WTF of the week: Princeton researchers say Facebook will lose 80% of its users by 2017
We’re used to zany Wall Street analysts making wacky predictions about the tech world, such as the amazing prediction made by Money Map Press analyst Keith …
Facebook’s ‘teen problem’ may not be as bad as you thought
While Facebook may have a “teen problem,” it may not be as bad as a report from iStrategy last week suggested. According to a report …
Facebook still wants to take over mobile with standalone apps
Even though it failed to take over home screens on Android with the Facebook Home experiment, Facebook is still very much interested in the mobile …
Teen Facebook exodus reportedly real as 11 million young users flee
There has been plenty of back and forth over the past year or so regarding whether or not teens and other young users are abandoning …
Facebook really wants to know what news you like to read
Facebook will reportedly launch a Flipboard-like news reading feature later this month either as a standalone application for mobile devices or as a “web experience” …
Facebook uses you as its guinea pig for testing mobile app updates
The mobile app for Facebook, much like its desktop counterpart, is constantly seeing tweaks and revisions, but when the team switched from custom to native …
Why you should never hire anyone based on their Facebook profile
The person you’re thinking of hiring has posted a bunch of pictures of themselves drunkenly vomiting on their cat on their Facebook page — does …
Facebook sued for invading users’ privacy
Two Facebook users this week filed a class action complaint against the social network, Ars Technica reports, alleging that the messaging system inside Facebook is …
Here’s how to quickly erase everything you’ve ever done on Facebook
Facebook doesn’t have a simple way of deleting specific data from one’s timeline including old posts, comments and likes that a person would like to …
Facebook’s ability to rip off its rivals will save it
The core Facebook product is looking increasingly middle-aged and teens’ growing revulsion towards the service has been among the biggest tech themes of 2013. Arguably, …
Video: Facebook is still trying to take over Android
Looking back on BGR’s archive of Facebook Home stories, a very clear theme arises: no one cares about Facebook Home, Facebook’s unique mobile software that …
Facebook cashes in on autoplay videos in your feed against your wishes
The autoplay video ads that Facebook users will soon come to know and probably-not-love look like they’re going to be big business for the world’s …
Facebook invades your feed with auto-play video ads
Facebook on Tuesday confirmed that it will bring auto-playing video ads to the news feed only hours after The Wall Street Journal published a story saying that …
Facebook ‘dislike’ button is finally here, but only in Messenger
Facebook has updated its Messenger app with a new set of stickers that include a “dislike” button, All Facebook reports, a feature that some users …
Facebook keeps track of every message you type – even ones you don’t post
Every social network user has at some point typed something they knew they’d regret sharing and has promptly erased it before clicking “post.” However, Slate’s Jennifer …
Twitter, Facebook and Google workers are among tech’s happiest
A couple of months ago, a group of current and former Apple employees revealed what it’s like to work in the stressful yet rewarding environment …
Zuckerberg’s big headache: Messaging app fans don’t use Facebook
A new report by On Device Research hammers in the challenge Facebook is facing right now. Confirming other reports on the topic, ODR finds that Facebook usage is heaviest …
Why Snapchat looks poised for a huge valuation
Snapchat users now send more “snaps” per day than Facebook users are uploading photos, according to a Business Insider report. Snapchat users send 400 million snaps every …
Here’s what Facebook learned from the failed Home experiment
No one was interested in Facebook Home — not smartphone owners, not smartphone vendors. Facebook even had to provide disgruntled Home users with a step-by-step guide to disable …
Facebook may have actually figured out a way to out-stalk Google
Facebook just may have gotten a leg up in its race with Google to see which company can come up with creepier ways to collect …
Facebook’s fear comes into focus: Teens are fleeing
Facebook’s third-quarter results blew out Wall Street expectations as the company earned $0.25 per share on $2.02 billion in revenue. Though it wasn’t quantified, there’s …
Facebook’s mobile growth dazzles – and has implications for BlackBerry
Facebook delivered 18% growth of monthly active users (MAU) in its most recent quarterly earnings report — no mean feat for a company its size. …
And the surprise dark horse bidder for BlackBerry is… Facebook?
How’s this for a counterintuitive merger: A mobile device company that plans to focus its efforts more on the enterprise market coupled with a consumer-centric …
Meet the man who advises Google, Facebook and LinkedIn on tax dodging
If there’s one thing that Silicon Valley executives love more than having fancy product launch parties it’s avoiding taxes by funneling profits through Ireland. Bloomberg …
Facebook reportedly puts off adding video ads until next year
Good news for everyone who’s been dreading having video ads play when you log into Facebook: It seems Mark Zuckerberg and friends have decided to …
Facebook policy change leaves users with nowhere to hide
Facebook users who prefer to lurk in the shadows will not be terribly pleased to learn of a new change to Facebook’s privacy settings that …
Zuckerberg: NSA scandal hurt users’ trust in Facebook
The fallout from the National Security Agency surveillance scandal hasn’t just hurt trust between American tech companies and foreign governments — it’s also damaged the …
Facebook working to squeeze silent auto-play video ads into mobile app
So, you thought you could escape the coming era of auto-play video ads on Facebook by accessing the site through your mobile phone, did you? …
Facebook privacy policy update may have violated user rights
In Facebook’s latest round of privacy policy updates, it might have violated a 2011 court order. That court order required the social networking giant to …
Yes, ads are coming to Instagram
Are you ready for your Instagram feed to be just as clogged with ads as your Facebook page? If not, then too bad: The Wall …
