http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Excite UK - feedback@excite.co.uk feedback@excite.co.uk en Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:06:22 CEST Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:06:22 CEST http://static.excite.co.uk/uk/image/channel/excite.gif http://www.excite.co.uk/ 75 33 http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/3637/Facebook-to-open-European-HQ-in-Dublin
Facebook is set to open its international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. The office will deal with sales and support for Europe.]]> Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:29:00 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/3608/Facebook-launches-new-look-homepage
Facebook launched a new look hompage yesterday with the tagline “Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.” ]]> Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:22:00 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/3582/MI6-recruits-new-agents-via-Facebook
According to The Guardian, MI6 is using Facebook to recruit the next crop of James Bonds to try and keep up with the times.]]> Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:26:00 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/3391/Facebook-facelift-made-permanent
Facebook's new look is set to become permanent for the all of the social networking site's users as of today whether they like it or not. ]]> Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:43:00 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/3240/Aaron-Sorkin-to-write-Facebook-the-Movie
Sony has asked the Emmy award winning writer Aaron Sorkin, the creator of the West Wing, to write a film about the meteoric rise of Facebook. ]]> Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:49:00 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/3010/What-not-to-say-in-your-Facebook-Status-Update
Wired has come up with the top ten things not to say in your Facebook Status Update and the results are worth checking out. ]]> Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:10:00 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2910/Scrabulous-blocked-on-Facebook
The creators of Scrabulous have disabled the game for Facebook users in the US and Canada following legal action taken by Hasbro.]]> Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:42:00 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2898/Bebo-hoping-to-contact-extraterrestrials
Bebo has teamed up with an intergalactic radio communications expert, Dr Alexander Zaitsev, in the hope of making contact with extra-terrestrial life.]]> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:20:00 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2861/Facebook-may-be-forced-to-remove-Scrabulous
Facebook may be forced to remove the popular application Srabulous after Hasbro decided to take legal action for breach of copyright.]]> Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:37:00 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2641/Facebook-facelift-preview-
Facebook users can preview the new design of the popular social networking website via their current Facebook accounts. The new design is easier on the eye.]]> Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:14:00 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2582/Soldiers-fake-claims-exposed-on-Facebook
A former member of the the Army Catering Corps, has resigned after his claims on Facebook to be ex-SAS were exposed as the work of an overactive imagination.]]> Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:00:44 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2563/Facebook-suspends-a-number-of-popular-applications
Facebook has suspended a number of Facebook applications which break the limits of allowed user interaction. including Top Friends, Social Me and Super Wall.]]> Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:39:16 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2440/MySpace-wins-6-million-antispam-case
The popular social networking site MySpace has been awarded $6 million in an anti-spam case brought against self-styled spam king Scott Richter.]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:37:40 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2411/Facebook-catches-up-with-MySpace
Social networking website Facebook has caught up with its rival MySpace in terms of monthly unique users according to figures from Comscore.]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:45:58 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2347/Workers-would-quit-if-Facebook-was-banned
A new survey has revealed that 39% of office workers between 18-25 would consider leaving their jobs if internet access was restricted. ]]> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:39:27 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2336/Faithbook-brings-religion-to-Facebook
While Facebook is usually used to post drunken photos of your mates a UK based group Faithbook hope to use the site to foster interfaith relations.]]> Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:10:29 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2259/Advertising-shortfall-for-social-networking-sites
US-based research firm eMarketer has downgraded the advertising spending forecasts of social networking sites from £2.4 to £2.15bn by 2011. ]]> Wed, 21 May 2008 13:37:20 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2236/Facebook-set-for-facelift
Facebook have announced plans of a major facelift of its profile page. The new design will see a much cleaner and simpler design of the homepage.]]> Mon, 19 May 2008 12:41:05 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2201/MySpace-wins-234-million-in-antispam-case
MySpace have been awarded $234 million in an antispam judgement brought under the the US anti-spam measures Can-Spam.]]> Wed, 14 May 2008 08:45:45 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2193/Google-launches-social-networking-tool-Friend-Connect
Google has announced details of a new set of tools called Friend Connect which will enable website owners to add social features without programming. ]]> Tue, 13 May 2008 10:13:41 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2172/Myspace-to-introduce-thirdparty-data-transfer
Myspace have announced that will introduce third-party data transfer allowing users to transfer their profile data to other web sites.]]> Fri, 09 May 2008 11:50:45 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/2127/Facebook-in-reality-funny-take-on-the-social-networking-site
A new viral video, entitled Facebook in reality, provides a funny take on the world of online social networking represented by Facebook. ]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 09:39:23 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/1871/Facebook-photo-fiasco
Yet another security hole for the social network]]> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:10:19 GMT http://digitaledge.excite.co.uk/news/493/How-fast-is-Facebook-010bn-in-3-years
Now that's some horse power.]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:39:26 GMT