Facebook spam estimated to be a $200 million industry
The people on Facebook who tell you how their friend made $85,000 a year working from home are doing quite well for themselves. The Guardian …
Despite Facebook gains, Google still dominates mobile ad revenues
Facebook’s push to generate more revenues from mobile ads seems to be getting results but not nearly enough to dent Google’s share of total mobile …
Mark Zuckerberg wants to bring web access — and Facebook — to 5 billion more people
Google isn’t the only company that’s helping both itself and others by trying to get more people connected to the Internet. In an interview with …
Study: Facebook is making users miserable
Facebook is the world’s largest social network with more than 1.15 billion monthly active users. From users’ standpoint, the service serves an important purpose by …
Facebook could soon help you with your online shopping
Facebook is always thinking of new ways to generate revenue and its latest venture looks as though it could actually add value to the site without …
Using Facebook is about to get a lot more annoying
It was only a matter of time before Facebook started bringing auto-play ads into users’ news feeds. Unnamed sources tell Bloomberg that Facebook will start …
More than a quarter of Facebook users hate its new ads
Shares of Facebook have surged more than 25% since the company reported second-quarter earnings ahead of Wall Street’s expectations. Facebook’s growing ad business helped the …
Facebook may have finally figured out how to monetize its mobile users
Facebook reported its second quarter earnings on Wednesday, crushing Wall Street’s expectations with revenue of $1.81 billion. The social networking giant now has 699 million …
Instagram terms of service lawsuit dismissed
Instagram revised its terms of service last December in an attempt to open new doors to potential advertisers. The change was met with intense user …
Instagram CEO thinks Instagram could actually outgrow Facebook
Instagram’s ambitious chief executive has big plans for the photo-sharing app. CEO Kevin Systrom has helped Instagram grow from a small startup to one of …
Facebook users in the U.S. to receive Graph Search starting today
Facebook will begin rolling out its Graph Search feature to users in the U.S. beginning Monday. The company announced the brilliant new feature, which allows …
Facebook’s advertising strategy could be its downfall
In an effort to increase revenue and keep investors happy, Facebook has begun rolling out more advertisements across its popular social networking site. The company …
Facebook found to have leaked millions of Android phone numbers
It was discovered that the world’s largest and most popular social networking site was inadvertently obtaining phone numbers from its users without their consent. Symantec …
Apple, Microsoft and Facebook targeted in Europe for NSA spying ties
A European data protection group has filed complaints against Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Skype and Yahoo for their alleged cooperation with the NSA’s Prism surveillance program. …
Study: More than 90% of U.S. smartphone owners have no interest in Facebook Home
Facebook had the right idea with its Facebook Home strategy, but the devil is always in the details. The company’s mobile software is incredibly invasive …
AT&T mobile boss says HTC First fire sale worked [updated]
AT&T’s mobile boss has reportedly confirmed that the carrier’s fire sale on the HTC First was a success, and that the phone is now sold …
Samsung, Sony and others said to have no interest in Facebook Home
Facebook once dreamt of making its Home software for Android available on a wide variety of smartphones out of the box, but that dream is …
Instagram video is already hurting Vine
Interestingly, Vine downloads seem to already have started sliding in several key markets just a few days after Instagram began attacking it directly. Last Thursday, Instagram added a notably …
Facebook’s Instagram announcement puts the Street to sleep
Facebook announced on Thursday that the photo-sharing social network, Instagram, is adding an option to take short, 15-second video clips that can then be modified …
Facebook unveils ‘Video on Instagram’
It wasn’t exactly a mystery leading up to today’s big event, but Facebook just took the wraps off its brand new Instagram video service during …
Facebook is live-streaming today’s event – here’s how to watch
Facebook has a press conference scheduled to take place on Thursday in California, and while there will be plenty of ways to follow along from …
WSJ: Facebook to unveil Vine competitor at today’s event
Facebook doesn’t want to let Twitter have all the fun with short videos in the social media market. The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook …
Samsung reportedly rejects Zuckerberg’s ‘Facebook Phone’ overtures
It’s hard to believe, but Samsung doesn’t want to follow in the footsteps of HTC and release a Facebook-centric “Galaxy First.” The Korea Herald reports …
Facebook looks to Samsung for help in wake of HTC First disaster
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with Samsung president Shin Jong Kyun this week to discuss a potential partnership, Bloomberg reported. Facebook, the world’s largest social …
Facebook is trying to crush Vine before it’s too late
Facebook will reportedly be adding Vine-like, short video clips to its Instagram service later this month. This follows an important cross-over moment — earlier in …
Instagram rumored to be adding Vine-like video support on June 20th
Twitter’s video-sharing application Vine has taken the mobile world by storm. It is one of the most popular apps for the iPhone and has accumulated …
LinkedIn, Facebook and Apple top Forbes list of fastest-growing tech companies
It seems social networks still have a long way to grow. Forbes has come out with its annual list of the fastest-growing tech companies and …
Poll finds Google’s reputation remains sky high as Apple loses ground with young people
Google’s reputation for shady shenanigans hasn’t hurt its image with the American public. A new poll from The Washington Post finds that 83% of American …
Why Facebook no longer looks destined to take over the Internet
Just a little more than a year ago, Wall Street’s IPO hype machine went into overdrive pushing Facebook as the next Google or Amazon — …
Facebook tells users how to run away from Home
Facebook’s Home overlay certainly hasn’t been met with an overwhelmingly positive response so far, and now the company is letting users know that it’s okay …
