Just weeks before the IPO, some marketers are already complaining about Facebook’s advertising business — not a great sign for a company that gets the vast majority of its revenue from online ads.
via With IPO Looming, Is Facebook’s Advertising Business Ready For Prime Time? | Business | TIME.com.
Not content with merely changing the world, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks he can save a few lives as well.
Starting today, Facebook users in the United States and United Kingdom can post organ donor status to their …
Individual investors are unlikely to be able to buy Facebook shares before they start trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
There is no Facebook phone, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has insisted time after time. But the rumor mill won’t listen, and now DigiTimes reports that HTC is working on the fabled device.
HTC is developing a “customized smartphone in …
With its planned initial public offering just weeks away, social networking juggernaut Facebook reported that its first-quarter profit fell 12% thanks to a dramatic increase in the company’s expenses as it continues its torrid growth.
via Facebook Reveals New Financial Data, Buys $550M in Patents from Microsoft as Yahoo Fight Looms …
Google might not exist today had dominant rivals like Facebook been around when Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin created their search powerhouse, says Brin. In an interview with the Guardian, Brin says the Internet …
Ever wonder what information Facebook is collecting about you? Well, you’ve been able to find out since 2010, when Facebook first introduced the Download Your Information feature.
Now the company has announced that it’s making …
Facebook’s COO makes the case that there’s nothing shameful about leaving work at 5:30 p.m. every day to eat dinner with your kids. Does she get special dispensation because of her status?
First, an important disclaimer: I’m not predicting that Facebook is going to ruin Instagram, the wonderful photo-sharing service for smartphones which it is acquiring.
True, when I think of startups Facebook has acquired, I …
When Facebook announced on Monday that it will buy Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stocks, both companies emphasized that the photo-sharing app isn’t going away. But that’s about all they focused on in the announcement, …
Seeing as I just started using Instagram last week when it first became available for Android, it’s hard for me to muster outrage over the fact today Facebook bought it for $1 billion.
But apparently people are upset.
I …
Facebook just announced that “it has reached an agreement to acquire Instagram, a fun, popular photo-sharing app for mobile devices.” The deal consists of “approximately $1 billion in a combination of cash and shares of Facebook” …
