I'm not sure it gets any more oddly amusing than this. Do you think the Facebook poke is annoying? Well, here's a wearable device that makes Facebook poking even more annoying. Wherever you are, the ...

We may be showing our age here, but we have no idea what a ‘poke’ on Facebook actually means. Whether it’s the passive-aggressive manifestations of online stalkers or an extension of the ‘like’ button ...

I’m sure I’m not alone, but I’ve never really understood the Facebook poke. The attempt to get someone’s attention by virtually jabbing your finger in their side or arm, or wherever else you might ...

I've never quite understood why FaceBook has a poke option, nor why it seems to have such a high appeal with FaceBook users. I imagine that it is meant to bring some sort of "real" contact back into ...

Inventors from the Netherlands, Jasper van Loenen and Bartholomäus Traubeck, have come up with a device that can now turn virtual pokes your friends leave on your Facebook page into pokes that can be ...

Not without some humour, Web 2.0 companies and social networks have become fodder for the work of Dutch artists. At a conference held in Amsterdam last week, titled “Unlike Us”, artists presented ...