Facebook awards 'Internet Defense Prize'Facebook awarded a Internet Defense Prize to a pair of researchers with a viable approach to detecting vulnerabilities in Web applications.
21 августа 2014
Facebook helps readers tell truth from fictionFacebook said that it is testing a way to let members know when articles posted to the social network are tongue-in-cheek instead of hand-on-heart.
Facebook testing on-screen button for buyingFacebook said it was testing a feature that lets users of the leading social network make purchases by simply pressing an on-screen "Buy" button.
Facebook under fire over 'creepy' secret studyFacebook secretly manipulated the feelings of 700,000 users to understand "emotional contagion" in a study that prompted anger and forced the social network giant on the defensive.
30 июня 2014
Facebook names 'mobile messaging' chiefFacebook announced Monday it hired the top executive of eBay's PayPal division to lead the social network's efforts to boost its mobile messaging.
11 июня 2014
CIA joins Twitter, FacebookThe secretive US spy agency joined the world of social media Friday, and quickly had the Twitterverse talking.
US kidnap, sex abuse victim found alive after 10 yearsCalifornia police have arrested a 41-year-old man accused of kidnapping a teenager and sexually abusing her for a decade, after the alleged victim got in touch via Facebook.
Explosions, gunfire near Ukraine's SlavyanskSeveral explosions and gunfire could be heard near the flashpoint eastern Ukrainian town of Slavyansk Monday, according to an AFP reporter there, as Kiev seeks to flush out pro-Moscow rebels holed up there.
12 мая 2014
Dancing priest brings #2popesaints to Internet flockA priest dances in a famous piazza in Rome surrounded by four gyrating parishioners. Tourists stare and dozens of children on a school trip from France start to twist and turn to the music.
Facebook hits 100 million India users, largest after USFacebook has hit more than 100 million users in India, making it only the second country after the United States to achieve the milestone, the social network company has said.
No joke as 'Russian Facebook' founder resigns amid disputeThe founder of Russia's top social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, on Wednesday said he has resigned as chief executive in a bitter conflict with a major shareholder, a dramatic announcement some initially saw as an April Fool's joke.