The idea of a 'Facebook phone' is one that frequently comes up - and it's back again. This time around, Microsoft is said to be pitching Windows Phone to Facebook as the perfect OS for its new device. More...
Facebook has quietly acquired yet another app developer, Glancee, which makes a social networking and discovery app. However, it looks like the app itself has been retired. More...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking tech companies, including Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google, to not oppose a proposed law that would make many Internet services wiretap friendly. More...
There's a new update out for the mobile Facebook Messenger app, which contains a new exclusive feature to mobile - you can now see who has read your messages. More...
Facebook has launched its "road show", a video that shows founder Mark Zuckerberg and a number of other company executives talking about why people should buy shares in their company. More...
Facebook has set the price range of stock for its IPO, according to sources close to the Wall Street Journal. More...
Facebook's Skype-powered video calling will make its way to mobile devices soon, but according to a source, the functionality is there in the current Facebook Messenger app. More...
The Wall Street Journal claims that Facebook is planning to start its roadshow on Monday of next week, where it will pitch its stock to investors. If all goes well, the IPO could occur on May 18. More...
A new report claims that the Instagram app for iOS and Android has now passed the 50 million user mark and is now adding a whopping five million new users a week. More...
Facebook will add a way for its users to show in their Timeline that they are organ donors in an effort that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg says will help save lives. More...
Mark Zuckerberg will reveal a new Facebook tool that can "save lives" tomorrow on Good Morning America, according to a press release from ABC, the show's network. More...
An ambitious new attempt to rearrange the musical charts has been started by a group of pirates and anti-copyright protesters, seeking to push a UK rapper into the charts. More...
Microsoft's Skype division has launched an new app for Facebook users called Humoticon, which adds real human faces to the normal Internet emoticon expressions. More...
Facebook has launched its Antivirus Marketplace page where users can download anti-virus software, including Microsoft Security Essentials. Facebook has also expanded its URL blacklist. More...
The Internet giant's IPO will likely be delayed to mid-June, as the company deals with distractions and recent deals, such as the purchase of Instagram and its patent deal with Microsoft. More...
The team in charge of the official Facebook app for Windows Phone has posted up word that it is working on the next major app update with a number of new features. More...
Ahead of its IPO launch, Facebook announced its first quarter 2012 financial results with $1.06 billion in revenues, $205 million in net income and 901 million monthly users. More...
Microsoft and Facebook will be swapping patents for cash to the tune of 550 million dollars. Microsoft recently purchased the patents from AOL and is now selling 650 of the patents to Facebook. More...
An Australian man narrowly avoided imprisonment as his six month jail sentence was suspended on appeal, after he posted six nude photos of his former girlfriend on Facebook without her permission. More...
A new class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook, claiming that the company doesn't do enough to prevent its Facebook Credits from being sold to minors. More...
The 2012 edition of Time magazine's 100 most influential people list includes executives at Apple, Facebook and Spotify, along with Netscape creator Marc Andreessen and even Anonymous. More...
Is Microsoft planning to sell off the patents it recently acquired from AOL for around $1 billion? A report claims that it is, adding that Microsoft doesn't actually need most of those patents. More...
A new teaser image posted on NVIDIA's Facebook page shows off a tiny portion of what is likely an unannounced product, with the words, "It's coming" to further tease fans. More...
A new report claims that the leaders of Instagram originally wanted to get as much as $2 billion for the sale of the photo app company from its eventual buyer Facebook before settling on $1 billion. More...
Google co-founder Sergey Brin fears that the open nature of the Internet is being threatened by "very powerful forces", adding, "I am more worried than I have been in the past," More...
Instagram, which Facebook just bought for a whopping $1 billion, has gained 10 million new users since the company launched the Android version of the free photo app. More...
A new rumor claims that Microsoft could sell off its Bing search business over to Facebook in exchange for Microsoft acquiring more of Facebook's stock after the company goes public. More...
Facebook announced today that it will allows its users to download more of their account history, including being able to see how many friend requests a person has made. More...
Gaikai has launched its Facebook app which allows PC, Mac and Linux web-based users to stream free PC game demos directly from Facebook. The app will work in North America and Europe. More...
A bill prohibiting employers from asking employees for their passwords to social networking sites has passed the Senate and House in Maryland and awaits the governor's signature. More...
Microsoft has launched a new website, AYearInTheLike.com, which uses a person's Facebook Timeline to create a more graphically rich look back at the past year of a person's life. More...
Facebook has announced that it has acquired Instagram, the company behind the popular photo editing and sharing app for iOS and Android devices, for a whopping $1 billion. More...
A US Marine Corps review board suggests the dishonorable discharge of a Marine who ridiculed President Obama on Facebook, and stated that he would refuse to follow his commander-in-chief's orders. More...
A rising star in social media, Pinterest, has become the third most popular social network in the United States, after Facebook and Twitter. More...
Yahoo has officially announced its plans to lay off about 2,000 of its workers, which represent about 14 percent of its total workforce. The company claims this move will save $375 million a year. More...
A newly launched ad campaign for Skype takes some pot shots against Twitter and Facebook, including one that mocks Twitter's 140 character limit and another that goes after Facebook's wall posts. More...
A new report claims that Procter & Gamble has blocked access to Internet services Pandora and Netflix, saying that their overuse by workers in the office was hogging the company's bandwidth. More...
As expected, Facebook has filed a countersuit against Yahoo, claiming that the company is in violation of a number of Facebook's patents. Yahoo filed its own patent lawsuit against Facebook in March. More...
A teacher's aide was fired due to content on her Facebook and refusing to give her Facebook password to her employer, now she's embroiled in a legal battle with the school district. More...
Facebook is looking to improve its search engine features that will not only help its users but could improve its advertising support, which could cause Facebook to compete more with Google. More...
Students at a high school in Brooklyn, New York, have been told to delete their Facebook accounts due to a breach of the school's policy. More...
A proposed amendment that would have prohibited employers from demanding potential hires' usernames and passwords to social networking sites was shot down Wednesday in the House of Representatives. More...
A woman, upset that her boyfriend didn't visit her on her birthday, committed suicide while chatting with friends on Facebook and posted pictures during the entire process. More...
A new message from Facebook takes some businesses to task for asking for the Facebook passwords of their employees, stating that Facebook could even take legal action against such companies. More...
Microsoft Research is developing a new software program called Lifebrowser that seems to be very similar to what Facebook has created for its recent Timeline feature. More...
Findings indicate that Facebook's more active users are more likely to exhibit narcissistic tendencies due to their larger audience. More...
After Sunday's season finale, it'll be a long wait until The Walking Dead returns this Fall. But AMC is preparing another fix of zombie-slashing action, in the form of a new official game on Facebook. More...
James Whittaker, who left Microsoft in 2009 to become Google's Test Director, has now rejoined Microsoft and written a blog post slamming Google, claiming the company has changed for the worst. More...
Yahoo has filed a huge lawsuit against Facebook, claiming that the social network has infringed on many of its patents. Facebook has called Yahoo's actions "puzzling." More...
Facebook's new Timeline profile design is beginning to show up on the service's business and other fan pages, offering organizations more ways to customize their Facebook profiles. More...