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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg will sell a chunk of his stake in the company, cashing in some $2.3 billion, as part of a new share offering by the huge social network.

Prismatic chief Bradford Cross believes that online social networks should go beyond following people to pursuing interests.

Updated mobile software rolled out Tuesday by Twitter lets smartphone users send pictures in direct, personal messages seen only by recipients instead of being shared publicly on the social network.

Taking a picture to help you remember something might end up having the opposite effect, according to research published in the United States.

Facebook unveiled plans Monday on a partnership with New York University for a new center for artificial intelligence, aimed at harnessing the huge social network's massive trove of data.

An estimated 1.61 billion people, more than one in five globally, will log in to social networking sites at least monthly this year, the research firm eMarketer said Tuesday.

Google's new Internet-connected eyewear will have music too.

Facebook began letting teenagers publicly share posts Wednesday as the social network moved to bolster appeal to youth and advertisers.

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has advised school students to stop wasting their time in social networks.

Facebook on Wednesday began letting people share social network posts at blogs or other spots on the Internet.

The United States on Wednesday denounced as "repulsive" an Instagram site by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, saying it did not reflect the reality of the civil war.

Journalism and social media expert Sonia Smith is visiting Astana on July 12-13.

Facebook revealed Friday it received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from US authorities in the second half of last year, as it seeks to shield itself from a growing scandal.

Facebook on Wednesday added Twitter-style hashtags to help the more than one billion members of the social network tune into topics of interest at the leading social network.

Facebook on Wednesday said it will delete beheading videos being shared at the leading social network as it re-evaluates its policy regarding whether such content is acceptable.

Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg scored more than $2 billion worth of stock and $503,000 in base pay last year for running the world's leading social network.

Facebook fueled fresh talk Friday about its own mobile phone after the leading social network scheduled a press announcement for next week.

Amazon.com on Thursday announced that it is buying book lovers social network Goodreads in a move that could give Kindle tablets an edge over rival electronic readers.

Facebook on Thursday began letting social network members in the United States send friends gift cards for purchases at participating shops or restaurants.

Kazakhstan HR company polled 2000 employees and found that 75% of the respondents add their colleagues to their Friends lists.
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