... Facebook Inc. has sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google Inc. The deal announced Wednesday after several weeks of negotiation values Palo Alto-based Facebook ...
... Facebook had been a model corporate citizen since she began working with the site in 2005. Facebook chief privacy officer Chris Kelly, a legal veteran in the privacy arena, is "outrageously responsive" to complaints from watchdog groups ...
Who's that girl? Facebook entries can stir jealousy. BY MICHAEL HILL IHI AS " '• •+'. ALBANY, N.Y. Alice Con- nors-Kollgrcn was surprised by her boyfriend's new Facebook profile picture a few weeks ago: He was kissing another girl on the ...
... Facebook has garnered 31 million active users in just more than three years A more polished alternative to the anythmg-goes MySpace the site connects long-lost friends and new acquaintances. For those who worry about privacy, Facebook ...
Facebook faces uncertainty. MCIBOOK, FROM PAGE C-l. and college students, Facebook quickly became popular among the teen social set who flocked to it as a sort-of online cruising site to check out friends or romantic interests. While ...
... Facebook. Jim Breyer, a Facebook board member and a partner at venture-capital firm Accel Partners, says privacy and security issues are discussed "at every meeting" of Face- book's board and are taken very seriously. The company says it ...
... Facebook.com profile says. As the 2008 election. heats up, many contenders are trying to energize student voters by creating profiles on social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace. On Feb. 5, Romney became the first potential ...
... Facebook on Tuesday to protect underage members from sexual predators and obscene content. Under the agreement, Facebook will speed up its process for addressing complaints of inappropriate content or unwelcome contact, and an ...
... Facebook will begin us- ing its technology for online searches and paid links, which are essentially Internet ads. Google has a similar deal with Facebook ri- val MySpace. Facebook currently uses its own online search tools, which ...
Changes on Facebook spark user backlash. The popular online meeting place for students rolls out new features that tell them instantly if they meet a new friend or drop an old one. The Wall Street Journal Facebook.com. the popular social ...