The latest additions to Facebook Places seem to go head-to-head with check-in start-up Foursquare, offering an easy way for local businesses to market deals. Given how big Facebook is, will this be 'game over' for Foursquare? Read this blog post by Caro
With Google Voice and Apple FaceTime putting pressure on the social-media service to offer video chat, Facebook syncs up with Skype in move that'll likely benefit both companies. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
Although it says a recently released statement on Net neutrality is a clarification of existing policy, rather than a reaction to the Google-Verizon proposal, it's telling that Facebook doesn't take Google's stance. Read this blog post by Caroline McCa
The market research firm estimates that worldwide ad spending on Facebook will hit $1.28 billion in 2010, quite a bit more than last year's $665 million. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
The travel recommendation service will disappear as of September 1, and its creators plan to release its database under a Creative Commons license. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
Andrew Cuomo, a frequent critic of safety on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, partners with them on a filtering tool to prevent child porn from being uploaded to their servers. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
An unlikely sensation: The interior design on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's hooded sweatshirt has generated a mini press sensation. It's the tech industry equivalent of a trashy summer news story. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
The weeks following the social network's most audacious changes to its privacy policy yet have been characterized by one minor freak-out after another. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
New York Senator Charles Schumer expresses alarm over Facebook's ongoing privacy changes, suggesting that the Federal Trade Commission needs to get involved in regulating social-network privacy. Read this blog post by Caroline McCarthy on The Social.
