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Facebook fans get to play out celebrity fantasies

A trio of console videogame stars joined the online social play revolution with a free-to-play title that lets folks at Facebook virtually live out celebrity fantasies.

Technology / Software

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Avengers' arrives early for Facebook fans

(AP) -- Facebook fans are getting an early shot to see the all-star superhero tale "The Avengers."

Technology / Internet

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sweden's largest Facebook study results announced

The surveyed women spend an average of 81 minutes per day on Facebook, whereas men spend 64 minutes. Low educated groups and low income groups who spend more time on Facebook also report feeling less happy and less content ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook sets engineers to work on grown-up search

(PhysOrg.com) -- Facebook is planning to get serious about its search engine. Sources tipped off reporters this week about Facebook plans to upgrade its search engine and run toward the money that can be gained ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 31, 2012 | popularity 1.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

IPO market heats up, more startups going public

(AP) -- The IPO market is heating up. A growing economy and rising stock market are prompting more startups to go public, and investors appear hungry to invest.

Technology / Business

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook's Zuckerberg meets Japan's prime minister

(AP) -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Japan's massive tsunami inspired him to seek more ways for his social network to help people hit by natural disasters.

Technology / Business

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Earth Hour dilemma: When the 'like' button harms the planet

Green groups around the world are turning to social networking to drive their campaign for Earth Hour on Saturday, when lights are turned off for an hour to signal concern about global warming.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Facebook to make stock market debut in May: report

Facebook will make its stock market debut in May with a record-setting initial public offering of shares, according to a report Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal.

Technology / Business

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Review: Sea of rights limits March Madness digital

(AP) -- Madness is one way to describe my experience with March Madness Live, a service for watching the annual college basketball tournament on computers and mobile devices.

Technology / Software

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zynga insiders price new stock offering at $12

(AP) -- Online games company Zynga Inc. said Wednesday that CEO Mark Pincus and other insiders will sell some of their stake at $12 a share, slightly below Wednesday's closing price.

Technology / Business

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google lets users monitor their online activity

Google on Wednesday began letting people get monthly reports summarizing what they have been up to at the Internet titan's free online services.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Facebook knows your heart -- and it's complicated

For everything, there is a season. And for every relationship, it seems, there is a status update on Facebook.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook's Timeline change disrupts some businesses

Stephen Terrell expected a group of happy users when he updated his company's Facebook profile page to the new Timeline format, allowing his mostly senior-citizen customers to register for a contest to win a trip to Hollywood ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Zuckerberg's China trip sparks Facebook frenzy

The sight of a vacationing Mark Zuckerberg in Shanghai has sparked a frenzy of online speculation over the possibility Facebook might return to China, even though the site remains firmly blocked.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Shoplifters hit up Chrome Store for Facebook data

(PhysOrg.com) -- A cash-for-Facebook’s-“likes” hustle hanging out in Google Chrome Web Store has been discovered by Kaspersky Lab. The researchers first discovered extensions leading to the ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report