Facebook 'in talks to buy' Israeli navigation app Waze
2013 May 12 | 1736 Views
New York - Facebook is in talks on a potential $1bn deal to buy the Israel-based GPS mobile navigation app Waze, The Wall Street Journal reported.The report late on Thursday, citing unnamed sources, said the discussions were "serious" but that no deal had been finalized.Waze, which claims more than ...by Tech Reporter
Facebook founder to visit Nigeria
2013 April 13 | 3500 Views
The founder of Facebook, a social networking website, Mr Mark Zuckerberg, is scheduled to visit Akwa Ibom State in May this year as one of the guest speakers at a youth economic summit organised by the Niger Delta Young Professionals.The Chairman of Niger Delta Young Professionals, Mr Moses Siasia, ...by Staff Reporter
Facebook - South African user-base drop by 1 million
2013 April 10 | 1873 Views
Johannesburg - Social networking site Facebook has seen its South African user-base drop by nearly one million in the past six months, according to a report on Monday.Statistics from social media monitoring company SocialBakers showed that 967 220 users have not logged on to the site in the past s...by Staff Reporter
'Facebook Rapist' - jail term cut to 30yrs
2013 April 05 | 2650 Views
The 50-year jail term imposed on the so-called "Facebook Rapist" Thabo Bester was cut to 30 years on appeal in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in South Africa on Friday.Bester (25) pleaded guilty to raping and robbing two women he lured to Durban with promises of modelling photo shoots, and was sent...by Staff Reporter
Facebook introduces new product 'Home'
2013 April 04 | 2491 Views
California - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company is not building a phone or an operating system. Rather, Facebook is introducing a mobile experience called "Home" that makes the social network the hub of any smartphone that runs Google's Android operating system.Zuckerberg says users can ...by Staff Reporter
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to pay $1.1 billion tax for 2012
2013 March 29 | 3158 Views
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is on the hook for a $1.1 billion tax bill for 2012, the result of his company’s going public last year.That decision gave Zuckerberg, the company’s CEO, a $13 billion fortune, including about $2.3 billion in stock options alone that he reported as income last ye...by Staff Reporter
Child pornography goes viral on Facebook
2013 March 23 | 5029 Views
Facebook has sparked a furious backlash after an adult clip allegedly showing child pornography went viral on the social network.Users vented their anger on rival website Twitter after the video popped up in personal news feeds and was reportedly shared more than 16,000 times.It was reported that th...by Staff Reporter
Man bashed by two women - video goes viral on Facebook
2013 March 17 | 9226 Views
A video of a man being assaulted two by women in an unknown location in Southern Africa has gone viral on Facebook. The man in the video is being assaulted by two women accusing him of insulting them. The man shooting the video continuously urges them on to hit him. saying "mshayeni".
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Zuckerberg ranked top chief executive
2013 March 16 | 3163 Views
San Francisco - Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on Friday was ranked top chief executive in a Glassdoor survey of what current and former employees think of how top bosses are leading companies.Zuckerberg had a near-perfect approval rating, with 99% of Facebook workers endorsing the way he is running the...by Staff Repoprter
Brand Pages Need To Combine Words and Pictures in Facebook News Feed
2013 March 11 | 2447 Views
LONDON - The announcement that Facebook is to carry out a major redesign to its News Feed, including the increased value of images, will present greater opportunities to engage with their customers innovatively, says integrated PR, search and social media agency Punch Communications.The overhaul, an...by PRNewswire
Motivational Facebook fitness boasts could keep healthy living resolutions on track
2013 March 05 | 1900 Views
You may not think that browsing the internet has many health benefits, yet new research suggests that 64 per cent of Brits feel motivated to work out by friends' fitness boasts posted on Facebook.The study from Fitbit, which polled 1,000 people, reveals that many of us feel inspired by what our frie...by realbuzz.com
Prophet Mboro prays for his Facebook followers: Video
2013 March 03 | 9118 Views
Watch this video of a self-proclaimed South African prophet Mboro.www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzaPRDiMPec
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Facebook to unveil a new look for its 'newsfeed'
2013 March 02 | 2540 Views
Facebook Inc will unveil a new look for its popular "newsfeed" next week, the latest move by the Web company to revamp key elements of its 1 billion member social network.Facebook will showcase the newsfeed makeover at a media event on March 7 at its Menlo Park, California headquarters, the company...by Staff Reporter
Facebook CEO 'Zuckerberg' and wife are the 2nd-biggest charitable donors
2013 February 13 | 3624 Views
Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife were the second-biggest charitable donors in the United States last year, appearing behind only billionaire Warren Buffett on a list of the nation's most generous philanthropists.Zuckerberg, along with wife Priscilla Chan, gave roughly half a b...by CNN
Man signs $200 contract with daughter (14) to stay off Facebook
2013 February 07 | 5043 Views
A US man from Wellesley, Mass, has struck a five-month deal with his daughter to stay off Facebook for $200. If successful, the teenager will receive $50 on April and $150 in June.To ensure fulfillment of the signed agreement, the man has access to the 14-year-old high school student's Facebook ac...by Moyo Roy
Facebook friend demands sex, threatens to kill Zim woman
2013 January 31 | 13198 Views
A Zimbabwean woman claims she has become a victim of a "Facebook rapist."Priviledge Privie Dzomba who is currently based in South Africa apparently became a victim after publicly sharing her mobile number with her Facebook friends hoping she was going to receive a viral video of a Zimbabwean mothe...by Moyo Roy
Nurse spots eye cancer from Facebook picture, saving toddler's life
2013 January 11 | 5150 Views
A nurse saved a toddler from cancer after looking at her Facebook picture.Nicola Sharp was browsing through friend Michele Freeman's profile when she saw a flash photo of Michele's daughter Grace.It showed the two-year-old with a white pupil in her left eye instead of the usual "red eye" effect.Nico...by Staff Reporter
Teenager arrested after Facebook confession
2013 January 04 | 7191 Views
USA - Police in the coastal city of Astoria, Ore, US, arrested an 18-year-old young man, Jacob Cox-Brown after he allegedly confessed via Facebook that he had been driving drunk on New Year's Eve and hit someone's car.Deputy Chief Brad Johnston said Thursday that officers were investigating a hit an...by Staff Reporter
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