BlackBerry is a sinking ship searching desperately for a rescue, so its turning to any major mobile player as a potential saviour. But if Facebook buys BlackBerry, it would be the company’s craziest move ever.
Facebook networking chief: No more secret ASIC commands
Facebook’s head of network operations has great expectations for software defined networking (SDN), though he may not be relying on commercial hardware vendors to bring SDN to the social networking giant’s own infrastructure.
Facebook offers ‘free’ Wi-Fi in exchange for check-ins
More hotels, shops and other businesses will soon be offering free Wi-Fi to customers if they agree in return to “check in” at the business from their Facebook account.
Facebook widens Graph Search to include posts, status updates
Facebook has started to include more types of content in Graph Search, a tool for searching what others have been posting about on the social network.
What kind of ads would you 'like'? Facebook wants to know
Facebook wants to make its ads less annoying to users by only showing them what they want to see, even if it means a dip in ad exposure for some marketers.
Facebook, Google, Yahoo petition the government to break out more data requests
Facebook, Google and Yahoo on Monday filed petitions with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as part of a renewed collective effort to provide more information to their users about government data requests.
Facebook offers real-time feed of user data to online and TV news
Facebook revealed a new tool that enables news organisations to tap into user comments and display them online or on TV in real-time.
Privacy groups ask FTC to oppose Facebook's policy changes
Six privacy groups have asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to strike down proposed changes to Facebook’s policies, as they …
Researcher claims $12,500 reward for finding Facebook photo bug
A security researcher said Facebook will award him US$12,500 for finding a flaw that lets anyone remove photos from another …
Facebook tells employees, 'build something' – with a table saw
Facebook’s motto may be “move fast and break things,” but the 3,000 employees at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, now have the chance to do just the opposite.
Unity adds 2D game development and works with Facebook
Unity Technologies is working on adding the ability to simplify 2D game creation using its cross-platform development tools, and has …
Facebook does Prism damage control with first government request report
Facebook received more than 25,000 requests from governments about its users during the first half of 2013, with nearly half of those requests coming from U.S. law enforcement and related agencies, the company said.
Judge approves $20 million Facebook fund to settle advertising suit
A U.S. judge has put a stamp of approval on a US$20 million fund for Facebook to settle a class-action advertising suit, despite objections from groups representing minors on the site.
How to embed Facebook posts on your website
Back in July, Facebook announced that it would allow its users to embed items posted to the site into blog posts or …
Facebook, six other tech companies launch partnership to bridge the digital divide
Facebook and six other tech companies have launched a joint project called Internet.org which aims to connect the two-thirds of the global population that is not currently linked to the Internet.
Security expert kicks off crowd-sourced fund to pay Facebook bug finder a $10K bounty
After a Palestinian researcher was denied a bug bounty by Facebook, Marc Maiffret, CTO of BeyondTrust, kicked off a crowd-sourced fund yesterday to come up with a reward.
Facebook fixes timeline bug, cites language trouble in delay
A Facebook engineer blamed language difficulties and documentation issues for a delay in fixing a bug that let a security researcher post directly to founder Mark Zuckerberg’s Timeline, which is restricted if two users aren’t friends.
Facebook eyes making local connections with mesh networks
Facebook has designed a system that would allow individuals and advertisers to make direct connections to those physically nearby that share similar interests or are open to receiving certain advertisements.
Facebook disables some legitimate apps while targeting malicious ones
The use of tools to detect malicious patterns in apps led Facebook to temporarily disable some legitimate third-party apps that …
New York Post Twitter and Facebook accounts hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
The New York Post is the latest media outlet to be targeted by Syrian Electronic Army, with the hacker group …