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Facebook is a social networking service funded by some twins and eventually turned into a movie with a Nine Inch Nails soundtrack. Mark Zuckerberg almost called it TheFaceBook before settling on DeFacebook and eventually just Facebook. Zuckerberg has become one of the youngest and most successful entrepreneurs in the world, enjoying a healthy revenue stream (in the billions) while gradually eroding the entire world's privacy. As Justin Timberlake said, "You know what's cool? Willingly submitting all of your personal information to a third party website."
Latest Facebook news
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LinkedIn announces prostitute pogrom
In other words, the ban is about as pointless as a Facebook Like button on a porn site. -
Facebook fraudsters target religious leaders
Facebook scammers are increasingly trying to imitate American religious leaders and rake in some easy money. -
Facebook rumoured to be buying Waze for $1 billion
Global data harvesting operation Facebook is rumoured to be in talks to buy an Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up, called Waze, for as much as $1 billion. -
Facebook posts Q1 results
Worldwide data harvesting operation, Facebook, has reported a decent 38 percent boost in first quarter revenue thanks in part to improving its performance in mobile ads. -
Chat apps whisper SMS' swan song
Services like WhatsApp, Viber, Skype, and Facebook Chat raced past SMS in 2012, with Informa recording 19 billion messages sent per day on chat apps - trumping 17.6 billion sent by SMS. -
Scoble's Google Glass review: putting the ogle in Google
CommentIt is already possible to trace smartphones for surveillance purposes, but in a twist of irony, just like with Facebook, users will be willingly submitting their real-life movements, interactions, and their personalities to the web and out of their control. -
UK's 'anonymous' health records are wide open
Although British Prime Minister David Cameron has promised health records will be anonymised, the anonymisation process seems like a cop out as it is still possible to access very private information. -
Police arrest man who tried to sell grandson on Facebook
The two men reached the deal on Facebook, and the grandfather was apparently helped by two hospital employees who contacted the buyer and arranged the deal. They even agreed on a price, 45,000 rupees (roughly $830), but Indian cops swooped down and arrested the lot, reports news.co.au. -
Facebook creates international incident
Facebook is in hot water after it refused to take down a fake page which claimed to be the Aussie ambassador to the EU. -
Finance sector agitates against US social media privacy laws
A few states kick started efforts last year to prevent bosses looking up employees on websites such as Facebook or Twitter, however, sections of the financial industry are seeking certain exemptions - citing instances of 'red flags' where people could be misusing their personal accounts to spread co -
Facebook tipped to be mystery mega data centre buyer
RumourAccording to the Des Moines Register, Facebook is the company behind a billion dollar data centre and the word on the street is that the building will house "the most technologically advanced data centre in the world -
Facebook lands Canadian politician in trouble
It looks like those morons who add you to Facebook groups without your permission have managed to claim a high-profile scalp. -
Trade watchdog bites Samsung
It posted a note on its Facebook page apologising for “any inconvenience” and saying it “has halted all internet marketing such as posting articles on web sites -
Nasdaq bonuses cut over Facebook debacle
Nasdaq CEO Robert Griefield is about to get a smaller bonus this year, thanks to his brilliant execution of the Facebook IPO last year. -
US beefs up cyber laws
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian released a video and online petition calling for tech companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter to oppose the bill. -
Intel serves up server plans
So far it has been seen working with Google and Facebook, pushing an initiative called Open Compute. Open Compute aims to create low-cost modular servers to reduce server cost and complexity. -
US Airforce calls cyber tools weapons
Hyten said the Air Force is also working to better integrate cyber capabilities with other weapons. We guess he means developing a bomb you can send by email or a Facebook page which bores people to death but leaves buildings standing. -
Microsoft begs XP users to upgrade
Redmond plans to cut off support for the venerable operating system on 8 April 2014, which means users have a year to upgrade, or face more vulnerabilities and security risks. However, XP still remains surprisingly popular, especially among SMBs and some home users.
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