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Facebook to set up international home in Dublin
News As it expands across the globe, social network Facebook will establish its official international headquarters in the Irish capital of Dublin, the Irish Times reported Thursday. The Dublin office will be the centre of... [03 Oct 2008]
Facebook embraces old terms in privacy revolt
News Facing a US federal complaint from a privacy advocacy organisation and a revolt by tens of thousands of its users, Facebook backed down on Tuesday night from what many have seen as an onerous privacy policy. [18 Feb 2009]
Facebook users get voice updates
News Facebook and other social networking addicts can now post updates to their walls or Twitter feeds with voice calls through their mobile phones. The new service from SpinVox allows people to set up an account to manage... [25 Oct 2007]
Mobiles on the moon, Google Android, Facebook fall
News Facebook suffers from social networking slowdown Another story that was big news on silicon.com this month is a report suggesting the UK may be falling out of love with Facebook. Spring is almost in the... [28 Feb 2008]
Facebook adds open source guru to its books
News The news started to emerge in various Twitter feeds and personal blog posts on Monday: David Recordon, a Six Apart developer and prominent open-standards advocate, has left the blog software company to take a job at... [26 Aug 2009]
Facebook Connect goes global
News Facebook has announced that its log-in system, Facebook Connect, is officially open for business for non-Facebook sites. The social network is making the implementation of... [05 Dec 2008]
Facebook banned by half of employers
News Half of businesses are restricting employees' access to social networking site Facebook, due to concerns about productivity and security. According to research by security company Sophos, 43 per cent of workers polled... [21 Aug 2007]
Facebook Koobface worm strikes again
News A worm responsible for sending Facebook users malicious code has surfaced. A Facebook representative said the worm isn't new; it dates back to August, although the variant that first appeared on... [05 Dec 2008]
Facebook ads to get up close and personal?
News Facebook is "quietly" assembling a new advertising model that will take advantage of the copious amounts of personal information its members post on their profiles, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal's... [23 Aug 2007]
Facebook spammer fined $873m
News Facebook has been awarded $873m in damages against a Canadian man accused of sending spam messages to its members. The Facebook award is the largest judgment in history for a case brought under the... [25 Nov 2008]
Facebook slams gov't snooping plans
News Social-networking site Facebook has criticised government suggestions that intelligence services should monitor the web communications of all UK citizens. Facebook chief privacy officer and head of... [25 Mar 2009]
Facebook grumblers prompt a layout change
News Facebook has been deluged with feedback on its new layout, much of it negative, which has resulted in the social networking site adapting of the changes. No specific timeframe was mentioned for most of the updates,... [25 Mar 2009]
Facebook gets £200m boost from European investor
News Facebook announced on Tuesday a $200m investment from Digital Sky Technologies (DST). Presuming Facebook is valued at $10bn, DST's $200m comes out to about a 1.96 per cent stake, the companies said in a... [27 May 2009]
Facebook for iPhone gets an overhaul
News The third major edition of Facebook for iPhone has just crept into the iTunes App Store. It's a huge update, with numerous advanced features that make Facebook more interactive than before and which... [28 Aug 2009]
Facebook goes all chocolaty
News You can now send your Facebook friends chocolaty gifts which they can then pick up at a shop using their mobile phone. Facebook users add the application to their profile then choose the gift - such as a... [14 Feb 2008]
