Banned in China, Facebook opens office in Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Facebook has opened a Hong Kong office as it looks to boost its presence in Asia, even though the social networking giant is banned in mainland China, a potentially huge market.
The openi
PIO stalks Facebook founder
California, Feb. 8: Online stalking is nothing new in Facebook, but now the founder of the social networking site, Mr Mark Zuckerberg, is himself being stalked in real life by a person of Indian origi
Facebook and the Egypt uprising
Cairo: The April 6 Facebook group set up by young Egyptians to protest at high prices in 2008 this week brought tens of thousands onto the streets for anti-regime rallies despite draconian restriction
PIO faces jail for cursing on FB
London, Jan. 26: An Indian-origin British woman may be jailed in Dubai after she was charged with sending curses and insults in a chat on Facebook with a man who had approached her for sex.
Amarjit K
Brit teen's murder planned on Facebook
London: A 15-year-old schoolboy in Britain was killed in a merciless attack with samurai swords and machetes that was apparently planned on social networking website Facebook.
Sofyen Belamouadden was
FIR against Facebook for Mahatma abuse
Lucknow: An IPS officer has lodged an FIR against social networking site Facebook for allegedly maligning the image of Mahatma Gandhi through an online group.
Amitabh Thakur, an IPS officer of UP ca
Sarkozy Facebook account hacked
Melbourne: A Facebook hacker took over French president Nicolas Sarkozy's account and posted a false message that he was abandoning plans to run for re-election.
"Dear compatriots, given the exceptio
Facebook to unveil financials
The financing, $1 billion of which is from Goldman Sachs' overseas clients and $500 million from Goldman itself and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies, gives the company a projected valu
Kids cautioned over new Facebook scam
London: Police in UK have warned parents and children of a Facebook scam involving fake modelling agencies that encourage kids to pose in underwear.
Leicestershire Police said the scam, using a numbe
Facebook 'fuelling divorce'
London: If you think that Facebook is a harmless way to keep in touch with friends and family, you are wrong. The social networking site is fuelling divorce epidemic.
Flirtations on the social netwo