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Canadian Firm, German Govt File Against Facebook – Toronto-based Merchant Law Group filed paperwork seeking class action status in a lawsuit against Facebook this week claiming Facebook mishandled user data during the most recent privacy changes, and seeking the sum of the money the company made as a result of making user data public in [...]

In a move that will likely be surprising to some, Facebook has just announced that it is closing its Gift Shop for virtual gifts in three weeks on August 1st. Facebook launched virtual gifts a little over three years ago, and has done a variety of e-commerce experiments since. For example: Initially launching Facebook Credits [...]

Five weeks ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appointed Bret Taylor, who joined the company when Facebook acquired FriendFeed in August 2009, as its new CTO. We sat down with Taylor to talk about Facebook’s vision for the future of the Facebook Platform, and how it’s affecting everything the company is doing. Taylor shares his thoughts [...]

Five weeks ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appointed Bret Taylor, who joined the company when Facebook acquired FriendFeed in August 2009, as its new CTO. We sat down with Taylor to talk about Facebook’s vision for the future of the Facebook Platform, and how it’s affecting everything the company is doing. Taylor shares his thoughts [...]

Five weeks ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appointed Bret Taylor, who joined the company when Facebook acquired FriendFeed in August 2009, as its new CTO. We sat down with Taylor to talk about Facebook’s vision for the future of the Facebook Platform, and how it’s affecting everything the company is doing. Taylor shares his thoughts [...]

Five weeks ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appointed Bret Taylor, who joined the company when Facebook acquired FriendFeed in August 2009, as its new CTO. We sat down with Taylor to talk about Facebook’s vision for the future of the Facebook Platform, and how it’s affecting everything the company is doing. Taylor shares his thoughts [...]

Six weeks ago, Facebook added a contact importer to the multi-friend-selector to enable application users to invite their friends outside of Facebook as well. Of course, adding the contact importer to apps is a move that will help Facebook grow as well, particularly in those regions and demographic segments that are seeing higher game and [...]

The 2010 World Cup offers a glimpse into the future of live television, where shows and sporting events are augmented by social discussions and professional commentary on the Web.

The Facebook Global Monitor is available through your membership to Inside Facebook Gold We’ve just released the July 2010 edition of the Facebook Global Monitor. The Facebook Global Monitor is our data report tracking Facebook’s audience growth around the world, and is a part of the Inside Facebook Gold data membership service. The Global Monitor [...]

Gigya, a company that has transformed from widget-maker to social media optimization service, has released a new infographic detailing which social IDs people use most frequently to login to different types of Gigya-optimized websites. Facebook leads with 46% of Gigya logins across all sites, and was also the top social ID for entertainment and business [...]

Gigya, a company that has transformed from widget-maker to social media optimization service, has released a new infographic detailing which social IDs people use most frequently to login to different types of Gigya-optimized websites. Facebook leads with 46% of Gigya logins across all sites, and was also the top social ID for entertainment and business [...]

Gigya, a company that has transformed from widget-maker to social media optimization service, has released a new infographic detailing which social IDs people use most frequently to login to different types of Gigya-optimized websites. Facebook leads with 46% of Gigya logins across all sites, and was also the top social ID for entertainment and business [...]

Gigya, a company that has transformed from widget-maker to social media optimization service, has released a new infographic detailing which social IDs people use most frequently to login to different types of Gigya-optimized websites. Facebook leads with 46% of Gigya logins across all sites, and was also the top social ID for entertainment and business [...]

Gigya, a company that has transformed from widget-maker to social media optimization service, has released a new infographic detailing which social IDs people use most frequently to login to different types of Gigya-optimized websites. Facebook leads with 46% of Gigya logins across all sites, and was also the top social ID for entertainment and business [...]

Gigya, a company that has transformed from widget-maker to social media optimization service, has released a new infographic detailing which social IDs people use most frequently to login to different types of Gigya-optimized websites. Facebook leads with 46% of Gigya logins across all sites, and was also the top social ID for entertainment and business [...]

Gigya, a company that has transformed from widget-maker to social media optimization service, has released a new infographic detailing which social IDs people use most frequently to login to different types of Gigya-optimized websites. Facebook leads with 46% of Gigya logins across all sites, and was also the top social ID for entertainment and business [...]

