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Pinterest Seeks Investment, Valued At $2.5bn – Report
Pinterest is looking for funds to expand its business and generate revenue
NASDAQ Could Be Fined $5 Million Over Facebook IPO
Investors lost as much as $500 million when Facebook went public, but the stock exchange says it’s not to blame
Facebook Risks Fresh Privacy Row With Tracking App
Facebook is reportedly developing a mobile app that tracks your location, even when the handset is not being used
Facebook Grows Despite Sharp Profit Fall
Facebook has recorded impressive revenue growth thanks in part to its growing focus on mobile devices
The Botnet That Stole 16,000 Facebook Logins
Attackers show off potential for mass theft of Facebook passwords
Apple Blamed After Google Maps Loses App Crown
Google Maps is no longer the most popular mobile app in the US, having been overtaken by Facebook
Can Facebook’s Open Compute Explode The Server Market?
Facebook's Open Compute could make traditional servers obsolete, says Peter Judge
Yahoo! Swallows Social News Startup Snip.It
The revamp of Yahoo! continues as it acquires social news clipping service Snip.it...and then shuts it down
TweetDeck Closure Letter Is A Sign Of Closer Ties With Twitter
TweetDeck will close as a company but client will continue as Twitter builds up its walled garden
Social Internet ‘Could Split Britain Further Apart’
Government advised to think about the negative impact of technology on social integration
Bing Boosts Facebook Results In Social Sidebar
Microsoft has revamped its Bing social sidebar to add more results from Facebook timelines
Instagram Readies Revised ‘Terms of Service’
Instragram will at the weekend implement its new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service that has previously drawn controversy
Facebook Messenger Voice Call Trial Expands To US
Facebook extends voice call trial to the US after successful testing in Canada
EMC And ARM Dive Into Facebook’s Open Compute Club
EMC joins despite earlier saying Open Compute-defined systems are not ready for critical data centres
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