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Moms protest Facebook for deleting breastfeeding photos

An international movement landed in NYC this morning as a small group of women carried their young children inside the building that houses Facebook’s NYC office, demanding that the social networking...

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Twin sister of Greg Kelly’s accuser promises ‘truth will be known’

The twin sister of the woman who accused Greg Kelly of raping her has taken to a Facebook page to defend her sister’s credibility. The page, called Shame on the NY Post, was created in protest of the...

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Facebook finding its place in the classroom

Since the dawn of Facebook, colleges have encouraged professors to interact with students on the site, especially in business schools. In that time, the nuances of classroom Facebook use have begun to...

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Can your Facebook profile predict your job performance?

What if Facebook could predict your next job performance? Or whether you’re an productive worker for a potential employee at all? Well, get ready for your profile to say a whole lot more about you than...

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Twitter followers and Facebook ‘likes’: To buy or not to buy?

If money can’t buy you love, it can at least buy you Twitter followers and Facebook fans. Companies that get users to follow you in exchange for a price are increasingly popular. Appropriately named...

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You might get unfriended on Facebook for political rants

There are plenty of reasons you might get unfriended on Facebook: You’re annoying, you’re depressing, you’re creepy or you’re just boring. But since it’s an election year, tis the season for political...

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CanvasPop: From computer to your living room

Digital printing company CanvasPop is at it again. The Web-based print shop has been printing Instagram snapshots for mobile photographers since November. Now, Facebook photos can be printed on canvas....

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A Study Has Found: What men and women really crave

The age-old question of what men and women really want is finally solved — thanks to the over-sharing effects of social media. Netbase, a company that monitors social networking, has designed an info...

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Helian Williams: Nursing home worker charged with posting photo of patient’s...

A New Jersey nursing home worker and her friend are facing charges after prosecutors say they took a photo of an elderly patient’s genitals and then posted it on Facebook. 26-year-old Helian Williams...

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Hacker posts Trayvon Martin’s alleged Facebook posts, spreads on neo-Nazi blogs

A hacker, who goes by the name Klanklannon, has posted what he claims to be messages from Florida teen Trayvon Martin’s social networking sites. As Gawker reports, the hacker posted Martin’s alleged...

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‘Girls Around Me’ pulled from app store after privacy controversy

An controversial app that let cell phone users scope out the photos and personal information of people in their area has been pulled from the iOS App Store. “Girls Around Me” used public APIs from...

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Can I get into Facebook IPO? Should I buy Facebook stock?

Looking to get in on the frenzy surrounding Facebook IPO? Searching for your golden ticket? Hunting for your piece of this billion-dollar pie? Well, if you’re asking the question today, you can pretty...

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Facebook prices $38 a share at top of range in landmark IPO

Facebook Inc priced its initial public offering at $38 a share, giving the world’s No. 1 online social network a $104 billion valuation in the third largest offering in U.S. history. The offering puts...

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Investors brace for Facebook debut on Wall Street

Investors are bracing for Facebook’s Wall Street debut on Friday after the world’s No.1 online social network raised about $16 billion in one of the biggest initial public offerings in U.S. history....

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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg marries girlfriend Priscilla Chan in surprise...

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site. The 28-year-old...

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Five things you didn’t know about Priscilla Chan, the new Mrs. Zuckerberg

Priscilla Chan has been by the side of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg for nearly nine years, but she recaptured the attention of America over the weekend when she said “I do” in a surprise wedding...

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Senate Banking panel reviewing Facebook IPO issues (UPDATE)

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is reviewing “issues raised in the news” regarding Facebook’s botched initial public offering, a Democratic Senate Banking aide said on Wednesday. The review is not...

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PHOTOS: Facebook fans pay homage to Prince Harry’s wild romps with naked salutes

Prince Harry may be getting a royal scolding from Buckingham Palace for his Vegas mischief, but people on Facebook are banding together to show support for the naked royal. After his recent trip to...

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Wilcoxson’s Ice Cream tells Muslim Facebook fan that it doesn’t deliver to...

A Montana-based ice cream company is feeling the burn after its president hastily posted a comment on Facebook that many are calling racist. A Facebook user who identified himself as a Muslim posted a...

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Facebook reaches one billion monthly active users

Social media company Facebook Inc said on Thursday it reached the 1 billion active monthly users threshold last month, and is up by 45 million users since June. Facebook has faced a rough debut since...

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