Facebook reaches one billion users

Last Updated: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 19:03

Facebook has exceeded one billion active users, an "amazing" milestone for the social networking site that now reaches one out of every seven people on the Earth.

Facebook users spend at least 8 hours a day on the site

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 14:01

One in nine Facebook users admit to spending a daily average of eight hours on the social networking site and checking their accounts over 20 times a day, according to a new UK research.

101-year-old US woman is Facebook's oldest user!

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 16:56

Women over the age of 55 are the fastest growing demographic among the 955 million active Facebook users, The Telegraph reported.

Now, turn to Facebook to save yourself from being caught drink-driving!

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 15, 2012, 16:43

A Melbourne-based Facebook page is tipping drivers off to the location of police booze and drug buses.

Has Facebook reached its climax?

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 10:29

This is first time since August 2008 that Facebook had to wait for more than 200 days to add 100 million users.

Facebook's per user valuation dips below $50-mark

Last Updated: Sunday, August 5, 2012, 12:21

As per the latest disclosure by Facebook, the social networking giant now commands a base of 955 active users -- up from about 900 million prior to its IPO in May this year.

White House Facebook page misspells ‘Americans’

Last Updated: Friday, July 27, 2012, 19:50

The White House’s social media team apparently overlooked spell check in a Facebook post that bungled the word “Americans”.

Facebook user base climbs to 50 mn in India

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 18:08

Most of the people in the US started on desktop and moved to mobile, she said, adding that India is causing the company to rethink its model.

Facebook assures users of fixing bug

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 14:45

Social networking giant Facebook has promised it users to fix a bug, which reportedly deleted email contacts from their mobile phones.

Gulf Facebook users to help improve lives of people in Bhopal

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 12:56

People in the Gulf region will be able to use a Facebook Timeline application to contribute to a programme of providing safe drinking water to needy communities, starting from Bhopal.

Facebook might face user fatigue in long run, says report

Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 20:48

Now there might be lots of 'likes' for Facebook but going forward user fatigue could pose the biggest risk for the world's largest social networking site, says a report.