Tech titans can't say whether they've received FISA requests, but can include them in aggregates of US government demands for user data
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Facebook To Use Chilly Arctic Air For New Data Centre
Facebook has opened its first data centre outside the United States with a green facility in Sweden
Facebook Brings Hashtags To Platform
Facebook set to look a little more like Twitter - covered in hashtags
Tech Giants Ask US Government For More Post-PRISM Transparency
Facebook, Google and others urge the US government to be more transparent on what data it asks for
Google Confirms £831m Waze Navigation Purchase
Google has flexed its financial muscle and snapped up Waze, which had also been courted by Apple and Facebook
LeWeb 2013: EasyBring – Crowdsourcing Mail
Would you trust a crowdsourced courier service? EasyBring's Erland Bakke explains why your stuff won't get lost - and you won't be asked to deliver a bomb
Government Pressures Tech Firms To Censor More ‘Harmful’ Sites
Maria Miller asks Google, Facebook and BT to meet on blocking illegal content... something they already do
UPDATED: Koobface Facebook Worm Back With A Bang… Or Not
McAfee gets its figures totally wrong on Koobface and apologises
Tech Titans Warn Government On Snooper’s Charter Pitfalls
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo all complain about threats posed by the Communications Data Bill
Nasdaq Charged $10m Over Facebook IPO Failures
Nasdaq slapped with SEC charge twice what was expected a matter of months ago
Facebook Pledges Action After Sexism Campaign
Facebook has vowed to clamp down on postings and pages that promote violence and sexism against women
UK Users Quit Facebook Due To Advert Fatigue
Facebook usage has declined in the UK over the past year, with departing users saying they are fed up with social media advertising, according to YouGov
Eminem Suing Facebook For Copyright Infringement
Facebook’s latest advert features music that sounds suspiciously similar to Eminem’s ‘Under the Influence’
Google Said To Consider Waze Acquisition
First it was Apple, then Facebook, and now Google is reportedly interested in the Israeli start-up
Facebook Cancels HTC First Phone In Europe
HTC First, the Facebook Home flagship, seems to have sunk
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
Yahoo Agrees $1.1bn For Tumblr – Reports
Tumblr's 100 million users could be just what Yahoo needs to look young and fresh
Google I/O: Google Glass Gets New Apps Including Facebook, Twitter
The innovative headset from Google was largely ignored at its annual conference
Facebook To Buy Mapping Firm Waze For $1 Billion – Reports
Facebook is said to be buying navigation start-up Waze, previously courted by Apple
Windows Phone Gets Native YouTube App Despite Microsoft’s Google Complaints
Microsoft puts YouTube on Windows Phone despite claiming Google blocked it
Twitter Leaves TweetDeck To Die
Tweetdeck client continues under tighter Twitter control
Instagram Adds Photo-Tagging Feature
Instagram users can now tag people in photos, a feature inspired by parent company Facebook
Facebook Sees Strong Quarter Fuelled By Mobile Ads
Strong growth in mobile advertising revenues has helped Facebook record positive financial results
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 as good
Privacy Activists Doorstep Facebook Over EU Lobbying
Facebook gets a visit from activists who say it has helped cripple proposed EU privacy rules
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
Cheeky Botnet Pusher Markets Wares On Facebook
Facebook used to sell Zeus botnet console, showing cyber crooks are getting considerably more brazen
Half A Million Download Facebook Home, With Mixed Reactions
Facebook Home has user rating of 2.2 after more than 500,000 downloads
Facebook Data Centres Publish Real-Time Green Data
How green are Facebook's data centres? Check out the dashboards
Social Network Hostility On The Rise
Social networking users are becoming increasingly hostile to offensive comments posted by others online