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News 2 new results for facebook   Facebook Eyes Spot On Phone Home Page Wall Street Journal The social network is developing software for mobile devices powered by Google Inc.'s Android operating system that displays content from users' Facebook accounts on a smartphone's home screen—the first screen visible when they turn on the device, ... See all stories on this topic » The idea of a Facebook Android version makes my head hurt CNET The idea of a Facebook Android version makes my head hurt. Facebook could very well launch its own Android version at an event next week. But instead of more mobile Facebook , we just need better mobile Facebook . Kent German. by Kent German ... See all stories on this topic » This as-it-happens Google Alert is brought to you by Google. Delete this alert. Create another alert. Manage your alerts.

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News 2 new results for facebook   Facebook's next event focuses on Android San Jose Mercury News Citing unnamed sources, the industry blog Tech Crunch said Facebook has created a modified version of Android for a new phone built by the hardware-maker HTC. It reportedly will display a version of the user's Facebook page on the phone's home screen ... See all stories on this topic » Facebook's Android play could be boon for HTC ZDNet Summary: Should HTC be Facebook's hardware partner for a social phone the smartphone maker could get a revenue boost and more scale to compete with Samsung. Larry Dignan. By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines | March 29, 2013 -- 14:06 GMT ... See all stories on this topic » This as-it-happens Google Alert is brought to you by Google. Delete this alert. Create another alert. Manage your alerts.

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News 1 new result for facebook   Ceglia's Facebook Claim Should Be Thrown Out, Judge Says Businessweek Ceglia claims a contract he and Zuckerberg signed in 2003 gave them equal shares in Facebook , which now operates the world's biggest online social network. Facebook claims Zuckerberg, who was a student at Harvard University at the time, was hired to do ... See all stories on this topic » Tip: Use site restrict in your query to search within a site (site:nytimes.com or site:.edu). Learn more . Delete this alert. Create another alert. Manage your alerts.

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Blogs 10 new results for facebook   Big Data Could Cripple Facebook | TechCrunch By Jon Evans So there's this startup called SmogFarm, which does big-data sentiment analysis, "pulse of the planet" stuff. I spotted them last year, and now.. TechCrunch This Week on AllThingsD, Facebook's Ad Plan and the "Next Steve ... By Eric Johnson The top 10 stories of the week, in one convenient serving. AllThingsD Facebook's Phone Could Mean You'll Never Have To Buy Cell ... By Alyson Shontell Carriers should be worried. They could become nothing more than "dumb pipes." SAI How Many People Changed Their Facebook Profile Pictures to ... By Madeleine Morgenstern Those red-and-pink equal signs all over Facebook were pretty much impossible to miss this week when the Supreme Court took up the same-sex marriage issue, and now there are numbers to prove it. Facebook has estimated that ... TheBlaze.com - Stories This week in Facebook | Digital Trends By ...

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Web 3 new results for facebook   Facebook : 2.7 million profile picture updates - CNN.com You may have noticed something different about your friends' profile pictures as you scrolled through your Facebook feed this week. According to the social ... www.cnn.com/2013/03/29/tech/facebook-same-sex-marriage Decksi on Facebook | Facebook Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work , study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, ... https://apps.facebook.com/playDecksi/ Judge recommends Ceglia case vs Facebook be dismissed | Reuters (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday recommended the dismissal of a lawsuit against Facebook Inc in which Paul Ceglia, an upstate New York wood pellet ... www.reuters.com/.../us-facebook-ceglia-idUSBRE92P16U201... Tip: Use site restrict in your query to search within a site (site:nytimes.com or site:.edu). Learn more . Delete this alert. Create another alert. Manage your alerts....

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News 4 new results for facebook   New Facebook smartphone to be announced Thursday USA TODAY On Thursday, Facebook plans to unfurl the first phone designed to showcase its social network. Made by HTC, and using a version of Google's Android software, the device will be built into Facebook's services and include a camera, according to a report ... See all stories on this topic » UBS Challenges Nasdaq's Facebook IPO Plan Wall Street Journal (blog) An arbitrated fight is not surprising, since UBS would have had to oversubscribe to Nasdaq's total offer by nearly six-fold — to co-opt hot IPO speak — to recoup the $356 million it says it lost on the Facebook IPO. The loss came after UBS's ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog) How Facebook Handles Gender Issues, From Sheryl Sandberg (VIDEO) Huffington Post One of the benefits about working at Facebook is the ability to speak openly about gender issues in the workplace, Faceb...

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News 5 new results for facebook   Facebook pushing ahead with less flashy design for new office campus PCWorld According to MercuryNews.com, Gehry's creative partner, Craig Webb, told the city council that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and others at the company asked the famous designer to tone down his original design and drop early ideas such as building ... See all stories on this topic » Facebook's Same-Sex Stunner Daily Beast At around 1 p.m. ET on Monday, the Human Rights Campaign—America's largest organization fighting for LGBT rights—posted a red version (synonymous with love) of their blue and yellow equality sign to Facebook , and urged their approximately 1.4 million ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Beast Facebook faces new shareholder suit over IPO Chicago Tribune A Facebook Inc. shareholder filed a lawsuit over the largest social networking company's botched initial public offering and is seeking to hold Chief Executive Mark Zu...

