On Saturday, the World Weekly News announced Facebook would shutter its site on March 15, never to appear online again. And the Internet fell for it.
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World Weekly, the longtime satirical tabloid probably best known for its “Bat Boy” series, claimed that running …
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Facebook is getting ready to go public and increase their shareholders above 500 members in 2012. Details were revealed in a 100-page document sent to a select group of potential investors.The company is currently under a SEC investigation that is looking into claims that the company has gone …
Sources have told Reuters that LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, has plans to sell public stock options in the upcoming year. According to the story, the company, which has over 85 million profiles and makes money from advertising and premium account sales, has already chosen Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and JP Morgan as …
A new Facebook app gives users the power to manipulate Facebook’s new photo bank into a system of frames for your profile picture.
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Released by Schweppes (yes, the beverage company) on their Facebook fan page last week, the app, named Profile Yourself, takes a …
The government is cashing in on the social media action Wednesday with the help of C-SPAN, who is currently live streaming the transition to the 112th Congress on its Facebook page.
Viewers will be able to watch the floor proceedings, as well as John Boehner’s first speech as speaker of the House. In addition, C-SPAN is encouraging …
With Facebook’s ever-evolving profile, sometimes it seems simpler to leave your profile information untouched than update it, even if your fondness for The Amazing Race has seriously dwindled over the last few years. Still, your online identity could be in serious need of some readjustments.
As Facebook profiles are now considered a …
After a $500 million investment from Goldman Sachs and a big time Russian investment firm, Facebook ‘s value jumps to a stunning $50 billion, making the company worth more than competing companies eBay, Yahoo and Time Warner.
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The new investment comes at the beginning …
As we close the door on 2010, you might find yourself wondering, “What was that year all about?” Well, finally you can find out, thanks to Hitwise listing the most searched-for terms on the internet over the last fifty-two weeks. For example, Facebook owned the year. Not only was “facebook” the most searched-for term of the year (with …
It was a big year in tech: Apple unveiled the iPad (remember how much slack they got for the name? Now it’s a part of our everyday language). Google’s Nexus One launched (and failed), but the android operating system and app market blew up big. Facebook had lots of issues with privacy (but still managed to make an impact).
As 2010 …
The number of Facebook friends you have is correlated to the size of your amygdala, the center used to process the memory of your emotional reactions in your brain, according to a new study published in Nature Neuroscience. The volume of your amydala has been connected to the size of the circle of those you come in contact with even …
There’s no denying: Facebook had a hell of a year.
From a media standpoint, its copious (and sometimes scandalous) headlines were a dream – even Hollywood agreed. There have been few stories to match Facebook’s, and when they come along, the world seems to pounce. But mistaking the company (or its 26-year-old billionaire CEO) as …
Due to a tidal wave of spam-filled links from Bit.ly’s j.mp URL shortener, Facebook has temporarily blocked the links from the site. “As part of our effort to keep Facebook and the people who use our service secure, we closely monitor the content shared on the site for spam and malicious content,” Facebook said of the blockage. …
