Facebook sees a billion users in a single day

Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2015, 02:47

Facebook on Thursday boasted of a new achievement with a billion people using the leading social network in a single day.

Facebook may allow businesses to use WhatsApp

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 11:43

Facebook to consider a B2C feature for WhatsApp, where it charges businesses for access to users. The service obviously has huge global reach.

LinkedIn to buy online education company lynda.com for $1.5 billion

Last Updated: Thursday, April 9, 2015, 18:44

Professional social network operator LinkedIn Corp said it would buy privately held online education company lynda.com in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $1.5 billion.

Facebook talks up need for virtual reality, big tech bets

Last Updated: Friday, March 27, 2015, 08:56

Virtual reality, artificial intelligence and drones will enable Facebook Inc to create a more lifelike and useful social network, the company said in its clearest explanation so far for technology projects that have puzzled some investors and analysts.

Twitter working with probe on online threats

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 00:10

Twitter said Monday it was working with law enforcement officials on unspecified threats, amid reports that the social network had been targeted for blocking accounts linked to the Islamic State.

Facebook claims 2 million advertisers

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 09:26

Facebook said that it has boosted the number of advertisers on the social network to two million as it launched a mobile app for those managing their commercial pitches.

Facebook most popular social network: US study

Last Updated: Sunday, January 11, 2015, 18:26

Facebook is by far the most popular social media website with its large base of "very active" users visiting the site daily, a new survey of American internet users has found.

Facebook says it won't commercialise personal content

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 16:13

Facebook recently changed its privacy policy and many photographers, both amateur and professional, held fears that the social network could start commercialising their images.

Facebook Argentina fined over fake profiles

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 3, 2014, 10:12

Facebook Argentina was ordered to pay a firefighter one million pesos ($177,000) for failing to comply with an order to delete insulting fake profiles of the plaintiff, the Ministry of Justice said Tuesday.

Jesse Eisenberg to play negative role in Batman/Superman film

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 16:39

`The Social Network` star Jesse Eisenberg is all set to play Superman`s arch enemy Lex Luther in the Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck starrer movie.

Facebook grabs social network Branch

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 03:53

Facebook today confirmed that it has grabbed a hold of Branch, a social network that focuses providing online forums for insightful conversations.

Google linking of social network contacts to email raises concerns

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 10:14

A new feature in Google Inc`s Gmail will result in some users receiving messages from people with whom they have not shared their email addresses, raising concerns among some privacy advocates.