WhatsApp could transform Facebook
A report published over the weekend stated that Facebook (FB) is in talks to acquire WhatsApp. As a quick aside, TechCrunch for some reason claims that …
Is Facebook planning to develop its own games? Revised Zynga terms open the door
As Zynga (ZNGA) continues its free fall into irrelevancy with layoffs and its one-hit social games, the gaming company has revised its contract with Facebook (FB) to free …
Google exec: Facebook is the ‘social network of the past’
Are you one of more than a billion people around the world who use Facebook (FB)? According to Google (GOOG), you’re trapped in the past. …
Facebook exec says company is reducing spam despite clogging your feed with brands you don’t like
Recent changes to Facebook’s (FB) Edgerank, the algorithm that’s responsible for displaying items on a user’s Newsfeed, have angered privacy groups who say the new policy will actually produce more …
Privacy groups fight Facebook’s spam-friendly policy proposal
Two independent privacy advocates have asked Facebook (FB) to withdraw proposed changes to its privacy policies that would allow Facebook to share user data with …
Facebook wants its staff to use Android phones instead of iPhones
It was reported earlier this year that Facebook (FB) was forcing some of its employees to give up their iPhones and use Android smartphones instead. …
Facebook revenue set to ‘explode’ after mobile app gets clogged up with more ads
Facebook (FB) may finally be figuring out how to make money on mobile. Analysts at BTIG are now projecting that Facebook’s ad revenues will “explode” …
Facebook gets even more serious about mobile with social calling service ‘Party Call’
Facebook (FB) revealed on Wednesday just how serious it is about carving out a chunk of the mobile market. While it’s not a smartphone or …
Facebook looks to annoy its users by adding beeping sounds to notifications [video]
As if we don’t have enough annoying distractions vying for our attention these days, Facebook (FB) is apparently testing out a beeping notification sound that …
Facebook experiments with giving shoppers free Wi-Fi
Facebook (FB) is hooking businesses near its Menlo Park, California headquarters with routers to test a free Wi-Fi program, according to the Los Angeles Times. …
Facebook iOS app updated with Instagram style photo filters, batch photo sharing and more
Facebook (FB) pushed out another big update to its iOS app on Monday that combines the best elements of its standalone Camera app and Messenger app. …
22% of all registered voters have already told the world how they voted through Facebook or Twitter
Who needs exit polls when you have Twitter and Facebook (FB)? Pew Internet has found that an estimated 22% of all registered voters in the …
Facebook phone once again rumored to be manufactured by HTC
Despite the fact that Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly denied reports that Facebook (FB) will build its own smartphone, the social networking giant is once gain …
Facebook beats expectations in Q3, reports EPS of $0.12 on $1.62 billion in revenue
Facebook (FB) beat Wall Street’s expectations in its second earnings report as a public company after the closing bell on Tuesday. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters …
New native Facebook Android app coming soon as final internal testing begins
There’s a perfectly good reason why the majority of mobile Facebook (FB) users are choosing to get their social network fix through the mobile website instead …
MIT researchers create computerized jacket that ‘hugs’ you after Facebook ‘likes’
The engineering minds at MIT have concocted a new invention that will bring warm feelings to lonely Internet nerds. The Atlantic has discovered a new computerized …
Facebook is allegedly ‘auto-liking’ posts on users’ behalf without permission [updated]
Beware: Making fun of Nickelback on Facebook (FB) could suddenly make you a member of their fan page. Gizmodo reports that there’s a new algorithm …
Facebook’s first agency-created video ad compares social network to chairs [video]
In addition to announcing that Facebook (FB) now has 1 billion active users every month, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the company’s first agency-created video ad. Created …
Facebook tops 1 billion users
Investors may still wonder about Facebook’s (FB) long-term business strategy but there’s no denying that the social network has been massively successful at drawing users. …
Zuckerberg says majority of mobile Facebook users aren’t bothering with Facebook’s mobile app
Although Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg denies his company is building a smartphone, working to optimize the world’s largest social network for mobile is high …
How ‘liking’ a Facebook post in the Philippines could get you tossed in jail
Complain about American Internet legislation like SOPA all you want, but realize that things could always be much worse. Case in point: The Philippines, which CBS …
Because competing with Apple is way too easy, Samsung finds new rival in Facebook
As if the task of competing with Apple’s (AAPL) new iPhone 5 isn’t daunting enough, Samsung (005930) has chosen an interesting approach to promoting its …
Relax, Facebook isn’t accidentally exposing old private messages
Facebook (FB) confirmed on Thursday that reports of users seeing old private messages displayed as public wall posts are incorrect. A Facebook spokesman told TechCrunch …
Facebook begins testing automatic photo sync feature on Android
Facebook (FB) has begun testing a new photo sync feature in its Android application that will automatically upload photos taken to the Web. The company’s …
Facebook goes after Groupon with new pay-for-offers scheme
Facebook (FB) knows it can’t keep growing without generating new revenue streams, and Reuters reports that the social networking giant may have found some potentially significant …
After suing Mark Zuckerberg, the Winklevoss twins’ dream comes true at last
Back when they were students at Harvard, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, along with their fellow alum Divya Narendra, had a vision for a hoity-toity social networking …
Facebook is building a search engine to take on Google
Aside from denying plans to build a smartphone again, Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg also revealed some insight to the social network’s search engine ambitions. …
Zuckerberg denies interest in a Facebook phone… again
In his first interview since Facebook’s (FB) IPO, CEO Mark Zuckerberg reiterated once again at TechCrunch Disrupt that the social network is not building a smartphone …
Instagram has grown more than 1,100% in six months
Facebook (FB) may be having trouble monetizing its one billion members, however its recent acquisition of Instagram is seen as a huge win for the company. …
Free apps will account for nearly 90% of all downloads in 2012
Surprise, surprise: People would rather not pay for smartphone apps. The latest numbers from Gartner research released Tuesday showed that free apps accounted for 89% …
