More Facebook users in recent weeks are opening a notification they forgot even existed: A “poke” from a friend. Poking was perhaps the earliest feature to promote interaction among Facebook users. It ...

In one of the most surprising comebacks of the decade, poking has made a recent resurgence on Facebook. There has been a 13x spike in use of the feature that has been around since Facebook's early ...

On most days, search engines, social-networking and technology Web sites soberly strive to provide informative content. But on April 1, they get a chance to poke fun at themselves and the readers they ...

The poke is back, but it never technically went away. Credit: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The "poke" technically never went away, but Facebook is trying to make it a thing ...

Technically, the poke never really left Facebook. The classic feature from Facebook’s early days lets users get a friend’s attention with a virtual nudge of sorts. While the poke fell out of use ages ...