SocialMedia

EMC World 2012: EMC Scores ‘20 Petabyte Facebook Deal’

EMC is giving Facebook tens of petabytes for a scale-out, cloudy architecture, a source tells TechWeekEurope

12 years ago

Cloudforce: Salesforce Launches 20 Apprenticeships

A few lucky NEETs could get two years work at a Salesforce customer

12 years ago

EMC World: Gelsinger Says Facebook’s Open Compute Isn’t Reliable Enough

Facebook's Open Compute Project isn't reliable enough for critical storage, says EMC's Pat Gelsinger. Or is it just too open?

12 years ago

Lawsuit Seeks $15bn For Facebook Privacy Violations

The California class action lawsuit against Facebook arrives as a German official expresses concerns about the company's privacy approach

12 years ago

Facebook Valuation Hits $104bn As World Watches IPO

Facebook heads into one of the most closely watched IPOs ever with a valuation of $104 billion

12 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Green Tech

How good is your relationship with mother Nature?

12 years ago

Facebook Hacker Given 12 Month Sentence

Man from Sussex tracked down by Met Police's e-Crime Unit for Facebook account hack

12 years ago

Facebook IPO: Analysts Doubtful As Shareholders Cash In

A $100bn valuation for Facebook would be 100 times its revenue. Analysts are warning small investors away

12 years ago

GM Nixes Facebook Adverts, Cites Low Consumer Impact

General Motors quits advertising on Facebook as Zuckerburg and Co prep for this week's IPO launch

12 years ago

Twitter Hits 10m Users In UK

After a turbulent year for Twitter in the UK, the company has posted strong growth and is planning further engagement…

12 years ago

Twitter Buys Email Marketer RestEngine

Twitter has acquired RestEngine, a start-up that makes tools aimed at boosting engagement in social games and other social-media applications

12 years ago

Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Renounces US Citizenship

Brazilian-born Eduardo Saverin has 'de-friended' the US in a move that may reduce his tax bill ahead of Facebook's record-breaking…

12 years ago

Facebook Trials Promoted Posts

New Zealanders have the option to make themselves appear more popular

12 years ago

Facebook Instagram Acquisition May Not Be So Instant

Facebook's Instagram acquisition may not close before the end of the second quarter as Zuckerburg had hoped

12 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Protecting Privacy

How much of your private information is scattered around the Web?

12 years ago

Microsoft Integrates Facebook, Twitter Into Bing Results

An overhaul of Microsoft's Bing search engine features social results from Facebook and Twitter, as well as design changes

12 years ago

Facebook To Launch App Center

Social network explains how to get your app displayed prominently

12 years ago

BlackBerry Curve 9320 Focuses On Social Media

RIM has introduced a small, simple smartphone to compete with the growing range of larger, more complex devices

12 years ago

Facebook’s Wide Racks Show The Triumph Of The Cloud

Stop doubting the cloud, says Peter Judge. It has the power to alter one of the industry's fundamental assumptions

12 years ago

Report: FBI Seeking Internet Wiretap Backdoors

The FBI is pressuring Facebook, Google and other large Internet companies to build the technical infrastructure to allow wiretaps, according…

12 years ago

Google Opens Live Broadcasting Feature To All

Google has taken its Google+ Hangouts On Air out of beta, allowing social networking users to broadcast live across the…

12 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Tech Stocks And Shares

Do you know how to find investment opportunities worthy of your money?

12 years ago

IT Life: The Glamour Of Model Management

Madhushan Gokool rubs shoulders with the famous, working for the agency representing Kate Moss and more

12 years ago

Facebook IPO Sets Value At Up To $95 billion

Facebook's asking price sets its market value at a similar level to Amazon, HP and Cisco

12 years ago

Facebook Introduces Open Rack Standard

Facebook's Open Rack spec looks to make data centres more efficient, as tech giants jump on the Open Compute train

12 years ago

Facebook Selects 18 May For IPO

Facebook has set 18 May as the day it will launch one of the biggest tech IPOs in recent years

12 years ago

Facebook Reveals Free Antivirus Marketplace

Facebook has teamed up with security players to offer its users free downloads of anti-malware software and blacklists

12 years ago

HTC And Facebook Rumoured To Be Working On Handset

Smartphone expected to be released in third quarter of 2012

12 years ago

Facebook Passes 900 Million User Mark But Q1 Profits Fall

Total quarterly revenue rises 45 percent from Q1 2011 but 'seasonal factors' and increasing costs dent profits

12 years ago

Facebook To Buy 650 AOL Patents From Microsoft

Social network gets second chance to acquire portfolio in £310m deal

12 years ago