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Here's Why Facebook Is About To Pay "Millions" To The UK
Mar 9, 2016Bewildering tax structures begone; Facebook is finally going straight in the UK. Facebook has agreed to pay “millions of pounds more in tax” in the UK, according to a new report. The social network giant is said to be ...
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Facebook Seems to Be Gunning for YouTube
Jan 8, 2015Facebook seems to be gunning for YouTube, as it's started shouting about the importance of video. In a blog post, it boasted that in the last year, the number of video posts per person has increased by 75 per cent globally, and 94 per ...
Tags: Facebook, CES, Consumer Electronics
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Mitchell 1 Has Launched Its "Thank You Thursdays" Facebook Sweepstakes
Oct 22, 2014As a way to show appreciation for auto service professionals, Mitchell 1 has launched its “Thank You Thursdays” Facebook sweepstakes, running now through Nov. 27, 2014. Each week, one winner will be chosen to receive a $100 ...
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Facebook,The World's Biggest Social Network
Feb 25, 2014There's a lot that users dislike about Facebook, but that hasn't kept people off the world's biggest social network. A survey released Monday found more than half of Americans who use Facebook are turned off by the notion that people are ...
Tags: social network, Facebook users, sharing too much information
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The Structure of Your Facebook Neighborhood Will Identify Your Romantic
Feb 20, 2014Even if you're not shouting it from the housetops, there's a good chance the structure of your Facebook neighborhood will identify your romantic partner. From a map of Facebook friends, a computer algorithm developed by Jon Kleinberg, the ...
Tags: Facebook, Consumer Electronics, Service
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Facebook on Monday Confirmed That It Has Grabbed a Hold of Branch
Jan 14, 2014Facebook on Monday confirmed that it has grabbed a hold of Branch, a social network that focuses providing online forums for insightful conversations. Terms of the deal were not released, but some reports estimated the price at $15 ...
Tags: Facebook, Social Network
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Facebook Has Been Accused of Intercepting Private Messages of Its Users to Provide Data
Jan 5, 2014Facebook has been accused of intercepting private messages of its users to provide data to marketers, according to a class-action lawsuit filed in a federal court in California. The social networking company scanned plaintiffs' private ...
Tags: Computer Products, Facebook
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The Surge Into Social Networks Is Gaining Pace Among Americans
Jan 2, 2014The surge into social networks is gaining pace among Americans, with Facebook dominating but with many people using multiple platforms, a study showed Monday. A Pew Research Center survey found 73 percent of Americans over age 18 on the ...
Tags: Facebook, social network, Americans, Twitter
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Teen Interest in The Popular Social Media Website Is Waning
Nov 1, 2013Facebook has admitted that teen interest in the popular social media website is waning, even though the number of users grew marginally in the last quarter. "We did see a decrease in [teenage] daily users [during the quarter], especially ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Facebook Is to Acquire Mobile Data Compression Start-up Onavo
Oct 17, 2013Social networking giant Facebook is to acquire mobile data compression start-up Onavo in a bid to make its services more cross-platform - especially for users accessing the service on mobile devices. Founded in 2010 by Guy Rosen and Roi ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Facebook Is Removing a Privacy Feature That Enables Users to Remain Hidden From Searches
Oct 12, 2013Facebook is removing a privacy feature that enables users to remain hidden from searches. Elimination of the "Who can look up your Timeline by name?" setting means Facebook users will no longer have any control of who can look up their ...
Tags: Computer Products, Facebook
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Mark Zuckerberg and Marissa Mayer Have Both Commented on The NSA Prism Revelations
Sep 13, 2013Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his Yahoo counterpart Marissa Mayer have both commented on the NSA Prism revelations, insisting that both web firms did as much as they could to resist governmental demands to reveal personal data of users. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The US Government Made 12,444 Requests for Data About 40,322 Yahoo Users
Sep 10, 2013The US government made 12,444 requests for data about 40,322 Yahoo users, the web firm has revealed in its first annual transparency report. The report marks a more detailed account of what world governments have requested from Yahoo, ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Six Privacy Groups Have Asked FTC to Strike Down Proposed Changes to Facebook's Policies
Sep 6, 2013Six privacy groups have asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to strike down proposed changes to Facebook’s policies, as they violate a 2011 settlement with the agency over user privacy. “The changes will allow Facebook to ...
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Governments Requested Information About 38,000 Facebook Users in The First Six Months
Aug 29, 2013Governments requested information about 38,000 Facebook users in the first six months of this year the social network has revealed. Facebook's Global Government Requests Report comes after the social network revealed it received 10,000 ...
Tags: Computer Products, Facebook