Articles tagged «facebook»
Facebook and Bango Join Forces for Mobile Payments
News Business
Facebook has teamed up with Bango to provide mobile payment services on the social network with the aim to encourage smartphone purchases. Facebook already make an impressive income from microtransactions from within...
Facebook IPO Could See Zuckerberg Pay Nearly $2 Billion in Taxes
News Business
Facebook's IPO will make Mark Zuckerberg a billionaire and to that affect will also see the founder being stung by the tax bee that could suck as much as $2 billion out of his Facebook kitty. The IPO being one of the highest...
BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 OS - video walkthrough of remote control features; OS will be arriving in two weeks, confirms RIM
News Mobile & Telco
BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012 ITPP has captured a video of the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 OS in a hands on walkthrough of the new platform, which ITProPortal has learnt will be arriving on existing PlayBook tablets in two...
Facebook Criticised for Impairing Cybercrime Investigation
News Security
Facebook has been criticised for releasing the details of the group behind the Koobface worm, out of what it claims was frustration for the slow pace that law enforcers were working. The social network claimed that the gang had...
Research In Motion to give away 25,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets; PlayBook 2.0 OS due by the end of February – official
News Mobile & Telco
BlackBerry DevCon Europe 2012 Canadian email phone maker RIM has announced at their BlackBerry DevCon Europe event that it is giving away a large number of their new latest tablet PlayBook devices, running the QNX platform. RIM's...
Noon News: Google 'Solve for X', Facebook Scam Infects Thousands of Systems, Apple TV in Canada
Overviews Web
Google has revealed that it is coming up with a new project which will be totally dedicated to radical problem solving. The company explained that the new project, dubbed "Solve for X", will facilitate users from all over the...
Google, Facebook Forced to Remove 'Offensive' Content in India
News Web
Internet giants Google and Facebook have removed "offensive" content from their India-specific domains following a court order, according to new reports. Earlier, both these sites along with a handful of other websites including...
New Facebook Scam Goes Viral, Infects Thousands of Systems
News Security
A new Facebook spam campaign, one which reportedly infects the victims' computers with malware, has caught the attention of security researchers. The spam campaign first surfaced on Friday last week, and ever since has gone viral...
Skype 5.8 for Windows Released, Features Full HD Video Calls, Facebook Integration
News Web
Skype has released its latest version of Windows application, version 5.8, which is equipped with some great features such as HD video calling and ability to make video calls to Facebook friends directly. The new version allows...
'Power Users' Resulting in a Skew on Facebook: Pew
News Web
An extensive study carried out by the research outfit Pew Research Center sheds light onto some interesting trends associated with Facebook users. The study revealed that a typical Facebook user tends to get much from their...
Late News: Dell Forays into Software Business, Zynga Benefits from Facebook IPO, Lumia 900 on Preorder in US
Overviews Business
Dell has planned to diversify its business and enter into the software market by coming up with an entirely new software group and by hiring ex-CA Technologies chief executive John Swainson to lead the group. Swainson will be a...
Zynga Shares Surge as Facebook Files IPO
News Business
San Francisco based online video game vendor Zynga's stock surged by nearly 20 per cent on Thursday after one of its key business allies - Facebook filed its initial public offering. Ever since it teamed up with the social media...
AM News: Nexus S 4G ICS ROM Leaked, Facebook Spammers Using Amazon S3, Mozilla Outs Firefox 10
Overviews Mobile & Telco
The wait for Nexus S 4G's Ice Cream Sandwich update, it seems, is finally going to be over. An Android 4.0 ROM that pretty much resembles an official release has been leaked onto the XDA Developers forum. The ROM highlights the...
Facebook Spammers Utilising Amazon S3
News Web
Spam campaigns against Facebook users is not a new trend and such attacks have been going on ever since the site started climbing up the ladder of popularity at a rapid pace. However, according to new report, attackers are now...
Noon News: Facebook IPO and Usage Statistics, Gov.uk Single Government Domain Beta, Late 2012 Launch for Apple TV
Overviews Business
Almost eight years after he founded Facebook in a Harvard dorm room, Mark Zuckerberg finally confirmed on Wednesday that the company has decided to join the US stock exchange. The deal could value Facebook at approximately $100...






