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Facebook has officially loaded new emoticons into their code so they will be recognized when you type them in your status. If you have been waiting on the edge of your seat to be able to put a shark or a penguin into your status, today is your lucky day!

After last year's flu season, which health officials say was one of the mildest in the past 30 years, the illness is back with a vengeance. Well, if you're unlucky enough to currently have the flu, at least a new Facebook app can help track down the diseased jerk who gave it to you in the first place.

Back when Facebook was just about college students and the recently graduated it was great for getting back in touch with high school friends that you had lost contact with for a few years. But now that everybody and their grandmother is on the social network, the reunions Facebook enables have started to become really impressive.

If you've been on Facebook over the last few days, you've probably seen that some of your friends have posted a copyright notice as their status update. The message suggests that the poster has copyrighted all the material on their Facebook page thanks to the authority of something called the Berner Convention. Here is the full text of the update:

You know what's cool? One billion users. OK, now that that's out of the way, lets discuss the big Facebook news, which is that the social network  recently topped one billion users. This amounts to about 15% of the world's population.

Yes, I'm serious. The change doesn't effect your log in or the ability for Facbook to send you annoying emails about updates, friend requests, invites...but it does prevent others from getting your email address.

Seriously. That was my first thought when I saw this video. Look, I like Facebook for multiple reasons...but there is no way that I love it so much that I feel compelled to make a music video about it. I hope I'm not the only one that feels this way because if I have to watch another video like this, I may not survive. With that said - check out this video at the very least it will give you a

When you’re tweeting or posting on Facebook, you’re probably not thinking about the  Department of Homeland Security. But as it turns out, it may very well be thinking about you.

After a few months in private trials, Facebook launched its Timeline feature to the masses on Thursday. In a nutshell, it lets you view people’s photos and status updates from days long past instead of just showing you what they’ve done or posted most recently. Basically, it’s the Facebook equivalent of being forced to look through your friends’ childhood scrapbooks. Intrigued? Here’s what you nee

Did you know that any message sent to you on Facebook which isn’t from a friend or a friend of a friend gets filtered into an “other” subfolder?

The turkeys staff members here at TheFW are thankful for our fabulous readers and want to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving! In the spirit of the season, we’d like to offer a cornucopia of Thanksgiving greetings for you to post and share with the butterballs loved ones in your life. Gobble Gobble!