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Linked In Bumps MySpace for #2 Spot

by www.myspace.com screenshot There is no denying that MySpace was the king of social media way before the terminology, or Facebook, ever existed. MySpace allowed users to friend each, comment on each...

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Skype to Buy GroupMe

by groupme.com screenshot Skype has announced that it is in talks to buy the group messaging company, GroupMe. Details of the deal have yet to be announced, but rumors are that Skype could be shelling...

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Facebook Finally Offers Better Privacy Controls

by hyku Facebook may have over 250 million user accounts worldwide, but there are plenty of people who avoid the popular social media site. The main reason for the Facebook avoidance is concerns over...

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The Sims Now on Facebook

by ea.com/the-sims-social screenshot The Sims has long been a treasured game by millions of gamers. Now, The Sims has come out of beta testing and Facebook users can sign up and play one of their...

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Congress Looking to Keep Tabs on Facebook Over New Privacy Controls

by _Max-BOver the years, Facebook has taken a lot of heat for their privacy control options. Facebook has a history of sharing users information without permission in a variety of different ways. In...

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Facebook Sets High Growth Target In Advertising

by Thos Ballantyne Facebook users will soon be witnessing an increased flow of advertisements on the world’s most popular social network. The ads would be flowing in all directions including mobile,...

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Reasons Why Facebook Bought Instagram

Facebook plans to go public with a stock offering of around $5 billion but it is making some strategic acquisitions before that. A few months ago it acquired Gowalla and now it has bought photo sharing...

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FTC to Scrutinize Facebook’s Instagram Deal

by johnnymip Federal Trade Commission is investigating the proposed Facebook’s Instagram deal. Facebook has struck deal with Instagram to buy it at a price of $1 billion. Financial Times has reported...

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Why was Eduardo Saverin right to renounce his US citizenship

This past week saw a lot of controversy as Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin gave up his citizenship of the US and moved to Singapore on the eve of the launch of the Facebook IPO that was expected to...

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Nasdaq takes responsibility for Facebook delay

Nasdaq is preparing to overhaul its IPO systems in order to handle stock offerings after the chief acknowledged that technical problems that were not identified earlier had affected trading of the...

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Facebook IPO Debacle – Mark Zuckerberg Faces Lawsuit

The long-awaited Facebook IPO has brought bad press for Facebook. The $10 billion IPO was the third biggest in the history of the United States. The carefully crafted IPO pricing meant that Facebook...

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Facebook is Rumored to Be Buying Opera

by Adrian While Facebook keeps struggling on the stock market, news is coming in that it is going to continue its buying spree. The latest rumors say that Facebook is in talks with Norwegian software...

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Facebook Shares Fall Below $30

Though the US stock markets recovered from the last week’s fall, Facebook continues to receive severe beating in the financial world. Facebook’s shares further dipped by 9.28 percent to close at...

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Facebook opens new address in Dubai

Facebook has launched its first office in the Middle East on May 30, with an obvious aim to profit from up and coming advertisement businesses from Dubai as the Facebook stocks continue to sink on...

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Facebook to Allow Under 13 Account Signups

Facebook has been strict so far and not allowed children under the age of 13 years into the popular social network. One of the primary reason for this approach is a concern for child safety. Internet...

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Facebook privacy changes to involve users

In a departure from its previous stance, Facebook has announced that it will let its nearly 1 billion users vote on changes to the social network’s privacy policy. The changes that were announced...

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5 FREE Apps for Android Beginners

The main reason why Google’s Android is way ahead of the iOS from Apple as well as the Blackberry OS from RIM is the presence of the Android Market or the Google Play Store. There are more than four...

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Survey Says 85% Of Americans Don’t Like Targeted Political Ads On Facebook

by adrianpadeanu screenshot of https://www.facebook.com/ It seems that people living in the United States are against tailored political ads, which is a specific market that has grown in the last few...

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Facebook says 8.7% of users are fake

Last week Facebook announced during the first quarterly earnings report as a public company that there are 955 million monthly active users, as well as 543 million monthly active mobile users. Facebook...

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Facebook App Center is now available globally

With more than 955 million monthly active users, Facebook’s App Center is now available globally. The official confirmation came from a company’s PR representative that sent a message via Twitter. In...

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