Facebook’s newest proposed governing documents — its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Data Use Policy — are now in the hands in of the nearly 1 billion-member Facebook public who use the social network.
Today, Facebook announced that its …
Facebook wrapped up its second week of public trading at a $27.84, down 26.8 percent from its initial offering price of $38.
The all-time high for Facebook stock is $45, and its all-tie low is $26.83 — a huge range …
Facebook went down for a while between last night and today, taking a few much-needed, well deserved moments of rest from an unrelenting Internet.
Put somewhat differently, the company’s servers and/or software caved at one of the worst possible moments, …
The socially-augmented, Facebook-laden version of Bing’s search engine is now live for all in the U.S., Microsoft announced today.
The new social Bing, first revealed in early May, features a three column design with search results on the left, a …
Fighting AIDS through Foursquare check-ins and lattes, non-profit (RED), Starbucks, and the location-based startup have partnered up for a 10-day fundraising and AIDS awareness campaign.
From June 1 to 10, Starbucks will donate $1 to the Global Fund, the recipient …
Use Facebook? Of course you do! But do you use it in a way that promotes and improves human rights?
If you have a great idea or application that uses the Facebook platform for human rights, the company just might …
For years, Facebook has been working hard to scrub anti-gay bullying from its users’ pages, and those efforts have not gone unnoticed. Today, we learn that the social network is being honored with a GLAAD award for its contributions to …
It’s a new generation — of young 20-somethings who tweet from their smartphones.
From May 2011 to February 2012, the overall percentage of online adults who use Twitter barely moved the needle, growing by a measly 2 percent to 15 …
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Web-clipping and bookmarking tool Clipboard is dressing up in its best new features and making a grand public debut today. The site, which has been invite-only since it launched in October, is finally open to anyone who wants to sign …
Elegant discovery and sharing tool Fancy released a new iPhone and iPad app today, adding some simple social commerce to the mix that might just change the whole experience.
If you haven’t heard of Fancy, think of it this way: …
It may be time to sack your therapist. The researchers conducting the world’s first clinical study on the use of smartphone apps to treat depression have given VentureBeat a preview of the results. 73.5 percent of depressed participants who used …
Google surprised a lot of people last fall when it announced that it was buying restaurant ratings company Zagat. Now, Google is finally making some moves with the buy via Google+ Local, an overhaul of Google’s local search.
With the …
Buzzword or not, gamification, or the use of game-like rewards to engage customers and employees, is getting real. Badgeville, the creator of a popular gamification platform, has raised $25 million in a third round of funding.
The large amount of …
Twitter and performance issues have been synonymous for almost as long as Twitter has existed, turning the familiar fail whale into a common Internet meme. However, with a new update rolling out starting today, Twitter engineers are hoping for complete …
Cloud enterprise powerhouse Salesforce is in talks to buy social media and brand management business Buddy Media for more than $800 million, according to an AllThingsD report.
Buddy Media helps many major brands manage their Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+ …
Facebook's stock on the Nasdaq exchange dropped by about 9.6 percent in regular trading Tuesday, a steep drop from its original IPO price of $38 a share.
The Chinese equivalent of Twitter has just issued a “code of conduct” for its users in an attempt to put a stop to political criticism, rumors, and the spread of social unrest.
Weibo.com, an online property run by Sina Corp, …
Facebook’s rumored interest in purchasing facial recognition startup Face.com may become a reality thanks to some help from an unlikely source.
Russian-based search engine Yandex is said to be mulling the sale of its share in Face.com to the social …
A hedge fund that analyzed tweets to figure out where to invest closed its doors after just one month, and is now preparing a public Twitter-based trading tool.
