Dutch police swamped after teen's Facebook party goes viral
Riot police went into action in a sleepy Dutch town late Friday to contain thousands of party-goers who turned up after a teenager's birthday invite on Facebook went viral.
KLM in Kazakhstan gets passengers informed on plane seat neighbors via Facebook, LinkedIn
KLM has launched a new service to enable passengers to get information on people who will sit next to them onboard via Facebook and LinkedIn.
Zuckerberg eyes mobile after Facebook IPO flop
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday the social network giant is focused on mobile devices and should be seen as a smart bet despite a "disappointing" stock market debut.
Instagram officially part of Facebook
Instagram on Thursday became part of Facebook as the social network completed its billion-dollar acquisition of the smartphone photo-sharing service.
Australian given 21 years jail for Facebook murder
A man who befriended a teenage Australian girl on the social media site Facebook before luring her to a secluded spot and killing her was imprisoned for at least 21 years on Friday.
Online pranksters plot Taylor Swift gig for deaf kids
Country pop diva Taylor Swift could find herself singing to deaf youngsters if social media pranksters have their way.
Facebook at half-price: which way now?
If you bought Facebook shares in the May IPO and held onto them, by Monday morning you would have lost more than half your investment -- and not see any encouraging signs of making your money back.
Australia hits out at Facebook over 'racist' page
Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has hit out at Facebook over its failure to immediately take down a page that stereotyped Aboriginal people as hopeless petrol-sniffing drunks.
Facebook shares hit new low on growth worries
Facebook shares on Thursday sank to a new low after the world's leading social network reported a loss of $157 million in its first earnings after its public offering.
Facebook hopes investors like first earnings
Facebook reports its first earnings as a public company Thursday in an announcement that will be closely watched for signs of whether the social media giant can deliver on its financial promise.
Google, Facebook, eBay launch US Internet lobby
Big technology firms including Google, Facebook, eBay and Amazon have joined to create a new lobby group aimed at promoting "an open, innovative and free Internet."
Nasdaq hikes payout figure for botched Facebook IPO
Nasdaq on Friday raised to $62 million the amount of money it will set aside to cover trading losses due to computer glitches that disrupted the launch of Facebook shares onto the market.
US hearing warns FBI, Facebook on facial recognition
A US Senate hearing Wednesday highlighted concern over the growing use of facial recognition technologies, both for law enforcement use and in big social networks like Facebook.
Yahoo!, Facebook unveil alliance, end patent dispute
Facebook and Yahoo! announced Friday a new advertising partnership as the two tech giants settled a court dispute over patents.
Facebook buys Instagram photo app for $1 bn
Facebook announced Monday that it made a billion-dollar-deal to buy the startup behind wildly popular smartphone photo sharing application Instagram.
Tengrinews.kz wins Namys Doda Internet-award
The results of the new professional Kaznet award called Namys Doda were announced.
Kazakhstan 101st in the ranking of Facebook statistics by country
For the recent half a year the number of FB users has grown by 69 520, enabling Kazakhstan to remain the unparalleled leader among Central Asia states.
Karim Massimov announced a contest in social network
The project called 20 facts on Independence will be held from September 27 to December 1 on Facebook, VKontakte and PM's official website.
GSM Kazakhstan mobile carrier offers free access to Facebook and Vkontakte
The mobile free version only allows dealing with texts.
PM Massimov met with German MPs
Karim Massimov met with German parliamentary delegation led by the Dr. Dagmar Enkelmann.