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Facebook bug exposes personal details of six million users

A bug in Facebook’s data archive has inadvertently exposed personal details of about six million users. The bug meant email…

11 years ago

Facebook and Microsoft reveal US government data requests

Facebook revealed today that it received 9,000-10,000 requests for user data from US government entities in the second half of…

11 years ago

Sean Parker and Alexandra Lenas Game of Thrones wedding in Big Sur

Facebook founding president Sean Parker married singer-songwriter Alexandra Lenas in a lavish ceremony in California. Photographed in the story-book forest…

11 years ago

HTC First: Facebook smartphone’s European launch delayed

The European launch of HTC First, aka Facebook smartphone, has been delayed following disappointing US sales and negative feedback. The…

11 years ago

#FreeJahar mania: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev becomes teen heartthrob as thousands of girls express their love for him online

A startling number of teen girls have admitted to having a schoolgirl crush on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, proclaiming their love for…

11 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg gained $2.3 billion from selling Facebook stock options before IPO

Frugal billionaire Mark Zuckerberg continues to enjoy his budget holiday in Hawaii with his wife Priscilla Chan, while it has…

12 years ago

Facebook adopts #hashtag from Twitter

Facebook announced they would be borrowing a page from Twitter's manual and introducing hashtags (#) onto its site. According to…

12 years ago

Facebook facelift: social network revamps its design to look more like mobile apps

Facebook has decided to revamp its design, making its website look more like its Android and iOS mobile apps. The…

12 years ago

Facebook admits teenagers are becoming bored with the social network turning to Snapchat and Instagram

Facebook has admitted that teenagers are becoming bored with the social networking giant. Facing competition from younger, more agile and…

12 years ago

Facebook will not pay any tax for 2012 despite making $1.1 billion in pre-tax profits in US

According to a report released on Thursday, Facebook will not pay any tax for 2012 despite making $1.1 billion in…

12 years ago

Facebook sued by Rembrandt Social Media over “Like” button

Facebook is facing legal action from Rembrandt Social Media over its use of the "Like" button and other features of…

12 years ago

Facebook profits drop sharply

Facebook has reported a sharp drop in profits, partly due to increased spending on research and development. Facebook made a…

12 years ago

Privacy Visor: glasses could make you invisible to facial-recognition technology

A pair of glasses dubbed a "privacy visor" has been developed to make the user invisible to hidden cameras using…

12 years ago

Facebook allows free calling on iPhone

Facebook has added a feature in its mobile phone app that allows free calling for US iPhone users. Users can…

12 years ago

Graph Search: Facebook unveils social search tools

Facebook has announced a major addition to its social network - a smart search engine it has called graph search.…

12 years ago

Tumblr is more popular than Facebook, a new survey reveals

A new survey has revealed that the photo-sharing blogging platform Tumblr is more popular with 13-to-25-year-old than Facebook. Garry Tan…

12 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan celebrate their first Christmas as married couple in Hawaii

Social network founder Mark Zuckerberg, who is celebrating his first Christmas with wife Priscilla Chan after the couple tied the…

12 years ago

Instagram could sell users’ photos to advertisers without notification

Instagram, Facebook's photo-sharing website, has updated its privacy policy giving it the right to sell users' photos to advertisers without…

12 years ago

Zynga and Facebook end close relationship

Facebook and Zynga have amended an agreement that gave Farmville’s developer strong access to the social network's one billion users.…

12 years ago

Justin Bieber becomes the new king of pop with 47M Facebook fans and 29 M Twitter followers

Justin Bieber, the world’s richest self-made teenager, has now 47 million Facebook fans, 29 million Twitter followers and three billion…

12 years ago

Paul Ceglia arrested for trying to defraud Facebook

Paul Ceglia, a New York businessman, has been charged with trying to defraud Facebook by claiming he was owed a…

12 years ago

Barack Obama MTV interview: about Facebook, Bob Marley and gay marriage

Barack Obama made a new attempt on Friday to shore up the youth vote with a live interview on MTV.…

12 years ago

Facebook shares collapse after gaming company Zynga announces a decreased number of paying customers

Facebook has been dealt another blow after Zynga, the gaming company responsible for much of its revenue, announced that it…

12 years ago

Facebook admits it adds unclicked likes

Facebook "likes" are being added to webpages even if a user has not clicked a like button, or even visited…

12 years ago

Facebook surpasses one billion users

Facebook has now surpassed one billion people using it every month, the company has said. The passing of the milestone…

12 years ago