Facebook reportedly plans IPO filing for Wednesday
Facebook plans to file for its initial public offering as soon as Wednesday next week according to multiple reports from Dow Jones Newswires. Morgan Stanley …
Facebook forcing Timeline on users ‘over the next few weeks’
Facebook announced on Tuesday that the company’s Timeline feature will be forced on users “over the next few weeks.” Facebook introduced the Timeline feature last …
Facebook to become the newest target of hacker group Anonymous [video]
Over the past week, notorious hacker group Anonymous has launched numerous DDoS attacks that disrupted service to a number of popular websites. The global hacker …
Facebook launches apps for Timeline
Facebook on Wednesday evening announced new applications that can be used to populate users’ Facebook Timelines with new information. The initial launch apps include Foodspotting, Foodily, Ticketmaster, Pinterest,Rotten Tomatoes, Pose, Kobo, Gogobot, TripAdvisor …
HP reportedly tried to offload Palm assets for $1.2 billion
Hewlett-Packard has made some wild decisions regarding Palm and webOS following the acquisition in 2010. HP bought Palm for $1.2 billion in April of last …
Facebook Timeline now live for all users
Facebook on Thursday activated its Timeline feature for all users of the social network. Facebook’s Timeline totally revamps a user’s profile page and lists events, …
Facebook tops Google’s own offerings to become most popular Android app
Beating out popular own-brand apps like Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps and YouTube, Facebook holds the title as the most actively used Android app. Market …
Facebook for Android receives major UI overhaul
Facebook has totally overhauled its Android application to better align with the UI available on the iPhone and the iPod touch. There’s a left navigation …
Facebook acquires Gowalla, service to begin ‘winding down’ in January
Gowalla on Monday confirmed it was recently acquired by Facebook. “About two months ago, my co-founder Scott and I attended F8,” Gowalla co-founder and CEO …
YouTube videos viewed 21 billion times in October
YouTube served up more than 20 billion video views during the month of October — 49.1% of all 42.6 billion video views on the web …
Most consumers plan to pass on Facebook phone, survey suggests
Thanks in part to the multitude of mobile apps available across every smartphone platform, consumers seem to be uninterested in the own-brand handset Facebook is …
HTC reportedly tapped to build Facebook phone, code-named ‘Buffy’
Last year, there were plenty of rumors that Facebook was working on building a phone of its own. Ultimately, a pair of humdrum devices with …
Skype adds Facebook video calling to beta desktop clients [video]
Skype on Thursday announced that its Mac OS X and Windows beta clients now support video calls to Facebook users. Skype introduced a Facebook-to-Facebook video …
Facebook slammed by porn attack, investigation ongoing [updated]
Are pornographic images invading your Facebook news feed? We have yet to see it here at BGR, but ZDNET recently reported that “gory, violent pictures” and …
Facebook’s Zuckerberg says Google, Yahoo and Microsoft collect data ‘behind your back’ [video]
In a recent interview on the Charlie Rose show, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Yahoo, Microsoft and Google are secretly collecting user data. …
Motorola quietly reveals its first Facebook phone, the MOTOKEY SOCIAL
Motorola on Friday quietly published images and details to its website surrounding the MOTOKEY SOCIAL, a feature phone with a strong focus on Facebook. Like …
iPhone 4S giveaway!
Have you been lusting after Apple’s latest device? They’re sold out everywhere across the globe, but we have one brand new iPhone 4S to giveaway! …
Facebook app finally comes to Apple’s iPad
Facebook users can finally stop wondering why no official Facebook app is available for Apple’s iPad. As of Monday evening, Facebook’s iOS app is now …
Privacy groups ask FTC to investigate Facebook for ‘secretly tracking users’
The American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and seven other privacy groups have contacted the U.S. Federal Trade Commission asking it …
Facebook’s ‘Project Spartan’ HTML5-based client revealed
When Facebook announced a revamped mobile page in April, its lead mobile exec Eric Tseng said the social network would focus on using the HTML5 …
Facebook unveils revamped ‘Timeline’ profile page, teams with Spotify and Netflix [video]
During the F8 conference on Thursday, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage to introduce a host of new features that are rolling out to …
Microsoft shows off Windows 8 Metro apps on video
We’ve already seen an 11-minute walk-through video comparing a new Windows 8 beta tablet to an iPad 2 running iOS 5, but there are plenty of …
Jefferies: Facebook is ‘best fit’ to acquire webOS from HP
As Hewlett-Packard reportedly toys with the idea of selling off its webOS software division, a new possible suitor may emerge from the dust following the …
Who says men don’t ask for directions? Maps is top Android app for men, Facebook for women
Market research firm Nielsen on Tuesday revealed the 20 most popular Android applications in the United States. Using data obtained from metered device usage as …
Motorola EX225 could be next ‘Facebook phone’
The Motorola EX225 has been revealed by the Bluetooth SIG and images of the phone show a dedicated Facebook button. The EX225 looks nearly identical …
Facebook to launch music service on September 22nd
Facebook will launch a music service on September 22nd, CNBC reported today. There are currently no details on whether it will be a streaming subscription …
Facebook kills its Groupon competitor, 'Facebook Deals'
Facebook has decided to kill off its Facebook Deals product, a service that was launched to compete with other coupon service providers such as Groupon …
Facebook fighting Twitter, Google with acquisitions
Facebook is expecting to acquire a total of 20 new companies in 2011 in an effort to better compete with Twitter and Google, Bloomberg reported …
Facebook stole every contact and phone number in your phone – here's how to undo the damage
This may come as a shock considering how seriously Facebook takes your privacy, but if you’re a Facebook user with one of Facebook’s mobile applications …
Microsoft adding speech recognition tech to Windows 8, next generation products [video]
Microsoft’s internal Tellme team is working on implementing speech recognition software into the Redmond-based firm’s portfolio of software and hardware products. Microsoft will build the …
