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The logo of social networking website ‘Facebook’ is displayed on a computer screen. Republicans will have to wait until Tuesday to find out if they make the big gains many expect in the US Congress but they have already beaten the Democrats in another arena — Facebook. Republicans will have to wait until Tuesday to [...]

Social networking website developer Ning is hoping it can generate momentum with the release of a new set of tools that lets even technophobes build websites that create online communities and tap into smartphone applications and software. Bands, politicians, charities and more are turning to Ning to imbue websites with the kinds of social networking [...]

The logo of social networking website ‘Facebook’ is displayed on a computer screen in London in 2007. Facebook became the second-largest online video viewing platform in the United States in August, leap-frogging Yahoo! but still trailing far behind YouTube, digital tracking firm comScore said. Facebook became the second-largest online video viewing platform in the United [...]

The logo of social networking website ‘Facebook’ is displayed on a computer screen in London. Hackers are weighing in on the Facebook privacy controversy with creations that help people strengthen privacy or empty profile pages at the world’s leading social networking service. Hackers are weighing in on the Facebook privacy controversy with creations that help [...]

The logo of social networking website Facebook is displayed on a computer screen. Facebook has signed a deal with a Malaysian company allowing a virtual currency for online games and services to be sold at retail shops across Asia for the first time. Facebook signed a deal with a Malaysian company on Thursday allowing a [...]

The logo of social networking website ‘Facebook’ is displayed on a computer screen. The founder of the website, Mark Zuckerberg, has said the service has made blunders that it hopes to fix with coming changes to its privacy controls. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday said the social networking service has made blunders that it [...]

Europe slammed as unacceptable the changes by social networking website Facebook to its privacy settings, that would allow the profiles of its users to be made available to third party websites. Europe slammed as unacceptable the changes by social networking website Facebook to its privacy settings, that would allow the profiles of its users to [...]

Facebook has given users more control over who gets to see video, virtual cards and other digital content shared using third-party programs at the leading social networking website. Facebook has given users more control over who gets to see video, virtual cards and other digital content shared using third-party programs at the leading social networking [...]

Facebook marked its sixth birthday by simplifying its home page and holding an all-night “hackathon” to craft new software for the social networking website. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said the online community is hitting another milestone with membership climbing to 400 million this week. Facebook marked its sixth birthday by simplifying its home page and [...]