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Facebook Joins Global Network Initiative

David Cohen — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:41:06 +0000

Human-rights group the Global Network Initiative welcome a new member Wednesday, as Facebook confirmed that it joined GNI.

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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Is No. 6 On ‘Forbes’ World’s 100 Most Powerful Women List

David Cohen — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:24:01 +0000

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg managed to Lean In to a pretty prestigious list: Forbes’ The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, where she ended up at No. 6.

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Introducing Facebook For Google Glass

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:03:13 +0000

While there have been two unofficial Facebook applications for Google Glass, Google announced Thursday at its I/O conference that an official Facebook app is coming to the high-tech specs. It will allow Google Glass owners to instantly share photos to their Facebook accounts.

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STUDY: Facebook Reigns Supreme In South Asia

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:58:38 +0000

Facebook is handily winning the battle of social networks in south Asia. According to a new study by Jana, Facebook is the social network of choice in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam, toppling Twitter, Google Plus, and Zing. In nearly every country, more than 70 percent of respondents said they use Facebook more than any other social media site.

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REPORT: Fate Of Israel Development Center, Employees Holding Up Facebook-Waze Talks

David Cohen — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:21:09 +0000

Facebook’s efforts to acquire satellite navigation startup Waze in a deal potentially valued at as high as $1 billion have hit a major roadblock, as Israeli daily newspaper Calcalist reported that Waze’s co-founders and CEO are balking at the shuttering of the company’s development center in Israel and the relocation of some of its employees to the social network’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.

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Facebook To Mozilla: Add WebP Support To Firefox

David Cohen — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:37:40 +0000

Facebook announced last month that it was experimenting with the use of Google’s WebP image format due to its smaller file sizes for photos, and now the social network is trying to get Firefox parent Mozilla on board.

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Facebook (Unofficially) Lands On Google Glass

Justin Lafferty — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:55:41 +0000

Although it’s only available to a super-select few, Facebook already has a home on Google Glass. It’s not the official Facebook application, but TechCrunch reports that recently launched photo sharing app Glass to Facebook uploads photos taken with Google Glass to users’ Facebook accounts.

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Facebook Joins Fortune 500

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:31:35 +0000

Facebook is in some great company right now, with Amazon, eBay, and Yahoo, on the Fortune 500 list. Fortune announced that the social network cracked the prestigious list for the first time, coming in at No. 482 — 12 spots ahead of Yahoo.

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Lead Android Designer On Facebook Home: ‘They Did A Nice Job’

Justin Lafferty — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:59:00 +0000

One of the first questions after Facebook announced Home, which takes over the home screen from Android, was what Google thought of the product. Google’s director of Android operating system user experience recently told ABC News that he’s a fan of Facebook Home.

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Mark Zuckerberg-Led FWD.us Adds Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, Brad Smith, Sean Parker

David Cohen — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:10:58 +0000

FWD.us, the political advocacy group spearheaded by Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, added some tech muscle, as Microsoft Co-Founder and Non-Executive Chairman Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Microsoft General Counsel and Executive Vice President Brad Smith, and former Facebook President Sean Parker joined the group.

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Facebook Testing Google WebP Image Format

David Cohen — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:43:31 +0000

Facebook is running a limited test of a possible solution to the staggering amount of photos hosted by the social network, converting JPEG photos to Google’s WebP image format for compatible browsers such as Google Chrome and Opera, but the experiment is already facing resistance.

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REPORT: Facebook To Build $1.5B Data Center In Altoona, Iowa

David Cohen — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:31:13 +0000

Facebook plans to build a $1.5 billion data center in Altoona, Iowa, joining its existing facilities in Prineville, Ore.; Forest City, N.C.; and Luleå, Sweden, the Des Moines Register reported.

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INFOGRAPHIC: How Much Personal Information Are You Sharing On Facebook?

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:25:19 +0000

As a former con man once pointed out, the more personal information you have publicly on Facebook, the easier it is for an identity thief to strike. NextAdvisor.com compiled an infographic showing how often identity thieves use social media, and what kind of information Facebook users share.

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Facebook’s Partner Category Targeting: Is Your Head Spinning Yet?

Dennis Yu — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:31:22 +0000

Recently, Facebook announced something called partner category targeting, which lets us run ads based on a user’s retail shopping behavior and other offline information.

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Will Facebook Home Find A Home On IPhone, Windows Phone?

David Cohen — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:20:31 +0000

Facebook Home still has that new-home smell, but the rumors are already swirling about the mobile overlay being added to other operating systems, such as Apple’s iOS and Microsoft’s Windows Phone.

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