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...
View ArticleSkype 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...
View ArticleFacebook 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleCongress 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...
View ArticleFacebook 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,...
View ArticleReasons 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...
View ArticleFTC 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleNasdaq 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...
View ArticleFacebook 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...
View ArticleFacebook 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...
View ArticleFacebook 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...
View ArticleFacebook 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...
View ArticleFacebook 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...
View ArticleFacebook 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...
View Article5 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...
View ArticleSurvey 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...
View ArticleFacebook 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...
View ArticleFacebook 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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