Tagged: Mark Zuckerberg & News
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushes for immigration reform News
12.04.2013 Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, along with other Silicon Valley leaders, has launched a new initiative called FWD.us aimed at reforming the United States’ outmoded immigration...Categories: Upskilling, Software & Web Development, Science, Recruitment, R&D, Legal, Internet, Hardware, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Facebook reveals ‘Home’ – it’s not a phone but could transform all smartphones News
04.04.2013 Facebook didn’t reveal a brand new phone today per se, but an Android-based feature set called ‘Home’, which it expects to sit on the home screen of all smartphones and will...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Networking & Telecoms, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
Facebook’s ‘personalised newspaper’ news feed built on mobile-first principles News
07.03.2013 Facebook has just revealed its new-look news feed, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as “the best personalised newspaper that we can create.” The new news feed will be...Categories: Web, Social Media, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Computers, Apps -
The ultimate history of Facebook (infographic) News
23.02.2013 Social networking behemoth Facebook has come a very long way since its launch in 2004, and a new inforgraphic pulls its evolution all together into an ultimate history of the... -
Facebook turns nine – a celebration in birthday memes News
04.02.2013 Nearly a decade and 1bn users later, social networking giant Facebook shows no signs of slowing down on the ninth anniversary of its launch today. -
Facebook reports Q4 revenues of US$1.58bn, profits fall to US$64m News
31.01.2013 Social network Facebook’s revenues came in at US$1.58bn for the fourth quarter, up 40pc year-on-year, bringing full-year revenues for 2012 to just over US$5bn. However, profits... -
Facebook’s big reveal – it’s Graph Search – weaves a smart web within social News
15.01.2013 Facebook has launched a new search engine based on its social graph called Graph Search. It's a smart search engine built solely for within the Facebook 1bn-strong ecosystem of...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Search Engines, Search, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Newsmakers of the year: Barack Obama, Tim Cook, Michael D Higgins, John McAfee and Tupac News
31.12.2012 We recall the top newsmakers of 2012, including Presidents Barack Obama and Michael D Higgins, tech industry leaders Tim Cook and Steve Ballmer, the 3D resurrection of Tupac...Tags: McAfee, Eircom, 4G, ComReg, James Whelton, Facebook, Apple, Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Barack Obama, YouTube, -
Mobile advertising pays off for Facebook in third quarter News
24.10.2012 Some 14pc of Facebook's revenue came from mobile advertising, the social networking giant has revealed in its third-quarter financial results. -
Weekend news round-up: avoiding a 'cyber Pearl Harbor'; confusion at Windows 8 launch? News
22.10.2012 In our round-up of the top tech news coverage over the weekend, it has emerged that the White House is taking security matters into its own hands to share security resources...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Servers, Security, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Investments, Internet, Hardware, Consumer TechTags: Windows 8, Facebook, Software, Cyber security, Entrepreneurs, Mark Zuckerberg, Apple, Google, Samsung, iPad Mini -
Did you know there are 1,424,657 breakups every day on Facebook (video) News
05.10.2012 Facebook’s amazing achievement of surpassing 1bn active users has been marked by a clever video collaboration between Cleverbug, an Irish start-up that brings Facebook into the... -
Facebook surpasses 1bn monthly active users News
04.10.2012 There are now more than 1bn people using Facebook every month, the social network’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed today. Yes, you read correctly – 1bn people!Categories: Web 2.0, Web, Social Media, Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Winklevoss twins invest US$1m in investors' social network SumZero News
17.09.2012 The twins formerly embroiled in a lawsuit with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg have invested US$1m in SumZero, a new social network for professional investors. -
Facebook’s Google moment – plans search and expects to make more money from mobile News
12.09.2012 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference yesterday that in the coming years he expects to make more money from mobile users than from those...Categories: Phones, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing, Digital Business, Apps Zone, Apps, Search, Search Engines, Software, Software & Web Development -
Facebook rushes to stop shares slide – Zuckerberg promises not to sell stock for a year News
05.09.2012 In a move calculated to slow the descent of its share value, social network Facebook has moved to reassure investors. CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a regulatory filing has promised not...Categories: Financial, Digital Media, Digital Business, Financial Results, Funding, Internet, Investments, Social Media -
Facebook shares plunge to new low of below US$20 as sell-off begins News
17.08.2012 The expiry of a ban that prophets pre-IPO investors from trading yesterday saw investors sell off 156.7m out of 271m shares yesterday in social network Facebook, plunging the... -
Facebook targets mobile app developers with new ad unit, as brain drain continues at company News
09.08.2012 Facebook may be struggling to retain top talent since its May IPO – three more of its top executives have announced their plans to quit the Palo Alto, California-based company –... -
Facebook makes it easier to keep up with births, weddings and engagements News
13.07.2012 Social network Facebook has introduced a new feature that makes it easier to see when friends have important life events to announce, such as weddings, births and engagements. -
Weekend news roundup: party invite goes viral; Murdoch and Zuckerberg in talks? News
09.07.2012 Some of the weekend newspapers' tech coverage reveals the annual Sun Valley summer camp for media moguls will see interesting opportunities arise for existing and new moguls,... -
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes weds partner Sean Eldridge News
02.07.2012 Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes married his longtime boyfriend Sean Eldridge on Saturday at their home in Garrison, New York, and Hughes announced the news on the social network.