Morgan Stanley fined $5 mn over Facebook breach
18 Dec 2012
Netflix chief’s Facebook pos attracts SEC notice
07 Dec 2012
Facebook, Zynga change terms of association
30 Nov 2012
Facebook outrage: charges against girls dropped
30 Nov 2012
The Maharashtra Police have decided to drop charges against the two girls whose arrests over a Facebook posting criticising the shutdown of Mumbai during Bal Thackeray's funeral sparked a national outrage
Facebook messages may prevent sexually transmitted infections
13 Oct 2012
Sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevention messages delivered by Facebook can be effective in promoting condom use among young adults in the short term, a new study has found
Facebook accused of "immoral tax avoidance"
12 Oct 2012
Facebook is facing accusations of "disingenuous and immoral" tax avoidance following new analysis of its UK business that suggests the social networking giant paid only £238,000 in corporation tax in Britain last year
Facebook investor lawsuits consolidated under Manhattan judge
05 Oct 2012
Facebook scored over Nasdaq as a seven-judge panel ruled that investor lawsuits over the social media firm’s initial public offer would be heard by a New York federal judge
Facebook hits 1-billion user mark
04 Oct 2012
Facebook Inc today said it reached the 1 billion active monthly users threshold last month, had gained 45 million users since June
Facebook could capture 50 % of global search market in just a few years
17 Sep 2012
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear that Facebook has every intention of giving Google a run for its money by marrying social networking with one of the most valuable areas of the technology industry --- search, says Andreas Pouros is Chief Operating Officer at Greenlight
Facebook shares dip to record low at $18.31
03 Sep 2012
Google, Facebook cooperating with India on hate content
22 Aug 2012
Google and Facebook have said that they were cooperating with Indian authorities to remove inflammatory and hateful content from the websites.
Facebook shares rise 2.3 % after falling to half of IPO price
21 Aug 2012
Times had been tough from the start for Facebook after its initial public offering on 18 May when technical glitches hit the Nasdaq exchange causing delays in confirming trades
Is advertising on Facebook dead?
13 Aug 2012
Is advertising on Facebook dead? Well, not yet. But I do believe it is in the ICU. By Raj Halve
Netflix CEO buys $1 million worth of Facebook shares
13 Aug 2012
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is the only Facebook insider to have disclosed buying stock since the company's May initial public offering
Facebook settles with FTC over privacy practices
11 Aug 2012
Facebook has been forced to accept to have privacy inspections by an independent watchdog for the next 20 years
Facebook losing its advertising face!
10 Aug 2012
The Australian Advertising Standards Board has ruled that all posts made on liquor giant Smirnoff’s Facebook page would be considered as advertisements
Facebook shares down to new lows
04 Aug 2012
Facebook reports $157 million Q2 loss
27 Jul 2012
Facebook has not yet been able to work out how to make money from people using the site on mobile device
BBC’s ‘VirtualBagel’ experiment does not prove Facebook Advertising ineffective
16 Jul 2012
The effectiveness of advertising on Facebook is being called into question following revelations from the BBC that its ‘VirtualBagel’ experiment, an imaginary business which it started in a bid to test it, received 1,600 ‘likes’ in just 24 hours despite the fact that the ‘VirtualBagel’ page offered no products or interesting content. By Hannah Kimuyu, director of paid media at independent specialist SEO and PPC consulting and technology firm, Greenlight
Yahoo, Facebook end patent dispute; launch advertising alliance
09 Jul 2012
The agreements include a patent portfolio cross-licence under which Yahoo and Facebook form a strategic advertising partnership and distribution arrangements
IPO market sharply down after Facebook fiasco
23 Jun 2012
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