The ‘Other’ box for Facebook messages is a famously ill-reviewed feature, one which has spawned countless “Dude that girl from the bar six months ago messaged me that night, and I never saw it!” stories. Any message that ends up in the Other box is likely to be ignored, assuming the recipient even knows the [...]

The latest in a string of privacy-related controversies for Facebook comes from its newest acquisition, Instagram. Facebook has announced that all public photos submitted to the photo sharing app can be sold to advertisers without specific consent or notification. The service already angered more than a few customers by blocking direct photo embedding in Twitter [...]

In a move that will increase short-term revenue but perhaps open the door to competitors, Facebook has decided to limit display of Instagram images in Twitter feeds. Users will now have to click through to the Instagram website to view images. The previous system, called Twitter Cards, allowed content from certain photo and video services [...]

Mark Zuckerberg must love democracy – Facebook democracy, that is. It’s true that, due to consistent outcry over sweeping changes to the user agreement, Facebook has put its latest batch of proposed changes to its privacy policy up for a vote by users. It’s also true that this move could lead to an outright rejection [...]

Facebook’s stock flirted with a price point of $19 per share by mid-day trading today, as the social networking site’s stock continued to tank. By 2:30 PM EST, the price had hit $19.90. Facebook has lost 45% of its value since its initial public offering in May. This latest drop follows an announcement by the [...]

According to its updated SEC filing, Facebook will be joining the NASDAQ stock exchange in the coming weeks with the ticker ‘FB’. Although an official listing date has yet to be announced, sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters and Bloomberg that the IPO and listing will take place on May 17. In an [...]

Earlier this month Facebook acquired the photo-sharing and manipulation service Instagram for $1 billion, according to reports, split 70-30 in stock and cash. From this number, The New York Times has extrapolated that Facebook is pegging its share value at $30 and corporate value at approximately $75 billion. However, The New York Times is also [...]

Facebook may file for an initial public offering (IPO) as early as next week, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.Although the exact figure is far from certain, if Facebook went through with an IPO it could be worth somewhere between $75-$100 billion dollars. Should the social networking giant have a $100 billion valuation, it would [...]

Earlier this month American Senator John Rockefeller introduced a controversial bill which would force online advertising and tracking companies to allow users to opt-out of online advertising. This comes after California Representative Jackie Spears, and state Senator Alan Lowenthal successfully passed legislation within the California legislature that effectively prohibits online tracking. While some could herald [...]

Well, are you? NVIDIA issued the call Friday morning, asking its follower’s: Are You Ready? A post on the companies facebook page depicts the following picture along with a status update telling readers to “Check back here on Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. PST for a major announcement!” We are only left to guess at [...]