Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg has announced a global partnership between the social media network and other technology firms, with the aim of making internet access available to the two-thirds of the world that are not yet connected. ...
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After a Palestinian researcher was denied a bug bounty by Facebook, Marc Maiffret, CTO of BeyondTrust, kicked off a crowd-sourced fund yesterday to come up with a reward. The researcher, Khalil Shreateh, expressed his gratitude today to ...
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Facebook and six other tech companies have launched a joint project called Internet.org which aims to connect the two-thirds of the global population that is not currently linked to the Internet. The other founding members of the project ...
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Facebook's mobile advances have pushed the company's stock price up to its $38 IPO price for the first time since the company went public in May 2012. Facebook shares hit a high of $38.31 today shortly after the markets opened, but then ...
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In spite of assertions by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and others that the age of privacy is over, new research commissioned by civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has revealed that over three quarters of consumers globally ...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has discussed potential partnerships with Samsung Electronics in its bid to boost mobile advertising sales, according to the head of Samsung's handset division, Shin Jong Kyun. Zuckerberg launched Facebook in ...
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Just like on Twitter, Facebook is now putting a small, blue check mark next to the names of celebrities and other high-profile people and businesses on the site to signify their authenticity. The feature, called Verified Pages, will apply ...
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IDG News Service - Bitcoin is growing up. The virtual currency that caught the public's attention last month when its value zoomed briefly past $200 kicked off its first Silicon Valley conference Friday evening and shows no sign of losing ...
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On the back end of an earnings season that by many accounts could have been worse, tech investors appeared to be in the mood to celebrate on Friday, sending shares of IT companies higher as key stock-market indexes hit milestone highs. ...
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Many U.S. tech companies are pushing hard this year for an increase in the number of high-skill immigrants allowed into the country, but many veteran IT workers question their motives for wanting to increase the number of visas under the ...
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Facebook posted a revenue increase of 38% in the first quarter that was bolstered by broad engagement across the site, the company reported Wednesday. Revenue for the social networking company increased to $1.46 billion for the quarter ...
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There is no way, absolutely no way, that Apple will surrender its iPhone interface to Facebook Home, analysts said today. "Apple will not do Facebook Home as implemented in the first version of Android. Absolutely not," said Patrick ...
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Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has gathered technology luminaries to start an advocacy group focused on immigration and education. In an op-ed piece he wrote for The Washington Post, Zuckerberg announced the formation of ...
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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a new political action group he is spearheading to press for reforms in areas including immigration and education. "To lead the world in this new economy, we need the most talented and ...
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After dumping Facebook a little less than a year ago, General Motors is back, running an advertising test on the social network. GM, one of the country's largest advertisers, said in an email to Computerworld today that it is testing paid ...
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