Facebook now verifying pages and profiles

30 May, 2013, 8:57 am IST Nishtha Kanal Social Networking

Taking a leaf out of Twitter’s book, Facebook has started to roll out verified status to high-profile accounts of people and businesses to lend them More

Facebook Home gets first update; now available for HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S4

10 May, 2013, 1:27 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Android

Facebook’s fledgling Home for Android has already hit one million downloads and to add icing to the celebratory cake, the social networking giant is More

Speech by Zuckerberg? No thanks, I prefer Facebook Home, says new ad

15 Apr, 2013, 12:00 pm IST Nishtha Kanal General

Facebook has released yet another advertisement for its newest iteration, Facebook Home. Quite like the previous “Airplane” advertisement, this one More

Facebook may soon charge money to contact celebrities, people not in friends list

08 Apr, 2013, 3:55 pm IST Nishtha Kanal General

Facebook is taking paying to contact people you do not know to a while different level. The social networking giant is now testing the option of sliding fees More

HTC First, the Facebook phone, leaks ahead of April 4 announcement

03 Apr, 2013, 9:30 am IST Nikhil Subramaniam Smartphones 1 Comments

Facebook junkies, rejoice! It seems the rumours about a Facebook phone being announced at the upcoming event on April 4 are not just fantasy. According to More

HTC-built Facebook Phone might be the April 4 announcement

01 Apr, 2013, 6:12 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Smartphones

Rumours galore! Every single time Facebook releases a cryptic invite for the members of the press to unveil something, ripples about the fabled Facebook Phone More

Facebook blocks desktop site for employees to force development of mobile apps

23 Mar, 2013, 12:21 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Smartphones

Facebook has introduced a great new way to make sure the mobile experience of the social network improves greatly... More

Facebook admits to tracking users as well as non-users

18 Mar, 2013, 4:48 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Smartphones

No matter how hard Facebook tries to move away from it, the ghost of privacy issues refuses to let go of the world’s largest social media network. So More

Video of Gates and Zuckerberg talking about coding goes viral

01 Mar, 2013, 8:32 pm IST Priyanka Tilve Smartphones

It isn’t exactly Harlem Shake, but the latest video to go viral on YouTube has Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg explaining the importance of coding... More

Happy birthday, Facebook! You're nine today!

04 Feb, 2013, 11:06 am IST Nishtha Kanal Smartphones 2 Comments

The biggest, most densely populated social networking website ever, Facebook turns nine today... More

FB is a mobile company, says Zuckerberg, as number of desktop users dwindle

31 Jan, 2013, 2:18 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Smartphones

Facebook's mobile Daily Active Users (DAU) have exceeded those on the desktop for the first time in its history, the company revealed at its Q4 earnings call yesterday. More

Analysts see revenue potential in Facebook's new search tool

17 Jan, 2013, 9:28 am IST Web services

Facebook Inc's new search tool has strong potential to generate revenue for the social networking company but it is unlikely to challenge Google Inc's supremacy... More

6 Reasons why Facebook Graph Search could be awesome

16 Jan, 2013, 3:57 pm IST Mithun Kidambi Web services

It may be a brave experiment, but there are many reasons why Facebook Graph Search could be a win. More

Facebook unveils social search feature called Graph Search

16 Jan, 2013, 10:01 am IST tech2 News Staff Web services

CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new search feature on Tuesday in Facebook's first staged event at its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters since its May initial public offering. More

What's Facebook's secret? Company tells all today

15 Jan, 2013, 4:06 pm IST Web services

Facebook's mystery "press event" on Tuesday could reveal a more robust search feature that would intensify the competition... More

Facebook Phone may be launched at January 15 event

14 Jan, 2013, 10:30 am IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

Could the January 15 press event see the launch of the mythical Facebook phone? More

Facebook tests 'pay and message anyone' service

12 Jan, 2013, 9:31 am IST Anuradha Shetty Web services

Besides the fact that Facebook helps users get virtually closer to an acquaintance, the fact that it keeps a common user on the same platform as a celebrity, More

‘Midnight Delivery’ on Facebook now safe

01 Jan, 2013, 10:42 am IST Priyanka Tilve Web services

After receiving flak over the security flaw in its ‘Midnight Delivery’ service, Facebook has finally fixed the bug. Earlier in the week, it had launched... More

Security flaw may let anyone see your private Facebook new year messages

31 Dec, 2012, 11:53 am IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

IT student Jack Jenkins revealed how anyone logged on to Facebook could use simple manipulation techniques to view other users' messages and photos. More

Zuckerberg's sister complains about breach of Facebook privacy

27 Dec, 2012, 5:29 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

Look who’s gotten embroiled in a Facebook privacy controversy – founder Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, Randi. The former head of marketing at More