WhatsApp adds 100 mn users in four months
26 Aug 2014
Facebook lawsuit gets support from 60,000 users
22 Aug 2014
Facebook joins GSM operators lobby group COAI
07 Aug 2014
Facebook becomes the first non-telecom company to join COAI, whose membership was restricted to cellular operators and telecom infrastructure companies
Austrian student sues Facebook over privacy violations
04 Aug 2014
The legal proceedings could end up as the largest class and privacy action suit ever taken in Europe
Facebook's $190-bn market cap brings it in IBM's league
25 Jul 2014
Facebook's market cap now ranks it as the 14th most valuable company in the S&P 500
Facebook earnings beat Wall Street expectations
24 Jul 2014
Facebook COO Sandberg endorses Modi-led growth story
01 Jul 2014
Former McKinsey & Co consultant and economist with the World Bank, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg started her career in India in 1981 working with the World Bank on leprosy
Social pressure stops Facebook users recommending products on social media sites
30 Jun 2014
Users of social media sites such as Facebook are less willing to recommend products online because of the perceived risks to their reputation if their views are not endorsed or shared by others
GCHQ can legally snoop on Facebook, Google users: UK government
18 Jun 2014
The UK government says its intelligence agencies can snoop on Facebook and Google users without individual warrant as the firms were based overseas
Facebook to extend advertising on Instagram beyond US
10 Jun 2014
Ads on Instagram, which has over 200 million users, are considered an important source of new revenue for Facebook
Facebook acquires Finnish fitness app Moves
03 May 2014
Facebook, Storyful launch FB Newswire
26 Apr 2014
Facebook 1Q earnings nearly triple on ad revenue boost
24 Apr 2014
This is the fourth consecutive quarter in which Facebook has beaten market forecasts
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