Facebook purchased in the last five months eight of 10 patents it has cited in a counterclaim to a patent …
Facebook teams up with security vendors, offers free antivirus software
Facebook has teamed up with five security vendors to offer a range of free and subscription-based antivirus packages. Microsoft, McAfee, …
Sophos partners with Facebook for user protection
IT security and data protection company Sophos today announced a partnership with Facebook to help protect users from links that …
Facebook earnings show continued growth, decline in profit
Facebook announced on Monday that its total revenue rose 45 percent year over year in the first quarter of 2012, …
Facebook pays Microsoft $550m for AOL patents
Microsoft and Facebook, which have struck a variety of business, technology and advertising agreements in recent years, announced yesterday a deal …
Twitter wanted to buy Instagram, but won’t copy Facebook
Twitter expressed an interest in buying Instagram long before the photo sharing app was snapped up by Facebook for $1 …
Facebook buys Instagram for $1 billion
Facebook is buying Instagram, a popular mobile photo-sharing app, for $1 billion in cash and stock. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder …
Legal team of man who claims to own half of Facebook to present in court
Facebook is seemingly on top of the world as it continues to bring in ad revenue and prepares to go …
Facebook warns employers not to ask job applicants for log-in credentials
Facebook on Friday warned employers about trying to gain inappropriate access to Facebook accounts to check out private information about …
Google+ could catch up on Facebook, say app developers
Recent surveys of mobile app developers found that 66% of them feel Google+ could catch up to Facebook. When asked …
Facebook, Apple, Twitter sued for using privacy-invading mobile apps
Facebook, Apple, Twitter and 15 other companies have been hit with a lawsuit accusing them of distributing privacy-invading mobile applications. …
Yahoo sues Facebook
Yahoo is accusing Facebook of copying a range of technologies that the flagging search company invented, in a lawsuit that …
Facebook launches Messenger for Windows
Facebook has officially launched Facebook Messenger for Windows, a desktop client that lets you chat with and message your Facebook friends, …
In 20 years we won’t use the term ‘internet’: Sullivan, Facebook CSO
Joe Sullivan, chief security officer at Facebook, said he believes in 20 years the term ‘internet’ will not be used anymore because …
Yahoo, Facebook in intellectual property dispute
Yahoo is threatening action unless Facebook licenses some of its technologies, as other web and technology companies are said to …
Google, Microsoft and Facebook battle to end bogus email
Google, Microsoft and Facebook are amongst the major internet companies that have announced a new specification to streamline the way …
Facebook’s new applications could let you share more information
Facebook may be set to announce an update to the social network that will allow users to share even more …
Facebook brings back Hacker Cup
In an effort to challenge programmers worldwide, Facebook has brought back its Hacker Cup contest for a third round, the …
Google, Facebook are dominant websites of 2011
Online giants Google and Facebook came out as the most-visited Web sites of 2011, according to a Nielsen report. Meanwhile, …
PayPal launches Facebook app for sending money
PayPal has launched a Facebook application designed to let users of the social networking site send money to each other. …