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 - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
Here’s what your Facebook likes reveal about you…
Warning: It may not be flattering.
# facebook - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
28 students suspended for ‘Liking’ explicit post about teacher
A Co Limerick school has suspended 28 students after liking a Facebook update referring to a teacher’s personal life.
The 9 at 9: Tuesday
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
# facebook - Monday 11 March, 2013
Has Ireland accidentally given ‘fraping’ to the world?
Maybe not quite – but we definitely tried.
Lisa McInerney: Senator’s ‘frape’ gaffe signals that panic – not reason – rules social media debate
Fidelma Healy-Eames and Eamonn Coghlan were “given an important task that deserved research and clarity of delivery – instead we got ludicrous schemes and half-remembered gossip”.
# facebook - Sunday 10 March, 2013
Pat Rabbitte: Social media is crucial for holding authority figures accountable
Pat Rabbitte said sites such as Facebook and Twitter are important for questioning the established order.
Weird Wide Web: Marvel, fresh Facebook look and just the right lighting
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
Explainer: What your self-portrait says about you
Or ‘selfie’ as they are known amongst the Instagram and Facebook generation…
Opinion: A lack of pretence made Off the Ball stand out from the crowd
While the show still remains on Newstalk’s schedule, its essence has been cruelly removed.
# facebook - Friday 8 March, 2013
Inquiry finds police ‘failed’ to respond to viral Facebook party invitation
An official inquiry says the ‘Project X’ stunt in Haren, where 4,000 people showed up to a birthday party, should have provoked a better response from police and civil authorities.
# facebook - Thursday 7 March, 2013
Facebook is changing the news feed… yes, again
Yep… again. The new design will make it easier to split your friends’ updates from pages you follow.
‘For us, there is a fundamental value in anonymity’ – Twitter at Leinster House today
The Joint Committee on Transport and Communications heard from representatives from both Facebook and Twitter today.
# facebook - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Facebook and Twitter representatives to appear before Oireachtas committee
They will speak to the committee about social media, cyber-bullying and harassment.
9 things we’d like to see in Facebook’s new News Feed
An oversharing filter? An anti-inspirational status widget? We’d like all of those please.
Rabbitte: ‘Bullying didn’t come in with the advent of the internet’
The Minister for Communications was speaking about social media before the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications earlier today.
# facebook - Tuesday 5 March, 2013
Bullied: Your stories of bullying in school
We asked and you told us. Here are your stories about bullying in school.
# facebook - Saturday 2 March, 2013
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you begin your day.
# facebook - Wednesday 27 February, 2013
Contempt action to be taken over photos of ‘James Bulger’s killers’
Individuals who posted material purporting to show the notorious Jon Venables and Robert Thompson face prosecution by the British government.
# facebook - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
Only two Irish players make the 6 Nations Lions Team of the Week
Sean O’Brien and Luke Marshall were the only members of Declan Kidney’s side to make the cut.
# facebook - Monday 25 February, 2013
PIC: Why you don’t give your CV to your friends
Because they might make… additions.
# facebook - Saturday 23 February, 2013
The 11 people that wreck your head on social media
If you’re a hashtag addict or an Instagram obsessive, we’re looking at you.
# facebook - Friday 22 February, 2013
Column: Abortion is too important an issue for disrespectful debate
Fighting each other will get us nowhere – Ireland needs to have a genuinely respectful and mature debate about this serious issue, writes Laura Larkin.
The 9 at 9: Friday
Good morning. Here are nine things to know as you start your day.
Oireachtas committee wants to hear your issues with social media
Transport and Communications joint committee has launched a public consultation process to explore the use – and abuse – of social media. (And you can participate through social media).
# facebook - Thursday 21 February, 2013
104-year-old woman ‘had to lie about age’ to join Facebook
A “glitch in the system” prevents users from entering any age over 99.
# facebook - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
Apple hit by cyber attack, says no data was stolen
“There is no evidence that any data left Apple,” Apple said as it confirmed an attack similar to one carried out on Facebook recently.
# facebook - Monday 18 February, 2013
The 10 jobs we’d REALLY like to see at Facebook
We just want to make the world (i.e. Facebook) a better place. These are the positions they should be filling at Facebook HQ.
The 5 at 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Facebook creates 100 more jobs in Dublin
The recruitment process has already started for the new positions, which will bring the Dublin workforce to 500.
# facebook - Sunday 17 February, 2013
Mark Zuckerberg: A life in quotes
Presenting the 15 quotes that define the CEO’s life in tech.
# facebook - Saturday 16 February, 2013
Facebook network hit by ‘sophisticated’ cyber attack
The social networking giant said it found no evidence any user data was compromised.
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Good morning. Here are nine things to know before you start your day.
# facebook - Thursday 14 February, 2013
Mark Zuckerberg’s sister moves from Facebook to real books
Randi Zuckerberg is planning a memoir about her time at Facebook, among other things.
# facebook - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
Facebook sued over ‘like’ and ‘share’ buttons
The family of a Dutch inventor, who died in 2004, are suing the company for alleged patent infringement.
# facebook - Monday 11 February, 2013
How social media connected people in the US snowstorm
“I guess what’s better is that you are not sitting here waiting for the 6 o’clock news, waiting to find out what’s going on.”
# facebook - Friday 8 February, 2013
PIC: Dad pays daughter $200 in ‘Facebook deactivation agreement’
The 14-year-old suggested the idea.
# facebook - Thursday 7 February, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added Facebook privacy
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# facebook - Tuesday 5 February, 2013
‘Facebook account would not be helpful to us’ – Ryanair’s new spokesperson
The incoming head of communications Robin Kiely says that tapping into social media sites would require the airline to employ more people to deal with queries.
Half of Irish adults now ‘two-screening’ while watching TV
A survey from Sky shows that almost 50 per cent of adults now text, tweet or use Facebook to discuss what they watch.
# facebook - Saturday 2 February, 2013
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Man held over social media comments made over Union flag dispute
A 28-year-old man is being held by police in north Belfast over comments made on Facebook in relation to the ongoing Union flag controversy.
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