Gigya, a company that has transformed from widget-maker to social media optimization service, has released a new infographic detailing which social IDs people use most frequently to login to different types of Gigya-optimized websites. Facebook leads with 46% of Gigya logins across all sites, and was also the top social ID for entertainment and business [...]

Yesterday, Compete published the results of its Q1 2010 Smartphone Intelligence survey, in which behavioral and survey-based insights are gained in regards to how consumers are using iPhones, BlackBerrys, Android devices and other smartphones. Though it may come as no surprise given the proliferation of smartphones, local search, social networking and gaming are still showing [...]

Yesterday, Compete published the results of its Q1 2010 Smartphone Intelligence survey, in which behavioral and survey-based insights are gained in regards to how consumers are using iPhones, BlackBerrys, Android devices and other smartphones. Though it may come as no surprise given the proliferation of smartphones, local search, social networking and gaming are still showing [...]

For several weeks now, Windows Live Messenger has been climbing its way through the growth charts. Now the instant messaging app is at the top of our weekly list of fastest Facebook gainers by daily active users, with 334,214 new DAU. The really impressive point about Live Messenger is that well over half of its [...]

[Editor's Note: The data cited in this article is excerpted from Inside Facebook Gold, our membership service tracking Facebook's business and growth around the world. Please see Inside Facebook Gold to learn more about our complete data and analysis offering.] Facebook’s growth slowed down in the United States in June, following a burst of activity [...]

Welcome back from the long holiday weekend! Though seriously, this industry doesn’t slow down for a minute, does it? Seems everyone used their day off to get ahead on their blog writing or reading. (I’ll admit, I was guilty, too, with my guest post on Outspoken Media about green business practices that better your bottom line. Check it out if you get a chance, but don’t leave yet! I’m talking here! )

While America was busy with its Independence Day festivities this weekend, for the rest of the world it’s been all about the World Cup. Tomorrow Germany and Spain will fight it out for the last spot in the finals facing the Netherlands. One team that didn’t fair so well during the tournament was Nigeria. The team was eliminated during the group stage — which would have been downer enough for Nigerian nationals — but worse yet, the country’s president issued a two-year suspension to the national soccer team from international competition due to its poor showing. Not about to accept insult with injury, fans of the team rallied together to convince the president to reverse his ruling, where else but on Facebook.

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Facebook has slowly been rolling out “hovercards” to show previews of profiles, Pages, events and groups when their names are moused over on the news feed. This new design element, which has been spotted over the past few months, allows users to learn more about and interact with items in their feeds without opening a new [...]

Having lagged behind much of the rest of the world, India is now among one of the fastest growing international regions for Facebook. Developers in the country are paying more attention, too, producing the sorts of apps that will be familiar to most users. UTV Indiagames is one of those developers. Having made the experimental Cricket [...]

At Facebook, everything we do is about making the world more social and creating more personalized experiences. On Facebook, people do everything from remembering their friends’ birthdays to reuniting with old classmates to even finding people willing to donate their organs to save their lives…

If you're anything like me, you've spent a decent chunk of your life listening to, discovering and going to see bands play music (350+ shows and counting).  I'm one of those walking encyclopedias of random music trivia and would probab…

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest cellular service provider, announced a partnership with Facebook yesterday that will bring free access to the site’s mobile version, m.facebook.com, to Bharti’s 130 million customers. For all of July and August Airtel subscribers can utilize key Facebook features like status updates, photos, and private messages with no data charges. The promotion aims [...]

[Editor's Note: The data cited in this article is excerpted from Inside Facebook Gold, our membership service tracking Facebook's business and growth around the world. Visit Inside Facebook Gold to learn more about our complete data and analysis offering.] Growth for Facebook’s top countries in Europe dipped sharply in June of 2010, giving several eastern [...]

Our list of Top 20 Facebook Pages, complied by our PageData tool counting the number of fans added to a Page daily, was a mixed bag this week. Lady Gaga was the first person on Facebook to get 10 million fans, beating out President Barack Obama — and Vin Diesel. The World Cup was also [...]

Facebook can now be a job board with a new application, Work For Us, which allows Page administrators to install a tab on their Page to collect potential hires’ information. The app’s basic version is free for 30 days and allows brands to post jobs on their Pages and automatically create Facebook ads advertising these [...]