Photos Faster and Bigger in Facebook

“Now, the photos you share on Facebook are bigger (720 pixels to 960 pixels) and load twice as fast, giving you quicker access to more detailed images. Photos you’ve already uploaded to your profile will also be displayed at this higher resolution,” Justin Shaffer posted in the company blog.

With over 250 million photos uploaded in the site every day, Facebook is rolling out a revamped photo viewer, that takes up more screen real estate and reduces clutter to increase the focus on the photo.

“Today, we are rolling out a more streamlined photo viewer that features a cleaner interface that makes it even easier to enjoy your photos. The light box is now set against a simple white background that puts more of the focus on the photo, and less on the surrounding frame,” Shaffer added.

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More moms, dads join social-networking era

Half of U.S. adults are using social networks such as Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn, according to a survey published Friday.

The survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Centre’s Internet and American Life Project found 65 per cent of adult Internet users in the U.S. use social networks.

That translates into 50 per cent of the entire U.S. adult population, Pew said.

Just eight per cent of Internet users used social networks in 2005.

“Social-networking sites continue to cement their place as a significant part of mainstream online life,” said Kathryn Zickuhr, a co-author of the report.

The survey found social networks are more popular among women, with 69 per cent of online women visiting networks compared to 60 per cent of men.

Social-network use is most prevalent among the young, but 33 per cent of Net users aged 65 and older now use the sites, up from 26 per cent a year ago.

“The greying of social-networking sites continues, but the oldest users are still far less likely to be making regular use of these tools,” said Mary Madden, a co-author of the report.

Pew said 83 per cent of U.S. Net users between age 18 and 29 use social networks, 70 per cent of 30-to 49-year-olds, 51 per cent of 50-to 64-year-olds and 33 per cent of those aged 65 and older.

Forty-three per cent of online adults visit a social network on a typical day, Pew said, making only email and using a search engine more frequent daily online activities. Sixty-one per cent of adult Internet users use email on a typical day and 59 per cent use a search engine.

The survey of 2,277 U.S. adults was conducted between April 26 and May 22 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.4 percentage points.

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