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Open Compute: Facebook And Co Shake Up Data Centre Industry
Open Compute's latest initiatives might just re-define how the data centre industry works
Privacy Regulator Keeps An Eye On Facebook Graph Search
Watchdog tries out Facebook's new thing, isn't totally convinced about its respect for privacy
Facebook Graph Search Rolls Out To Lucky Few
Facebook revamps its search engine but says it is not a web search replacement
Facebook UK User Base Shrinks By 600,000 In December
Facebook user base declines in the UK, but there are still 33 million British users
World Economic Forum Warns Of “Digital Widlfire” Global Threat
Spread of false information over social networks a major cause for concern in coming years
Student Discovers Security Flaw In Facebook New Year App
Jack Jenkins found and disclosed the bug, but didn’t even get a “thank you” in return
Facebook Tests Paid-For ‘Spam’ Emails
Facebook's new service lets people pay to get emails past the spam filters
Instagram Completes Retreat On Selling User Photos
Instagram reverts to the old wording of its terms and conditions following a massive user backlash
Crown Prosecution Will Avoid Dealing With Internet Trolls
New guidelines make sure that jokes posted on Twitter don’t land people in court
Instagram Denies It Claimed Ownership Of Users’ Images
Instagram promised not to sell user photos after a policy change gave it “perpetual” rights to uploaded images
Twitter Archive Opens: Some Users Can Download All Their Tweets
Limited number of users get to download their Twitter archive in one tidy package
Fresh Facebook Privacy Changes Coming Next Year
Facebook makes its umpteenth privacy update of 2012, but it still isn't impressing some critics
SOCA Makes Arrest In £527m Butterfly Botnet Investigation
FBI, SOCA and Facebook looking to bring Yahos malware pushers down
Less Than 1m Users Participate In Facebook Vote, New Policies Likely
Not enough members participate for the Facebook vote to be binding,
Twitter Fined For Late Accounts – Report
Twitter faces fines from the UK taxman for filing its accounts late
Facebook: EU’s ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Will Enforce More User Tracking
Facebook tells TechWeekEurope the right to be forgotten would actually damage privacy
Facebook’s Instagram Restricts Twitter Integration
Instagram has restricted a feature that allows photos to be displayed on microblogging service Twitter
Facebook Users Have One Week To Halt Vote Change
Facebook users have only a week to vote on controversial changes to the social networking giant's user policies
Facebook Faces Privacy Lawsuit In Ireland
Austrian privacy group is preparing for a lawsuit against Facebook after more than a year of campaigning for changes
Facebook Removes Paedophile Page After Court Order
Facebook mulls court order but takes down page for now
New Facebook Zynga Deal Loosens Ties
Revised partnership agreement gives Zynga more freedom but fewer perks
Facebook Privacy Proposals Face Backlash
Facebook's proposed changes to its privacy policy get a bashing
Facebook Proposes Data Sharing Across Services
Facebook is proposing a change to its data usage policies to allow user details to be shared with its Intagram division
SMBs Offered Social Media Training Packs
A firm is offering small businesses a coaching package to help them fully exploit social networks
Facebook Switches On HTTPS For American Users
Facebook has switched on HTTPS protection for American users, but the rest of the world will have to wait
Facebook Lobbies Brussels In Earnest On EU Data Privacy Proposals
Facebook joins other US bodies pushing for changes to European Commission data privacy proposals
Obama Victory Tweet Breaks Record
A Tweet by the campaign staff of US president Barack Obama became the most-retweeted Twitter post in history, surpassing a record previously set by Justin Bieber
Facebook Shares Dip After Sandberg Offloads Shares
Another executive has offloaded FAcebook shares, further denting the market's confidence in the social networking giant
Facebook Security Team Clamps Down On Links Scare
Public links exposed in a Google search, seem to allow login without a password