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Facebook Cracks Down On Gun Toters
Facebook to warn any gun dealers using illicit sales tactics
Facebook Looks To Drone Technology To Connect The World To The Web
Potential purchase of drone specialists Titan Aerospace will allow Facebook to further expand its Internet.org connectivity project
Flood Apps Won’t Save The World
The government backed Tech City's bid to make helpful flood apps. Peter Judge wants to know - where's the long-term thinking?
MWC 2014: Ericsson, GSMA, Join Facebook’s World Connection Crusade
Zuckerberg's MWC keynote features Facebook's Internet.org project, which now has Ericsson on board with a network lab, and the GSMA arguing for tax cuts to operators
WhatsApp Rebuffed Google Advances In Favour Of Facebook Deal – Report
WhatApp founders reportedly turned down a Google takoever offer in favour of Facebook, despite being offered more money
Social Media Reputation Repair Can Be Costly, Microsoft Warns
The financial cost of embarrassing or malicious Facebook posts can be very significant, a new study revels
Why WhatsApp Is Worth £11.4bn To Facebook
Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp protects its mobile business and allows it to expand to new markets, says Steve McCaskill
Facebook Agrees To Buy WhatsApp For £11.4bn
Facebook will take over the popular mobile instant messaging app
Vodafone Rejects Requests For Free Access To Facebook
Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao says Facebook asked him to carry its data for free on the Vodafone network in developing countries, by dropping the social network from data plans
Vidyo Lets Google+ Hangouts Connect To Enterprise Video Conferencing
VidyoH2O allows Google+ Hangouts video tools to communicate with the H.323 protocol used by products from Cisco, Polycom, LifeSize and others
Twitter Earnings Show Revenue Increase, Slower User Growth
In its first earnings report since going public, Twitter showed improved revenues but a user base that is growing more slowly
Facebook Open Sources ‘Efficient’ Encryption Tool For Android Devs
Conceal APIs seek to make encryption done by Android apps efficient and simple
Microsoft Invests $15m In Foursquare, Licenses Data
Microsoft is to license Foursquare's location-based data for integration into search and mobile services
Facebook Marks 10th Anniversary With Mobile News App
The social network, which launched 10 years ago on 4 February, has introduced a second-generation news aggregator for smartphones
Facebook: The Mixed Legacy Of Its First Ten Years
Facebook turns ten as observers debate its social legacy and its future
Twitter Makes Peace With IBM In Patent Deal
Twitter will buy 900 patents and sign a cross-licensing agreement with IBM following settlement of dispute
Facebook Beats Expectations With Record Earnings
Facebook has beaten analyst expectations after it revealed its best-ever quarterly results
Microsoft Reveals Data Centre Secrets And Joins Open Compute Project
Facebook's Open Compute Project can share Azure, Bing and Office365 data centre designs now Microsoft has signed up
US Companies Allowed To Publish NSA Data Request Numbers
Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo and LinkedIn win a battle against the NSA, but the war is far from over
3 Things CIOs Can Learn From Snapchat
If you want your corporate apps to be used, get mobile and reduce friction, says Rob Sobers
Facebook “To Lose 80 Percent of Users By 2017”
Research from Princeton University compares Facebook to an ‘infectious disease” and predicts we will all recover
Facebook Preparing To Launch ‘Paper’ Reader App
The big idea? To take on news services such as Flipboard
Facebook To Share User Data With Russia’s Yandex
The social network looks to get some traction in Russia
Pinterest Buys Image Recognition Firm VisualGraph
Acquisition looks to boost the image recognition capabilities of Pinterest's search facilities
Facebook Snaps Up App Optimisation Developer Little Eye Labs
Rumoured $15 million acquisition should help Facebook improve and expand its mobile offerings
CES 2014: Yahoo Looks To British Innovation To Simplify Your Life
Yahoo reveals new offerings to compete with the likes of Google and Microsoft
Twitter Co-Founder Launches ‘Jelly’ – An App To Ask Questions
Biz Stone wants everyone to help everyone, for free
Inside The World’s Most Interesting Data Centres
Data centres have to be efficient. That doesn't stop them being beautiful
Google, Apple, Facebook To Pay After Bus Protests
A storm in a bus stop as tech firms agree to contribute after street protests in San Francisco