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Web 4 new results for facebook   Friends, photos are early favorites on Facebook Graph Search ... In January, Facebook unveiled Graph Search, a more robust search tool that's being slowly rolled out to users. www.cnn.com/2013/03/21/tech/.../facebook-graph-search Unity and Facebook are now in a Relationship … and it's Awesome! The Unity Web Player is the best way to get games into players' hands, and currently installed on over 200M computers. Facebook is a great way to get players ... blogs.unity3d.com/.../unity-and-facebook-are-now-in-a-relatio... New Facebook -Branded Android Coming? - Slashdot Earthquake Retrofit writes "The Register reports that ' Facebook has sent out invitations to an event at its Menlo Park headquarters next week that many believe ... hardware.slashdot.org/.../new-facebook-branded-android-com... Facebook Preparing More Visible Embrace of Android - Digits - WSJ Facebook is moving to take a more prominent place on smartphones. blog...

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News 2 new results for facebook   In your face, Facebook style CNET In your face, Facebook style. commentary You won't be able to ignore ads on Facebook any longer, and that's going to thrill advertisers and Wall Street -- unless users are like me and hate it. Charles Cooper. by Charles Cooper. March 30, 2013 4:00 AM ... See all stories on this topic » Facebook app developers frustrated with experience San Jose Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO -- Last spring, the future for Viddy, a video-sharing Facebook app, seemed as sunny as Southern California's skies. Based a block away from Venice Beach, the 30-person startup impressed prospective investors with skyrocketing user ... See all stories on this topic » Tip: Use site restrict in your query to search within a site (site:nytimes.com or site:.edu). Learn more . Delete this alert. Create another alert. Manage your alerts.

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Blogs 10 new results for facebook   Facebook's Home On Android Could Give You A Sixth Sense For ... By Josh Constine Constant, close contact with your friends. That's the promise of a " Facebook phone". The modified Android OS and mobile homescreen replacement.. TechCrunch » Social Facebook's Gay Marriage Map Shows Profile Picture Switchers ... By Peter Kafka Did you switch your profile picture this week? Facebook can guess how likely you were to support gay marriage based on your age, gender and location. AllThingsD Facebook expected to introduce themed Android OS, HTC handset ... By Zach Honig HTC's Status may not have been a tremendous hit, but it looks like Facebook hasn't severed its ties with the smartphone maker just yet. According to. Engadget RSS Feed What's Facebook's Big Mysterious Phone? By Sam Biddle Next week, Facebook is going to show us its "new home on Android." What does that mean? We're not sure—we coul...

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News 3 new results for facebook   Facebook Phone? Android Event Teased InformationWeek (blog) One of the most prominent reports about Facebook's smartphone ambitions over the years is that the company would base its own device on Google's Android operating system. The invitation more or less confirms Facebook's interest in Android, but don't be ... See all stories on this topic » Facebook data shows picture of same-sex marriage support NBCNews.com (blog) Noticed a lot of profile pictures changing this week on Facebook ? It was a nationwide trend, as users on the social network responded to the Human Rights Campaign's request for them to substitute a red-and-pink equal sign for their profile photos in ... See all stories on this topic » Facebook exec tells students it's OK to be a geek San Francisco Chronicle CHICAGO (AP) — Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg told students geeking out at a robotics camp in Chicago they were making the right ...

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News 7 new results for facebook   What We Know About the ' Facebook Phone' Wall Street Journal (blog) Facebook sent out an announcement last night, teasing an event to come see its "new home on Android." As Evelyn Rusli and Amir Efrati reported on Digits, Facebook is expected to unveil what could essentially be dubbed the " Facebook Phone." But instead ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal (blog) Facebook COO On Women, Work And The Will To Lead Huffington Post Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook , launches her 'Lean In' campaign to spark a national conversation about getting more women into positions of power in the workplace. Hosted by: Alicia Menendez. GUESTS INCLUDE: Angela Benton,. Silicon Valley, CA ... See all stories on this topic » As Zynga Becomes More Independent, Facebook Tightens Access Wall Street Journal (blog) Zynga on Thursday announced changes to its gaming portal that will make the company even more independent...

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News 16 new results for facebook   New Android Smartphone Is Said to Favor Facebook New York Times (blog) Facebook will introduce a special version of Google's Android software system next week that is modified to put the social network front and center on a smartphone. The software will debut on a handset made by HTC, according to a Facebook employee and ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog) Facebook Phone Rumors Sweep Tech World (Again), Here's Why We're Obsessed Huffington Post Facebook might not be building a phone -- designing hardware from scratch, manufacturing handsets and putting them on shelves. But the social network's invitation to an April 4 press conference, at which Facebook promises to unveil its "new home on ... See all stories on this topic » Facebook : 2.7 Million People Showed Their Support for Marriage Equality by ... The Atlantic If you are friends with a generally pro-marriage equality bunch, you prob...