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Facebook last week announced its first set of numbers as a public company, and with it came the news that the number of users who access the site is inching closer to 1 billion. The company said it had 955 million active monthly users as of June 30, up 29 percent from a year earlier. Facebook also released some interesting statistics about "fake accounts". The company estimates that as many as 8.7 percent of those accounts, or a tad over 83 million, are fake. Facebook further breaks these accounts into what it calls "duplicate" accounts and "false" accounts. Duplicate accounts are the ones that users maintain in addition to their principal account. False accounts are further  categorized  into two - user-misclassified accounts and undesirable accounts. User-misclassified accounts are ones where users have created personal profiles for a business, organisation, or non-human entity such as a pet. These entities are allowed to exist on Facebo...

In a move to make photo viewing more enjoyable on Facebook,the website has announced launching a re-designed version of its photos section In a move to make photo viewing more enjoyable on Facebook, the social networking giant has announced launching a re-designed version of its photos section.  "We are announcing improvements to the photos section that make viewing photos more enjoyable," Facebook Product Manager Emily Grewal announced on the company's website yesterday.  With this move, users would be able to access photos all at one place above the timeline. Earlier Facebook's users could view photos segregated into albums.  "Now when you click photos at the top of your timeline, you'll see larger pictures that fill up the page. You can use the menu to find shots you are tagged in, pictures you have shared and albums you have created...With your Facebook photos all in one section, it's simple to show friends your favourites. Click th...