World news about “social network” published by euronews.
Facebook founder ties the knot Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has updated his online status – to “married”. The 28 year-old billionaire wed his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan in an… 20/05/2012
Zuckerberg – code, people and riches Around half the Internet users on Earth are signed onto Facebook. That meant more than 900 million by the beginning of April this year. Social networking, for… 18/05/2012
Facebook fizzle or sizzle? Stirring up passions in the realms of finance and friends, social network site Facebook’s shares have gone on sale and did not provide the massive immediate… 18/05/2012
Facebook makes debut on Nasdaq stock exchange Facebook has become the third-largest initial public offering in US history behind General Motors and Visa, raising at least 16 billion dollars. The firm is… 18/05/2012
Facebook share sale guide price set Facebook has announced the price range for its shares when they go on sale to the public for the first time. They will cost between $28 and $35 each (21-26… 04/05/2012
Facebook snaps up Instagram for big bucks One billion dollars is the price that Facebook is to pay for Instagram, a two-year-old photo-sharing mobile phone app developer that has never made a profit… 10/04/2012
France’s tweeting toddlers They start them young at a primary school at Siarrouy in the Haute-Pyrénées of south-west France. Since November 2011 they have been learning to write, not… 10/04/2012
Trading within FacebookA project designed by students and supported by the European Youth Capital 2012 scheme is reaching the four corners of the planet at the speed of a few… 13/03/2012
Facebook files for market flotation Facebook, the world’s largest internet social networking site has taken its first formal steps towards being launched on the stock market. The brainchild of… 02/02/2012
French PM’s shy Twitter debutJust four tweets since October, a Twitter alias and a default egg as a profile picture. There are thousands of accounts like this on Twitter, but this… 12/12/2011
China shuts social media sites after coup rumoursChina announced a crackdown on the use of social media websites on Saturday following recent rumours that a coup was underway. The decision comes after… 31/03/2012
Fears for blogger after extraditionSaudi journalist Hamza Kashgari has been deported from Malaysia back to Saudi Arabia. The 23-year-old columnist had sparked outrage following controversial… 12/02/2012
Facebook ‘light my fire’Palo Alto, California, has been Facebook’s home base since June 2004. It was conceived on the other side of the country, at Harvard University, originally… 31/01/2012
Twitter users stop tweeting to protest ‘censorship’Twitter users are being urged to go on strike today in response to the company’s decision to block or remove tweets in specific countries. Previously posts… 28/01/2012
EU gets tough on internet data protectionThe EU has unveiled tough new rules on protecting internet users personal data that have far-reaching implications for web giants such as Google and Facebook… 25/01/2012
Facebook to improve its privacy policyFacebook agreed on Wednesday to overhaul privacy protection for more than half a billion users outside North America, after a three-month investigation found… 22/12/2011
Social media unites Moscow’s youthAn unidentified man has set the internet ablaze after posting a video which appears to uncover vote rigging in Moscow. The video shows the film maker… 09/12/2011
