Google CEO change, Facebook targeted
San Francisco: Google Inc co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO from Eric Schmidt, a surprise move to make the company more nimble at a time when competition heats up with fast-growing rivals li
Fury at Facebook sex rumors
Melbourne: A gossip page on social networking site Facebook has angered parents in Australia, as it allows teens to spread malicious rumours about the sex lives of Territory high school students.
Acc
'Social Network' wins 4 Golden Globes
Reuters: Facebook film 'The Social Network' picked up four Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, including best film drama, making it a front-runner in Hollywood's Oscar race.
'Social Network' picked up the
Cuba knocks Facebook, YouTube
Havana: Cuba has denounced online social network Facebook and Google-owned video sharing network YouTube for closing its account and censoring video links from the two websites.
YouTube censored the
Hundreds on Facebook praise moderate Pak governor's killing
Islamabad: Hundreds of Facebook users welcomed the killing of liberal Pakistani politician Salman Taseer as a strike against reformers of the country's tight blasphemy laws.
The Punjab governor was s
Goldman values FB at $50b
Jan. 4: Facebook, the popular social networking site, has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor in a deal that values the company at $50 billion, according to people involved i
Zuckerberg’s fortune doubles to £9bn
London: The personal fortune of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has doubled to 9 billion pounds after his social networking site got a huge cash injection from Goldman Sachs.
The New York Times repo
Facebook tried to buy Twitter in 2008
New York: Microblogging site Twitter turned down a 500 million dollar purchase offer from the social networking site Facebook in 2008, according to the Financial Times.
In an interview with the Briti
Facebook tops Google as most visited site
New York: Facebook has surpassed Google for the first time as the most visited website in the United States for most of 2010.
The social network site edged out Google.com with 8.9 per cent of all U.S
Now, China makes Skype illegal
Shanghai: China has the use of the popular internet telephony service, Skype, illegal. Websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube are already blocked in China and Google closed down its Chinese se