RSS facebookFacebook suffers from social networking slowdown
News Facebook has suffered its first monthly drop in UK users for 17 months, falling by five per cent to 8.4 million unique users between December 2007 and January 2008. Alex Burmaster, European internet analyst at Nielsen Online, said this fall in... [22 Feb 2008]
Facebook founder talks 'Google-isation' and aggressive growth…
News Facebook has announced it has hired six-year Google veteran Sheryl Sandberg as its chief operating officer, a big move as the hot social network attempts to convince people it's here to stay. Here Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg chats about... [06 Mar 2008]
Facebook for BlackBerry racks up a million hits
News BlackBerry users have racked up more than one million downloads of a Facebook app in the five months since it launched. Facebook for BlackBerry - which is free to download and launched on 24 October last year - allows users to perform a variety of... [02 Apr 2008]
Facebook CEO: No IPO for "years"
News Facebook's CEO has very publicly doused speculation about an imminent initial public offering. What with all the hype and frenzy surrounding Facebook, Zuckerberg not surprisingly attracted a spill-over audience crowding into the main ballroom of... [18 Oct 2007]
Facebook ups privacy and says it wants to Chat
News Facebook will roll out more extensive privacy controls today, as well as an instant-messaging service soon, representatives from the company announced during a press briefing at the company's headquarters in California. [19 Mar 2008]
Facebook top of Vodafone's mobile web
News The top two searches on the operator's mobile internet service - which launched last summer - are social networking websites Facebook and Bebo. Facebook is also the most visited site for Vodafone mobile broadband users, followed by Google and the BBC. [01 May 2008]
Facebook under attack: The spam and phishing threat
News The popular social-networking site Facebook is coming under increased attack by spammers and phishers, the company's security chief has revealed. Kelly explained the hack attacks included non-specific threats, such as edge-of-network penetration... [23 Apr 2008]
Facebook opens up its Platform
News Facebook has announced the architecture for its developer platform will be made available to other social networking sites, potentially rendering moot the criticism that its strategy is too "closed" - and possibly dealing a huge blow to Google's... [13 Dec 2007]
Facebook opens the door to outsiders
News Social networking site Facebook is finally opening up to third-party software developers - a move that comes three years after rival MySpace jumped to a staggering lead in the space largely by throwing the doors open to outside services. [25 May 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 air but something else taking off this month... [28 Feb 2008]
Battle of the social networks: Facebook outpaces MySpace
News New figures from metrics firm comScore show that, in May, the battle of the social-networking sites may have gained a new front-runner: Facebook appears to have surpassed long-time rival MySpace in worldwide unique visitors for the first time. [24 Jun 2008]
CIO Essentials: Facebook, data breaches and email overload
News Editor's Blog: The Facebook sweepstake The use of Facebook by prospective employers is an interesting use of social networking. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our CIO Essentials feature puts you in the picture. [07 Aug 2007]
Facebook Connects with other sites
News Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, has officially rolled out Facebook Connect, a way for apps not on the Facebook Platform to leverage the Facebook social network. Facebook Connect allows other websites and apps to have their users log in, or... [24 Jul 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 said their employer blocks... [21 Aug 2007]
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 website. [23 Aug 2007]
