In the wake of a disaster, one of the most terrifying things is not knowing if your loved ones are safe. Contact can be difficult: Landlines can go down and cellphones can lose their charge. Even if you call your mother and tell …
Yahoo Threatens to Sue Facebook Over Patents
The escalating war between technology companies over intellectual property has had a number of unfortunate consequences, but perhaps none is sadder than the spectacle of an ailing Internet giant using the threat of patent …
The Average User Spent Only Three Minutes on Google+ Last Month
Chances are you saw someone in your social network sharing the Wall Street Journal‘s recent story on the average time spent on different social media sites. Unfortunately for Google, that social network was probably …
Why Google and Others Are On Board with Obama’s Privacy Bill of Rights
If there’s anything remarkable about President Obama’s new “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights,” it’s that it hasn’t raised much of a ruckus in Silicon Valley. Internet giants such as Google and others aren’t raising hell; in fact, …
An Easy Way to Quickly Crop Your Facebook Timeline Cover Photo
The panoramically-wide cover photo that sits atop your profile in Facebook’s new Timeline interface can be a tricky space to fill, given that it doesn’t conform to conventional photos. And while Facebook makes it easy for you use …
PSA: Facebook Links to Whitney Houston Autopsy Video Are Bogus
In news that should shock absolutely nobody, scammers have been trying to cash in on Whitney Houston’s death. One trick: links floating around Facebook purporting to contain a video of Houston’s autopsy that “reveals a shocking …
Facebook Slammed Again Over Zuckerberg’s ‘Autocratic’ Control
As social-networking giant Facebook prepares to go public, the company continues to attract criticism over its corporate governance structure, which is set up to give founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg iron-clad control over its …
Facebook to Start Running Mobile Ads as Early as March
Last week, Facebook revealed that half of its 850 million users log in to the company’s mobile products. The amount of money made on those users? Zilch, because Facebook doesn’t run ads on its mobile apps.
Funny thing about …
Your Negative Status Updates Rub People the Wrong Way, Apparently
Those who use social media as a way to get an ego boost from friends and family (you know who you are), be warned: a new study has found that those with low self-esteem can actually make themselves less likable to others based on …
Facebook’s Timeline Is Here. Everybody Panic!
What Facebook’s new profile tells us about the fight for control of the web.
Photos: Life Inside Facebook Headquarters
A look at life inside Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
Facebook IPO News Roundup
From our friends over at TIME.com’s Business section:
- With IPO, Facebook’s Valuation Could Reach $100 Billion
- Read Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s IPO Letter
- The 11 Largest IPOs in U.S. History
- Facebook by the
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