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After Months Of Waiting, Facebook Surges In Opening Moments As A Public Company

From here on out, Facebook will not be measured by the number of registered users, the number of photos being uploaded every minute or the number of likes and...

Everything You Need to Know About the Social Media Bubble

Are we or aren’t we? When it comes to social media bubbles and whether or not we’re in one, there is no shortage of people willing to argue...

This Facebook Critic Is Rooting for Facebook on Friday

On the eve of Facebook’s initial public offering, and two weeks after writing a five-part series that tried to answer the question of whether we’re in a social media bubble, ...

Slower User Growth, Timeline Complaints Won’t Faze Facebook

The Associated Press reports that millions of people are resisting pressure to sign up for Facebook, and a new study suggests that 93% of users “hate” the relatively new Time...

Facebook Will Roll On, Even as GM Pulls Ads

  General Motors Co. said on Tuesday that it would stop advertising on Facebook because the platform didn't generate enough sales. It is certainly not a great day for the social...

Staying Off Facebook Won’t Protect Your Privacy

Stay away from social networks and people won't know who you're hanging out with or what you're doing, right? Wrong. When it comes to social networking, a recent study...

Everything You Need To Know About Facebook’s Latest S-1 Filing In Less Than A Minute

Facebook filed what will most likely be the last of seven amendments to its S-1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday morning. The company is...

Unanswered Questions About Facebook’s Data-Use Policy – Even After Public Q&A

The harder Facebook tries to explain its data-use policy, the more questions it leaves unanswered. Erin Egan, the social networking behemoth's chief privacy officer, did it again during a...

Study: Facebook Timeline Improves Fan Engagement For Brands

Facebook posts by brands live longer on Timeline than they did prior to the social network’s massive overhaul, according to a study released Monday. While the analysis by London-based...

Expect More Proxy Fights for Tech Companies in Wake of Yahoo Controversy

By using the threat of a proxy fight to win significant change at Yahoo, Daniel Loeb and his Third Point LLC hedge fund did something that may become increasingly...

Facebook to Let Users Vote On Its Privacy Policies

Facebook shareholders may be grumbling about the inordinate amount of control founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds under the company’s relatively unique corporate structure, but n...

In Tough Economy, Big Job Sites Aren’t Enough For The Unemployed

There may have been a time when you could find a job simply by applying directly through a company’s website, or by relying on the big job sites...