I’m chuckling at an article in’ The Cyprus Weekly’ titled: Is Facebook envy making you miserable? German researchers have decided that people are envious when they see their friends’ happy families in photos on FB. Women get green eyed over seeing physically attractive images of other women. One in three people who check their FB […]
Red Cube have turned their attention to social media to give away a lovely sofa worth €6,500! By breaking the ice with them on their Facebook fan page, you can enter the draw for this amazing prize. As an added extra, you also get an extra entry for every friend you invite to the competition, […]
Our friends over at 7 Seas have just announced a very interesting offer, and the first of its kind in Cyprus, to the people who will attend their events this weekend. Any user that checks in via Facebook this weekend will receive a free shot from their entertainment manager, Eddy. The process is fairly simple […]
A few hours ago, I blogged about the surge in friends on Facebook who were being falling victim or were being targeted by the latest spam-scam to hit the social network, on my personal blog. In brief… If you are tagged by a friend in a picture that contains a link to a .info website to see a […]
Most of us remember the Cartoon Profile Picture that turned the majority of our island’s Facebook home feeds into what can only be described as a trip down memory lane. Well according to Mashable, this craze has hit the US too and been claimed as a campaign to End Violence Against Children. Very different from […]
It appears that most users in Cyprus are gonna have to wait for the all new Facebook messaging system to reach our little island before we can get access to a @facebook.com email address, and move all our messaging to one central place. However we just discovered a way for users to request access to […]
‘Gonna go eat …then get ready for tonight…put my favorite heels on…cant wait to get drunk tonight at…’ ‘I feel so angry im gonna punch someone’ ‘Robin Hood was amaaazingg’ Why do we use Facebook? Facebook is an internet trend where thousands of people join everyday to express their feelings, their opinions on a subject […]
It’s been a long and exciting journey since April 2005 when OnThisIsland was hatched out of necessity to find and organise event information. We have always relied on the support of our readers, contributors and authors to keep our database filled with all the greatest events, but we now take it one step further. We […]
On Thursday the 28th of October facebook released their new ‘friendship pages’ and although they look professional and interesting, have they opened up your friendships to prying-eyes or facebook Stalkers? The update has received a lot of negative responses on their announcement of the new page, but have however received over 2,000 likes so I’m […]
Last night, facebook announced their ‘new Groups’ application. With these new pages, users can stay connected with groups of people that share a proper interest, unlike the previous types of groups that were mostly for spam, ‘being cool’ or showing that you’d like to support a cause or organisation. Facebook slowly depreciated the original ‘groups’ […]
So, your Facebook account is protected by a username and password…that should be enough to keep you secure right? Possibly not, as Facebook seems to be sending a lot of its behind the scenes transactions in plain text. Should we be worried? Maybe. Simple Summary If you are using facebook chat on a public network […]
Back in January, we announced that you could now use chat services through our website. We received a lot of feedback with people having slight problems signing in or having too many steps in order to connect their chat. Well we’re proud to announce that its now easier! Simply click on the “Chat with your […]