Social networking site with over 500 million users worldwide. The site was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerburg, a Harvard student at the time of founding. The company employs 1,400 and has its European, African and Middle East headquarters in Dublin.
# facebook - Yesterday’s News
Facebook campaigns have the power to ‘dramatically boost’ organ donation
A campaign in the US last year resulted in a 21-fold increase in registration.
# facebook - Sunday 16 June, 2013
9 things you never knew before social media
Honestly, we never would have known these things otherwise.
# facebook - Saturday 15 June, 2013
US government made 9,000 requests for Facebook user info in six months
The requests covered issues from child disappearances to petty crimes and terror threats.
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Good morning! Here are nine things to know before you start your day…
# facebook - Friday 14 June, 2013
Civil liberties groups claim PRISM breaches international human rights
A full-page newspaper ad, to coincide with an EU-US summit in Dublin, claims surveillance breaches United Nations conventions.
# facebook - Thursday 13 June, 2013
Hashtags on #Facebook are now working in Ireland
The social networking site has finally followed Twitter and Instagram in enabling hashtags.
# facebook - Wednesday 12 June, 2013
# facebook - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
EU to raise concerns about US data surveillance in Dublin summit
The European Commission says it will ask the US for assurances about the legality of its data harvesting this week.
# facebook - Monday 10 June, 2013
British minister says report of UK access to US data is ‘baseless’
William Hague says any proposals by British intelligence agencies to intercept data needs the approval of ministers.
Data Protection Commissioner ‘not surprised’ by US surveillance programme
Billy Hawkes said that his concern might be that there would be an abuse of powers that have been granted for legitimate reasons.
# facebook - Saturday 8 June, 2013
This is the fantastical set built by Napster and Facebook billionaire for his wedding
Pictures show the reconstruction of redwood forest area – created by Lord of the Rings set designer – which got him in trouble with state of California.
# facebook - Friday 7 June, 2013
UK has had access to US’s secret data for three years – report
The Guardian says Britain’s GCHQ surveillance agency has been able to access data harvested by the US’s ‘PRISM’ system.
# facebook - Monday 27 May, 2013
Teen rescued after kidnappers lured him through Facebook
The culprits started chatting to the 13-year-old six months ago.
# facebook - Sunday 26 May, 2013
Tumblr $1 billion deal sparks talk on next big tech target
“All the big internet companies that have money are potential buyers. Then it depends on what they want to be and how much they are willing to pay.”
Retailers turn focus to online operations in a bid to tap into the €4.1bn market
Sixty-four per cent of businesses intend to upgrade their online presence in the next 18 months, with the Irish online market predicted to grow to €21bn by 2017.
# facebook - Thursday 23 May, 2013
Jennifer Lopez to sell mobile phones
J.Lo is branching out into selling phones on Facebook.
# facebook - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Poll: Should Ireland be tougher on multi-national companies when it comes to tax?
Apple, which employs 4,000 people in Ireland, pays a tax rate of less than two per cent in Ireland.
# facebook - Monday 20 May, 2013
What can Facebook tell us about the battle of the sexes?
The ‘Mr and Mrs Average’ data reveals that men get into literature later in life, while women lose interest in their 20s.
# facebook - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Court says YouTube video of taxi evasion may be taken down from the internet
A High Court judge said today he was surprised that Google and Facebook had not done more to help take down the video.
# facebook - Monday 13 May, 2013
The 8 impossible Facebook dilemmas
Should you accept your mum’s friend request? ARGH.
What a Facebook update would look like in real life
WHY DO YOU HAVE TO KEEP CHANGING, FACEBOOK?!?
# facebook - Sunday 12 May, 2013
The 25 most popular free iPhone apps of all time
Sorry, Android users. You’re probably not going to want to read this article.
Vin Diesel: Facebook ‘owes me billions of dollars’
The ‘Fast & Furious’ actor reckons his pre-eminence in building a big following on the site has led the way.
# facebook - Thursday 9 May, 2013
United jump Facebook gun, name David Moyes coach 15 minutes too soon
Wonder what the boys on the stock exchange made of that?
’20,000 hashtags, Twitter handles linked to terrorism in 2012’, says group
The Simon Wiesenthal Centre is pressing Twitter and Facebook to deal with the situation.
# facebook - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
How Twitter and Facebook can help you access free public WiFi
The company has assured users that their data will remain protected.
# facebook - Monday 6 May, 2013
Average employee spends 56 minutes of working day on social media sites
“Im dossng off @ wrk, lol. #rebel”
# facebook - Friday 3 May, 2013
Man accused of murdering April Jones ‘approached her sister on Facebook’
The court was also shown images of April’s final hours as the trial of 47-year-old Mark Bridger continued.
Thailand’s premier sues cartoonist over ‘prostitute’ Facebook post
Yingluck Shinawatra is suing a cartoonist who posted a photo to Facebook along with a caption condemning her.
There are just 24 Tayto chocolate bars in the whole of Australia…
… and thousands are clamouring for them.
# facebook - Thursday 2 May, 2013
The 7 people who are driving you away from Facebook
You went to the gym. We get it.
# facebook - Friday 26 April, 2013
11 internet firsts you probably never heard of
The first photo ever uploaded to the internet, the first registered domain name… let’s step back into the internet’s history.
New scheme launched to help get more businesses trading online
Currently only 23 per cent of Irish SMEs trade online, with three of the four billion that Irish consumers spend online leaving the country.
Facebook says privacy practices are sufficient, cites independent audit
What do you think?
# facebook - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Oxegen fans on Facebook learn that change is hard
Some of the most pained comments from the festival’s Facebook page.
# facebook - Sunday 21 April, 2013
What your favourite celebrities would be like as Facebook friends
What would Beyoncé post? What about George Hook?
# facebook - Wednesday 17 April, 2013
# facebook - Saturday 13 April, 2013
‘This is such BS’ – Kobe Bryant bares his soul on Facebook after season-ending injury
The star has zero filter this year and has been using social media as his outlet.
# facebook - Friday 12 April, 2013
12 social media mishaps we want to bury forever
We just want to forget these things. Honestly.
Irish mammies spending big on first baby
In a survey, almost 40 per cent said they used social media to announce their pregnancy and over 65 per cent spill the beans before 12 weeks.
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