Like it or not, your Facebook wall is about to get the Timeline treatment. Don’t let the upcoming change to your Facebook profile catch you by surprise. Once you’ve learned the basics and snagged some must-know security tips, be sure to learn how to limit...
You know those updates in your Facebook news feed about which Washington Post stories your friends are reading, what songs they’re listening to on Spotify, and the shows they’re streaming on Hulu? Well, they’re courtesy of Facebook’s new...
Thanks to the just-released Facebook Messenger for Windows, you can get alerts for incoming messages even when you don’t have Facebook open in your browser—and yes, you can even view the much-maligned Facebook “ticker” on your desktop, if you wish....
You didn’t think the year would end without one more big change on Facebook, did you? Meet Timeline, which (like it or not) turns your old Facebook wall into a visual representation of your life, complete with all your posts and literally starting from the day...
No, Facebook’s new Timeline feature—which turns your old Facebook wall into a visual, easy-to-browse overview of your entire life, complete with all your previous Facebook posts and photos—isn’t an optional extra. Once it’s activated on your account...
Yep, there’s another change coming to Facebook, and it’s a big one. Starting Thursday, Facebook will begin turning on the new “Timeline” feature, which takes all your Facebook posts, photos, and miscellaneous “life events” and...
Once upon a time, you could set Facebook’s News Feed to put the latest posts and updates from your friends first, rather than according to a hit-and-miss determination of the stories that are “most interesting” to you. All that changed in September,...
Caitlin writes: I’m okay with Facebook automatically sharing my gender, location and profile picture (among other things) but I want to make sure that “everyone” does not have access to my personal photos. From what I can tell (and according to one...
(Updated 11/8/2017) Guess who just finished a brief stint of jury duty? Yep, yours truly—and I have to say, the rules for toting electronic devices like smartphones, laptops, and other gadgets in court have changed dramatically since the last time I was called to...
Wish you could post a fresh snapshot from your iPhone onto your Facebook wall without having to open the Facebook app? Well, there is a way, even though there’s no “Send to Facebook” button in the iPhone’s Camera application (or at least, not...
