‘Anonymous’ Hacker Group Threatens to ‘Kill’ Facebook

In a video posted on Youtube, the Hacker group ‘Anonymous’ threatened to kill Facebook on Novermber 5, 2011. Their qualm with ‘Facebook’ is with relation to privacy. In the video, posted under the...

Facebook's Users Can't be Bothered to Vote on Terms of Service

Well Facebook users, you've got about 30 sec- ...oh, wait, never mind....you missed your chance to cast your votes before the new or the old or the newly old or whatever Terms of Service are being cast in digital...

Mark Zuckerberg backs down on new Facebook terms of service

In a major relief to millions of die hard fans of social network site Facebook, your photographs, videos and comments on Facebook are still yours, at least for the moment.The social networking website has posted a...

Facebook clocks fifth birthday

With news of financial crisis,  Facebook,  which was founded in a colleage dorm and now ranks world's most popular social networking site,  has completed 5 years of its life. Questions about...

Facebook selling out? Corporations to access users big time

With the advent of the very popular social networking sites, privacy is often an abandoned concern, especially for many young and tech-savvy subscribers. But now Facebook is going to test the boundaries of privacy...

Bill Gates Is Richest Person in America...Again

No thanks to his failed Microsoft ads co-starring with Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Gates has "recovered his spot" as the richest man in America, by beating out Warren Buffett, with a net worth of 57 billion...

WhoseSpace? Facebook Rules the Social-Networking Roost

Maybe it's a trend issue, maybe it's all about page appearance and usability. Maybe tastes have fundamentally changed. Whatever the cause, Facebook is now more popular than MySpace, with over 15 million more...

Facebook F8 08 Conference Live

Feel free to contribute any photos, comments or updates to this story.Facebook's F8 08 Conference is happening live right now.Search live twitter conversations here.Their live keynote blog is here.Photos of the...

Facebook Traffic Catches Up To MySpace

"A long-awaited milestone for Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg's social networking site finally caught up to News Corp.'s (NWS) MySpace in worldwide unique visitors in April, when both sites attracted about 115 million...

NowPublic@SXSW2008: Zuckerberg Keynote Train Wreck

It finally happened. It is the flashpoint of the festival so far. It's everywhere. You can actually hear, see, and feel people talking, twittering, moblogging, yapping, snapping, and gossiping about it.Yes, the...

Facebook Denies Offering To Buy For Chinese Social Net Zhanzuo

"Updated: Facebook PR writes in to us and says the Times UK report is false, and says: ”no offer has been made and no acquisition in China is being considered by Facebook.” That sets the record...

Facebook to Turn Users Into Endorsers

The social graph is eclipsing all other institutions as a force of influence.  First it challenged the news media, now it's advertising:"Facebook wants to turn every member into a spokesman for its advertisers. Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of the...

Microsoft buys stake in Facebook

Microsoft bought 1.6% of Facebook for $240 million, which puts the value of Facebook at $15 billion. This is significantly better then the $1 billion it was offered a year ago for the whole company. I guess this...

Facebook Set to Introduce Major Ad Play

Facebook is getting serious about advertising:"NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- The invitation, sent to advertisers and agencies in New York, arrived carved onto a Lucite brick:"You are invited to a discussion with Mark...

Facebook goes from zero to $10bn in three years

"It is the scourge of middle managers, who fear their employees spend too much time using it, and beloved by people with a penchant for gaining new friends and indulging in internet Scrabble. Now Facebook, the phenomenally popular social networking site, is at the centre of...

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