 152 of their profile pictures tattooed on her arm…in technicolor.
Sign of the times?
“After months of work I want to show you all my social tattoo,” says the web fanatic, who filmed herself getting inked and posted the painful process on YouTube. “Pretty amazing right? I’m really proud of it. Hope you like it too!”
Now that’s social networking!
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Now Trending: Gwyneth Paltrow. The Goddess of Goop (That’s just too easy…) is kicking off summer with a step into cyberspace. The social networking newcomer joined Twitter and launched a new Facebook page this week as Step One in her attempt to join the rest of us here in the 21st century.
Well, it took you long enough to get here, Gwyn, but we’re glad to have you anyway.
Facebook could be the most influential thing to happen to families since the debut Dr. Phil. Yeah — not necessarily a good thing. The social networking hub frequently named in divorce filings is now inspiring baby names.
The website has been the driving force behind some pretty wild tags in recent years. Remember the Egyptian man who set off giggles across the blogosphere after he had the unmitigated gall to name his kid “Facebook.” At the time, he called it his way of honoring the social network’s role in the Egyptian Revolution. Now we’re hearing that it’s a feature inside of Facebook that has influenced a web-savvy Israeli couple.
Parents Lior and Vargit Adler have reportedly named their newborn daughter “Like.” The parents lifted the name from the popular site feature, which allows Facebookers to click on the word “Like” and give the thumbs-up to comments, links, and pictures posted by other users.
Whatever happened to Baby Jane?