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Facebook And FTC Agree Settlement Over Privacy Row
Facebook has avoided an FTC fine, but will be monitored for 20 years as part of its settlement with the FTC for misleading users over privacy
Facebook Introduces Phishing Reporting Service
Facebook introduces a phishing reporting service for its security-aware users
Facebook Gambling ‘Gives Hackers Greater Reason To Attack It’
Hackers are likely to be excited by Facebook's move in to gambling
Facebook App Adverts Seek To Increase Mobile Revenue
Social network hopes to monetise its mobile user base
Facebook Enters Gambling Market With ‘Bingo Friendzy’
World’s first real-cash Facebook game launched in the UK
McAfee Social Protection Tool Safeguards Facebook Photos
Intel's McAfee is developing a security app that offers customisable protection of Facebook photos
Filing Reveals 83 Million Fake Facebook Accounts
Advertisers and investors unlikely to be impressed by revelation that 83m of Facebook's 995m active users are fake
Facebook Carbon Footprint Data Shared For First Time Ever
Zuckerberg and Co open up on environmental footprint of the social network
Facebook Shares At A Record Low
The social network has lost 40 percent of its value since IPO
Twitter Fail Caused By Triple Data Centre Collapse
Two Twitter failovers fail in a full-on day of IT fail
Facebook Relief After It Beats Wall Street Expectations
Executives at Facebook have breathed a sigh of relief after posting their first earnings report that beat expectations
HTC Facebook Phone Coming Next Year – Report
Social network wants more revenue from mobile advertising
Web Giants Form Internet Association To Lobby US Government
Google, Facebook, eBay and Amazon believed to be the leading backers of new lobbying group
London Calling For Facebook Engineering Team
Facebook likes London, as a tech team starts up in Covent Garden
SAP Upgrades BI With Mobile Improvements
SAP's upgrade to its business intelligence products improves support for mobile platforms including iOS and Android, and adds social features
Enterprise Social Networks – Reject The Me-Too Players
Business apps need social media, but it's more than just a Facebook Like button in your CRM system, says Rebert J Mullins
Digg Dug Its Own Grave
Social darling Digg dug its own grave by ignoring users, says Chris Preimesberger
BBC Study Questions Facebook Ad Value
You may be wasting money getting people to Like you
Facebook Patents Dispute With Yahoo Ends With New Partnership
Two of tech's biggest names settle their patent dispute and enter new advertising and marketing agreements
Telefonica Signs Mobile Payments Deals With Facebook, Google, Microsoft
Network looks to take advantage of its billing network across Europe for mobile payments
Linkedin Drops Twitter Feeds As Partnerships Dies
A LinkedIn and Twitter partnership comes to an end as the latter looks to get a grip on the developer ecosystem
Sophos Highlights Security Risk After Facebook Email Change
Facebook's decision to make the @facebook.com address the default email address is a security risk, warns Sophos
Facebook Defaults To Facebook Email Addresses
Users of the social network now have @facebook.com address listed by default
Microsoft Buys Social Network Yammer For £763m
Microsoft has confirmed plans to purchase enterprise social networking site Yammer for $1.2 billion
Louise Mensch’s Twitter-Like Menshn Opens In UK
Louise Mensch's social network launches in the UK to cover England's Euro2012 failure
Facebook Gives Users More Control Over Sponsored Ad Data
Users will be able to opt out from the "holy grail" of advertising
Twitter Denies Hackers Caused Fail
UGNazi hackers claimed responsibilty for an outage, Twitter denied it
Facebook Acquires Face.com Recognition Technology
Social network set to bring the technology that powers its tag suggestions feature in-house
Facebook Pays $10m To Charity To Settle Privacy Lawsuit
Social network makes donation after alleged violation of users rights to name and likeness in sponsored ads