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Eminem publisher sues Facebook

22 hours, 12 minutes ago

The Facebook Home media event took place in early April - the same week that web sleuths made headlines by purportedly turning up the old Angelfire homepage of a teenage Zuckerberg.

Eminem's publisher sues Facebook over song usage

1 day ago

Eight Mile Style filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit on Monday, alleging that a Facebook ad that was broadcast online last month copied music from Eminem's 2000 song "Under the Influence.

A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

3 days ago

The services take what Facebook knows about you and what ads you saw and combine this with the information retailers have about you and what you've purchased through loyalty cards and the like.

Hits and misses in Facebook's history

3 days ago

Facebook becomes the target of a lawsuit claiming that Zuckerberg stole the idea for the social network from a company co-founded by twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and a third person at Harvard.

Google boosts photo offerings to rival Facebook

6 days ago

Rather than offer powerful editing tools or high-quality pictures, Facebook became the most popular way to share the photos online simply because it is the most popular place to hang out online.

Facebook promises to fix Home with upgrades after user complaints

6 days ago

Facebook's director of product, Adam Mosseri, said Chat Heads - little bubble pictures of friends - have proved popular but users have complained it's tough to initiate a conversation.

NY Facebook plaintiff seeks halt to criminal case

11 days ago

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Ceglia last fall, saying he tried to swindle Facebook and founder Mark Zuckerberg out of part of the company by doctoring a 2003 contract.

Hits and misses in Facebook history over the years

20 days ago

November 2011: Facebook agrees to settle federal charges that it violated users' privacy by getting people to share more information than they agreed to when they signed up to the site.

Key developments for Facebook as public company

20 days ago

In a regulatory filing, it's disclosed that Peter Thiel, one of Facebook's earliest investors and a member of its board, was among the insiders selling stock after the lock-up period expired.

Facebook 1Q earnings, revenue grow, mobile ads up

20 days ago

Excluding special items, mainly related to stock compensation expenses, Facebook earned 12 cents per share, matching analysts' expectations.

Number of active users at Facebook over the years

20 days ago

Facebook also says it had 665 million active users each day on average in March, up 26 from a year earlier, and 751 million using Facebook from a mobile device each month, up 54 percent.

Tiger Woods, Lindsey Vonn reveal relationship via Facebook

64 days ago

Two months after rumors began circulating in Europe, Woods and Vonn posted separate items on their Facebook pages Monday afternoon to announce their relationship.

Monitoring your kids on Facebook? That's so 2009.

65 days ago

According to the Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project, more than three-fourths of teenagers have a cellphone and use online social networking sites such as Facebook.

Netflix's US customers get Facebook-sharing tool

69 days ago

If the sharing tool is turned on, Netflix subscribers will see new rows within their accounts showing what their Facebook friends have been watching.

Tax glitch delays refunds, angers Block customers

69 days ago

Block's first Facebook posting said only: "As many of you are already aware, some clients who claimed certain education tax credits on Form 8863 have received notices from the IRS.

Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg makes waves with book 'Lean In'

71 days ago

"Sandberg, 43, who has worked at Facebook as its No. 2 executive since 2008, says she only started thinking seriously about the issues affecting working women in the last few years.

NY man suing Facebook seeks halt to criminal case

71 days ago

Ceglia was arrested last October in what the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan called a multibillion-dollar scheme to defraud Facebook and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg.

What you 'like' on Facebook can be revealing

71 days ago

Researchers reported analyzing the likes of more than 58,000 American Facebook users to make guesses about their personalities and behavior, and even whether they drank, smoked, or did drugs.

What you `like' on Facebook can be revealing

71 days ago

Researchers reported analyzing the likes of more than 58,000 American Facebook users to make guesses about their personalities and behavior, and even whether they drank, smoked, or did drugs.

Facebook tries to stay hip with jazzier News Feed

75 days ago

Facebook has been struggling to find the right balance between keeping its fun-loving audience happy and selling enough ads to please investors who want the company to accelerate its revenue growth.

Facebook getting ready to change News Feed

76 days ago

Gartner analyst Brian Blau says one change he'd like to see from Facebook as a user is the ability to control how much he's seeing from the businesses and other non-friend accounts he follows.

Facebook exec's new book urges women to 'lean in'

76 days ago

Of the many inspirational slogans that hang on Facebook's walls, her favorite asks "What would you do if you weren't afraid?"

Facebook adds University of Calif chief to board

76 days ago

Facebook Inc.'s board also includes Netflix Inc. chief Reed Hastings, entrepreneurs Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel, and Washington Post Co. CEO Donald Graham.