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Bracing Itself for More Suits, Facebook Buys 750 IBM Patents

It’s official: Facebook brass confirmed that the company bought I.B.M. patents pertaining to software and networking technology. What hasn’t been confirmed, though, is…
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Yahoo Sues Facebook Over Patent Infringement

Yesterday, March 12, 2012, in a San Jose, Calif. District Court, Yahoo filed a suit against Facebook alleging ten counts of patent infringement.…
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Graffiti Artist David Choe’s Facebook Stock Worth $200 Million

Thanks to Facebook’s upcoming IPO, David Choe, a graffiti artist from Los Angeles’ Koreatown, is about to become a millionaire hundreds of times…
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Facebook Celebrates 8th Birthday by Filing for IPO

The day investors and tech watchers have been waiting for is here: Facebook filed its IPO today, which happens to be its eighth…
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Facebook Shedding Its Echo Chamber Name

For some time now, Facebook has been saddled with the unfortunate sobriquet of Echo Chamber. As anyone who’s ever tried knows all too…
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“Bias-Riddled” Facebook Comments Attributed to NYPD Officers Surface

In September, Benjamin Moore, a Brooklyn attorney defending Tyrone Johnson from gun possession charges found “No More West Indian Day Detail,” a then-public…
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Facebook Increases Status Update Limit to 63,000 Characters

On Facebook, the company team posted an image whose graphic text announced a new limit for status updates: 63,206 characters. It’s rather staggering…
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Facebook to Settle with the Federal Trade Commission Regarding Broken Privacy Promises

In a press release, today, the Federal Trade Commission gave news that it had reached a settlement with Facebook regarding charges of consumer…
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Facebook Researchers Say It’s 4.74 Degrees of Separation, Not Six

Facebook teamed up with the Università degli Studi di Milano to revisit Stanley Milgram’s 1967 experiment concerning the number of social connections separating…
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On Facebook, Rihanna’s Entire New Album is Streaming for Free

Shakira and Barack Obama may currently be besting Rihanna in Twitter rankings, but the Barbadian songstress is doing her part on the social…
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