19 Jan 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Asos.com, the online fashion retailer, is to launch a Facebook shop at the end of this month...clothes without leaving the Facebook site.
The online retailer has grown rapidly in recent years ...
the new service will be a big hit with its Facebook followers, which, it says, number nearly 400,000.
The Facebook app will have the same functionality as the Asos website, including add-to-basket, edit cart ...
20 Feb 2008
| by Staff
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook has confirmed that its chief revenue officer, Owen Van Natta, is to leave..., which gave Microsoft a 1.6% stake in Facebook, valued the site at 7.3bn. Before joining the Palo Alto ...
28 Aug 2009
| by Kate Nettleton
LONDON - Facebook has been forced to make a number of changes to its privacy policy following a...games and quizzes for the site. Facebook has agreed to restrict this practice by ensuring that third ...
that is currently being kept on file indefinitely. While there are many critics of Facebook's use of personal ...
Facebook's storing of personal data was in breach of Canadian law. The changes will take Facebook ...
18 May 2012
| by Sarah Shearman
Facebook has priced its shares at $38 (£24) as it begins its stock market flotation, valuing...Facebook is offering about 421 million shares of its common stock at this price.
Following high demand from investors, Facebook announced earlier this week that it would be selling 25% more shares than ...
, where last night staff staged one of its all night 'hackathons'. This valuation means that Facebook ...
06 Jun 2008
| by Ben Bold
Facebook by creating an application that enables social networkers to interact with sports-related content....The application, which has been piloted since 21 April, is available in five languages - English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. The Facebook application is the latest in a series of digital initiatives rolled out by Eurosport. Earlier this year, the group launched an improved version of its online ...
08 May 2008
| by Staff
NEW YORK - Microsoft has made an informal approach to Facebook about a possible acquisition...According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft informally approached Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the social-networking website, to gauge his interest in selling Facebook to the software giant. Microsoft, which last year bought a 1.6% share in Facebook for $240m valuing the site at $15bn, made ...
31 Aug 2011
| by Maisie McCabe
UK Radioplayer, the joint industry online player, has launched its service on Facebook for users.... There are now more than 250 stations available, many of which have fan and group pages on Facebook already.
Facebook Radioplayer app users can receive recommendations based on their friends listening habits ...
with the commercial stations will be visible on the player within Facebook.
It was created as a research project ...
12 Feb 2009
| by Dan Leahul
LONDON - Social networks are beefing up their mobile presence as partnership talks between Facebook...The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is in discussions with Nokia to integrate its ...
of Facebook friend's contact information directly into Nokia phones, so users can check to see if friends ...
details, but it is clear that talks have been proceeding for a number of months. Facebook is also said ...
02 Oct 2008
| by Staff
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook app designer Slide has signed a deal with a number of major media...The new application, FunSpace Channels, allows Facebook users to watch and share online video and will be introduced into other social networking sites throughout the year. Media partners include CBS, Current ...
to Facebook and Myspace users, including the SuperPoke!, Top Friends and Slideshows apps, used by over 170m ...
17 Jul 2009
The US sport site Rootzoo is suing Facebook because it claims that the social networking site