SocialMedia

Google Said To Consider Waze Acquisition

First it was Apple, then Facebook, and now Google is reportedly interested in the Israeli start-up

11 years ago

Facebook Cancels HTC First Phone In Europe

HTC First, the Facebook Home flagship, seems to have sunk

11 years ago

Tumblr Confirms Yahoo Deal – As Blogs Migrate To WordPress

Several thousand Tumblr blogs have jumped ship but that's a small fraction of its 100 million users

11 years ago

Yahoo Agrees $1.1bn For Tumblr – Reports

Tumblr's 100 million users could be just what Yahoo needs to look young and fresh

11 years ago

Google I/O: Google Glass Gets New Apps Including Facebook, Twitter

The innovative headset from Google was largely ignored at its annual conference

11 years ago

Facebook To Buy Mapping Firm Waze For $1 Billion – Reports

Facebook is said to be buying navigation start-up Waze, previously courted by Apple

11 years ago

Windows Phone Gets Native YouTube App Despite Microsoft’s Google Complaints

Microsoft puts YouTube on Windows Phone despite claiming Google blocked it

11 years ago

Twitter Leaves TweetDeck To Die

Tweetdeck client continues under tighter Twitter control

11 years ago

Instagram Adds Photo-Tagging Feature

Instagram users can now tag people in photos, a feature inspired by parent company Facebook

11 years ago

Facebook Sees Strong Quarter Fuelled By Mobile Ads

Strong growth in mobile advertising revenues has helped Facebook record positive financial results

11 years ago

EFF Criticises Apple, Amazon And Yahoo For Data Privacy Records

Whilst Twitter is commended for its efforts to keep government hands away from user data, others don't come out looking…

11 years ago

Privacy Activists Doorstep Facebook Over EU Lobbying

Facebook gets a visit from activists who say it has helped cripple proposed EU privacy rules

11 years ago

Facebook To Open $300m Iowa Data Centre

Iowa has wind energy, but Greenpeace wants Facebook to do more to clean up the state's electric grid

11 years ago

Cheeky Botnet Pusher Markets Wares On Facebook

Facebook used to sell Zeus botnet console, showing cyber crooks are getting considerably more brazen

11 years ago

Half A Million Download Facebook Home, With Mixed Reactions

Facebook Home has user rating of 2.2 after more than 500,000 downloads

11 years ago

Facebook Data Centres Publish Real-Time Green Data

How green are Facebook's data centres? Check out the dashboards

11 years ago

Social Network Hostility On The Rise

Social networking users are becoming increasingly hostile to offensive comments posted by others online

11 years ago

Foursquare Gets $41m Investment Despite User Apathy

Foursquare may not be as hip as Facebook or Twitter, but VCs think location will happen one day...

11 years ago

Microsoft Laughs At Facebook Home And Android

Microsoft executive says Facebook Home does what Windows Phone was doing two years ago

11 years ago

Facebook Paid Messages Arrive In The UK

Facebook says paid messages will reduce spam by charging up to £10.68

11 years ago

Facebook Home – Another Sign Of Unwarranted Arrogance

Facebook thinks it can convince people to ditch their Android homes, but Steve McCaskill isn't convinced by such arrogance at…

11 years ago

HTC First Will Come With Facebook Home Preloaded

New smartphone will run Facebook Home over Android by default

11 years ago

Facebook Launches Home Software For Android Smartphones

Facebook Home offers Android users instant content on their home screen

11 years ago

Bug Kills Facebook Search Privacy Tool

This time it is a bug rather than a Facebook decision that has caused concern

11 years ago

Facebook Set To Launch HTC-Built Smartphone

Facebook is expected to show its 'new home on Android' in the form of a HTC smartphone set for launch…

11 years ago

Facebook Messenger Users Can Now Make Voice Calls In The UK

Social network adds VoIP functionality to Facebook Messenger in the UK

11 years ago

Facebook CEO To Take Political Action

Mark Zuckerberg wants more open immigration to the US

11 years ago

Cisco Chief Promises Improved Working Conditions For Women

After meeting with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, John Chambers has said Cisco could do more on gender issues

12 years ago