Facebook expands Africa push
It’s the new frontier for the internet – connecting billions of people in Africa and Asia who have yet to sample the delights of the...
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Technology: More headline-grabbing corporate deals expected
LONDON (AP) — More headline-grabbing acquisitions are likely over the coming year as businesses take advantage of a period of improving economic growth and cheap...
Technology: Facebook website returns to service after crash
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc.’s FB.O website crashed briefly on Thursday, temporarily preventing computer and mobile phone users from reaching the site around the globe. During...
Facebook: Zuckerberg, wife gift $120M to CA schools
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $120 million to the San Francisco Bay Area’s public...
Social Networking: Watch brilliant film slating social media that is taking the internet by storm
This brilliant short film slating ‘antisocial’ media has taken over the internet after going viral with nearly 20 million views in just over a week....
Technology: Facebook lets users limit data shared with apps
(Reuters) – Facebook introduced new features on Wednesday that let users limit how much personal information they share with third-party mobile apps, a move meant...
Technology: Facebook buys fitness app firm
Facebook has added a Finnish firm that makes a fitness tracking app to its ever-increasing portfolio of purchases. Helsinki-based ProtoGeo created the Moves app that...
Technology: Facebook to use satellites, drones to spread the Internet
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc is harnessing satellite, drone and other technology as part of an ambitious and costly effort to beam Internet connectivity to people...
Technology: Facebook buying virtual-reality company for $2B
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is buying virtual reality company Oculus, betting $2 billion that its technology will become a new way for people to...
Technology: Yahoo to stop user access of services with Facebook, Google IDs
(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc will stop letting consumers access its various online services, including Fantasy Sports and photo-sharing site Flickr, by signing-in with their Facebook...