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% …
Facebook completes acquisition of Instagram
Facebook (FB) on Thursday officially completed its acquisition of Instagram. “As we said from the beginning, we are committed to building and growing Instagram independently. …
Mark Cuban to investors: Don’t blame Facebook because you willingly paid $38 for its shares
Famed American business magnate Mark Cuban has some sharp words for investors who bought Facebook (FB) shares on their first day of trading and are …
Bing gets even more social, allows you to search through your friends’ Facebook photos
Microsoft (MSFT) on Thursday announced a new update to its Bing search engine that will bring deeper Facebook (FB) integration to the service. The company’s …
Facebook may be interested in acquiring navigation company Waze
Facebook (FB) may be interested in acquiring or possibly collaborating with the popular turn-by-turn navigation app creator Waze. According to the Israel-based publication Globes, executives from …
Facebook reportedly forcing employees to suffer with its own shoddy Android app
Give Facebook (FB) some credit: The company can seemingly admit when it has screwed up. And now that it has made some much-needed improvements to the …
Facebook app for the iPhone and iPad gets major overhaul
Facebook (FB) on Thursday announced that it rebuilt its iPhone and iPad app from the ground up for a faster and more enjoyable user experience. …
Facebook shares clobbered again, down 50% from IPO
Sad but true: Investing your life savings in Facebook’s (FB) IPO shares is now only half as bad of an investment as sending your bank …
German regulator slams Facebook over facial-recognition technology
Germany has a simple proposition for Facebook (FB) regarding its facial-recognition technology: either get user permission before employing it or get rid of it. As …
Facebook stock tanks again as insiders rush to sell
One gets the feeling that buying Facebook (FB) shares on their first day of trading wasn’t a very wise investment. The social networking giant’s stock …
Facebook agrees to regular probes as part of FTC settlement
Facebook (FB) won’t be paying a massive $22.5 million fine like Google (GOOG) did as part of its settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, but …
Facebook gambles on real-money gambling apps to increase revenue
Desperate to impress Wall Street, Facebook (FB) now allows users 18 and older in the United Kingdom to play games for real money, TechCrunch reported …
Fake accounts and worthless mobile users raise new concerns over Facebook
During its first quarterly earnings report as a public company last week, Facebook (FB) revealed that it had 955 million monthly active users and 543 …
Facebook’s stock is tanking – did investors get played by big banks?
Although Facebook (FB) met expectations in its first-ever earnings report on Thursday, the reaction from investors has been decidedly ugly so far. By the end of …
Zuckerberg: No Facebook phone for now
Facebook (FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday said what many consumers have long been thinking: That it “won’t make much sense” for Facebook to build …
Facebook matches expectations, but stock still tanks after hours
The mystery is over: We now know whether or not Facebook is actually making money. In its first-ever earnings report released today, the social networking …
Facebook phone rumors resurface: HTC-built Facebook smartphone launching in 2013
It had been exactly three months since reports of Facebook’s (FB) rumored smartphone resurfaced, so we were definitely due. The social networking giant is set …
Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay found pro-tech lobbying group
Four major Internet companies are giving America just what it needs: More federal lobbyists. The Washington Post reports that Google (GOOG), Amazon (AMZN), Facebook (FB) and …
People still don’t trust Facebook
Facebook (FB) and privacy concerns seem to go hand in hand. Sure, the company has had its fair share of snafus, but the fact that …
Google+ tops Facebook in customer satisfaction study
While some reports claim that Google’s social network site is a “ghost town,” a new study suggest that users are more satisfied with Google+ than …
Facebook, Yahoo resolve patent spat
Yahoo sued Facebook over patents; Facebook sued Yahoo over patents; Yahoo and Facebook worked it out. Long-time partners Facebook and Yahoo have come to an …
Google+ is an uninviting digital man cave, say female technologists
Google+ was apparently designed by guys who have never lived with a woman. Or, at least that’s the impression that five female technologists gave during …
Facebook will ‘look into’ its own sneaky email switching
Facebook royally ticked off many of its users last week when it made their @facebook.com email addresses the primary ones displayed on profile pages without …
‘We Know What You’re Doing’ website outs drug users, boss-haters and more on Facebook
Facebook’s repeated privacy snafus always make the news and cause a stir among users, but a surprising number of Facebook members throw caution to the …
Facebook scraps Find Friends Nearby app after one day
Facebook has pulled a new application designed to help users make friends in their areas. The new Find Friends Nearby application that uses a device’s …
Facebook changes users’ email addresses to their own
How many people out there use Facebook as their primary email service? Although the answer is “not many,” Facebook is trying to change that by …
