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Facebook to charge for some message delivery

Facebook on Thursday began testing the feasibility of charging to guarantee that messages from strangers make it into inboxes of intended recipients at the social network.

Facebook to charge for some message delivery
User revolt causes Instagram to keep old rules

Instagram on Thursday tried to calm a user rebellion by nixing a change that would have given the Facebook-owned mobile photo sharing service unfettered rights to people's pictures.

User revolt causes Instagram to keep old rules
Brief Facebook outage after infrastructure change

Facebook was unreachable briefly on Monday after the social network made a change to part of its infrastructure dealing with routing traffic to its online address.

Brief Facebook outage after infrastructure change
Official representative of Kazakhstan General Prosecutor's office Nurdaulet Suindikov. Photo by Danial Okassov©
Kazakhstan General Prosecutor's office denies filing lawsuits against Google, Facebook and Twitter

The said blog-platforms and social networks are not defendants in the lawsuits of Almaty prosecutors against Respublika and Vzglyad magazines: representative.

Kazakhstan General Prosecutor's office denies filing lawsuits against Google, Facebook and Twitter
Almaty prosecutors filed lawsuits against Google, Facebook and Twitter

Google, Facebook, Twitter and LiveJournal are on the list of defendants in Almaty prosecutors’ case to close several Kazakhstan opposition media outlets.

Almaty prosecutors filed lawsuits against Google, Facebook and Twitter
Instagram gets Facebook feel with online profiles

Picture sharing website Instagram on Monday began rolling out online profiles that let people showcase themselves and photos they've taken with the Facebook-owned smartphone application.

Instagram gets Facebook feel with online profiles
US downplays Facebook claim on Benghazi attack

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the White House on Wednesday downplayed reports that a Libyan group claimed responsibility on Facebook for the deadly strike on the US consulate in Benghazi.

US downplays Facebook claim on Benghazi attack
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Citi fined $2 mn over Facebook IPO leak

US banking giant Citigroup paid a $2 million fine to a state regulator and fired a junior analyst over a probe into leaks of confidential information on Facebook's public offering.

Citi fined $2 mn over Facebook IPO leak
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Facebook touts mobile gains as earnings beat forecast

Facebook said it was making strong gains in tapping the mobile advertising market as the world's leading social network turned in better-than-expected third quarter earnings Tuesday.

Facebook touts mobile gains as earnings beat forecast
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Singapore union group sacks executive after racist post

Singapore's state-linked labour movement on Monday sacked a senior executive after she posted expletive-laden and racially charged comments on Facebook that caused outrage in the city-state.

Singapore union group sacks executive after racist post
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Facebook and Twitter more tempting than sex: study

A study arousing interest online Friday found that checking Facebook or Twitter is more alluring than sex for those immersed in Internet Age lifestyles.

Facebook and Twitter more tempting than sex: study
Facebook hits billion users amid revenue worries

Facebook on Thursday celebrated eclipsing the billion-member mark, touting its mission to make the world more social while investors wondered how the service would cash in on its popularity.

Facebook hits billion users amid revenue worries
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Facebook tailoring ad services for businesses

Facebook's chief operating officer was in New York on Monday working to bolster investor confidence with assurances that the social network was intent on making money.

Facebook tailoring ad services for businesses
Facebook won't remove murder page: Australia police

Australian police said on Monday that social media site Facebook had refused to take down a page containing offensive material about the man accused of murdering Irish woman Jill Meagher.

Facebook won't remove murder page: Australia police
Facebook Brazil to pay woman $1,500 over fake profile

A Brazilian court said Wednesday it ordered Facebook to pay a woman user $1,500 in moral damages for failing to promptly remove a fake profile containing her name and personal data.

Facebook Brazil to pay woman $1,500 over fake profile
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.

Dutch police swamped after teen's Facebook party goes viral
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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.

KLM in Kazakhstan gets passengers informed on plane seat neighbors via Facebook, 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.

Zuckerberg eyes mobile after Facebook IPO flop
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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.

Instagram officially part of Facebook
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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.

Australian given 21 years jail for Facebook murder