‘Say Thanks’ videos from Facebook let you send video messages to friends, family

On Wednesday, Facebook announced “Say Thanks” videos, a way for users to create personalized videos to celebrate friendships. The vide...

Facebook Has Its Own Get Out the Vote Message

Facebook wants its users in the United States to vote this Election Day — and it plans to put a reminder Tuesday at the top of the news fe...

Complaint over Facebook emotion test

In The study was carried out for one week in 2012 and targeted almost 700,000 users by varying the personalized content sent to their Faceb...

Facebook 'in talks to buy drone satellite firm'

Facebook is reportedly in discussions to acquire Titan Aerospace, a manufacturer of drones, for around $60m. Titan Aerospace specialises...

Facebook-WhatsApp Deal Risks Sparking Privacy Probes Across EU

Facebook Inc. (FB)’s plan to buy WhatsApp Inc. for as much as $19 billion risks triggering privacy probes across the European Union as...

Mark Zuckerberg goes to Barcelona to make mobile friends

If confirmation was needed that we live in the age of the mobile phone, then the presence of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at the Mob...

Facebook turned down WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton for job in 2009

It turned out to be an expensive mistake for Mark Zuckerberg. A $19bn (£14bn) one to be precise. In the summer of 2009 Facebook turned dow...

Facebook to buy messaging network WhatsApp

The world's largest social network is expanding its reach again. Facebook has announced it will buy the mobile messaging service Whats...

Facebook Can Predict With Scary Accuracy If Your Relationship Will Last

In honor of Valentine's Day, Facebook let us in on something creepy. With the mountains of data it has on its members, Facebook has a ...

Facebook at 10: How it grew from a social network to a social phenomenon

A decade ago, four friends launched a service in their Harvard dorm room. TheFacebook.com was originally supposed to be just a social ne...

Facebook will lose 80% of users by 2017, say Princeton researchers

Facebook has spread like an infectious disease but we are slowly becoming immune to its attractions, and the platform will be largely aba...

Facebook's Sandberg is now a billionaire

A record high close for Facebook shares has made Sheryl Sandberg one of the youngest female billionaires ever, according to a ranking from...

In Europe, Thousands of Requests for Facebook Data

Online surveillance by the United States was the main subject of a hearing on Monday evening organized by the European Parliament’s civil ...

Facebook needs to keep mobile momentum

Facebook finally decided to concentrate on mobile late last year, and its shares have recovered nicely from their post-IPO doldrums. To ...

Brazil judge orders Facebook memorial page remove

A Brazilian judge has ordered Facebook to delete the profile of a 24-year-old journalist who died in May last year. The mother of Julian...

Dead customer Virgin Media bill goes viral on Facebook

A broadband bill sent to a deceased man, which included a fine for late payment, has been shared more than 53,000 times by Facebook user...