International Business News - Facebook http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Office workers that spend more than 40 minutes a week on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace are costing businesses around $2.3 billion a year in lost productivity, according to a new survey. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/222958-twiiter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091025/workers-on-twitter-facebook-cost-businesses3-millionyear.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20091025/workers-on-twitter-facebook-cost-businesses3-millionyear.htm Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:06:14 EDT Social networking site Facebook has rolled out a new slim down version of Facebook aimed at people with slow net connections. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090911/facebook-lite-twitter-facebook-layout.htm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:41:36 EDT A company called uSocial has been offering a service that sells Twitter followers to people at a set rate, and announced Thursday that it will start selling "friends" on Facebook. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219706-usocial.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/facebook-usocial-twiiter-buy-facebook-fans-facebook-friends.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/facebook-usocial-twiiter-buy-facebook-fans-facebook-friends.htm Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:38:25 EDT Social networking sites have become the latest target for burglars as they seek out new targets, according to a report from insurance company Legal & General warns. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219421-facebook-and-twitter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090830/burgulars-using-facebook-twitter-target-victims.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090830/burgulars-using-facebook-twitter-target-victims.htm Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:37:31 EDT Facebook has begun tests on a new service that is designed for mobiles and at countries that have narrowband internet connections. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090812/facebook-lite-beta-friendfeed.htm Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:56:55 EDT Facebook Inc. said it has acquired FriendFeed, a start-up that allow users to share links and status updates online, folding in a potential rival that struggled to take off. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090810/facebook-marries-friendfeed-most-important-acquisition-social-media.htm Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:00:52 EDT On Thursday evening, the Microsoft Xbox Live service was unreachable, joining the likes of Twitter and Facebook which also went down this week, crippling millions of its users around the world. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090807/xbox-live-down-twitter-facebook-microsoft-xbox.htm Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:22:22 EDT The distributed denial of service attack on Thursday that targeted Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, and several Google sites may have been politically motivated. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218180-twitter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090807/twitter-down-facebook-livejournal-google.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090807/twitter-down-facebook-livejournal-google.htm Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:56:18 EDT Twitter is down because of a "denial-of-service attack" and Facebook's been sluggish and unresponsive on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218138-twitter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090806/twitter-down-status-blog-crash-broken-facebook-down-problem.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090806/twitter-down-status-blog-crash-broken-facebook-down-problem.htm Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:36:41 EDT The U.S. Marine Corps banned use of social web sites such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook on its networks, citing security risks, while the Pentagon also said it will consider implementing similar bans. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218045-facebook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/marine-corps-bans-troops-from-facebook-twitter-and-myspace.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/marine-corps-bans-troops-from-facebook-twitter-and-myspace.htm Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:59:22 EDT Verizon Wireless is dialing back on its exclusivity agreements with handset makers after pressure from U.S. lawmakers and smaller carriers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090717/verizon-microsoft-facebook.htm Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:12:12 EDT Facebook is now celebrating its new counts of active users around the world. Today, it announced that it has reach 250 million active users. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/216821-facebook-celebrating-quarter-billion-users.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090715/facebook-celebrating-quarter-billion-users.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090715/facebook-celebrating-quarter-billion-users.htm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:50:26 EDT Author Ben Mezrich wants readers to enjoy his new book about the founding of social networking website Facebook like a page-turning thriller and ignore criticism of his reporting methods. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/216770-zuckerberg-founder-and-ceo-of-facebook-deliverskeynote.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090715/author-tackles-facebook-controversy-with-new-book.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090715/author-tackles-facebook-controversy-with-new-book.htm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:16:03 EDT Russian investment group Digital Sky Technologies has placed a tender offer to purchase up to $100 million of common stock from current and former Facebook employees., according to media reports. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090713/russian-investor-pay-100-mln-facebook-employee-stock.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:26:47 EDT Netscape founder Marc Andreessen said in an interview that he expects Facebook's revenue to be in excess of $500 million in 2009, and estimates that in five years, it'll be well into the billions. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/216322-facebook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090706/facebook-revenue-pegged-500-mln.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090706/facebook-revenue-pegged-500-mln.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:57:22 EDT David Fincher, director of Seven, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, is in "early talks" to sign on to direct the upcoming Facebook movie, according to Variety. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215702-mark-zuckerberg.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090624/facebook-movie-coming-soon-zuckerberg-not-pleased.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090624/facebook-movie-coming-soon-zuckerberg-not-pleased.htm Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:57:14 EDT Facebook has passed News Corp.'s MySpace domestically in traffic, according to online metrics firm comScore. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/215258-facebook-myspace.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090616/myspace-facebook-traffice-comscore-americans-twitter.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090616/myspace-facebook-traffice-comscore-americans-twitter.htm Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:09:36 EDT Facebook is letting their 200-plus million users customize their profile URLs starting this weekend, according to a post on Facebook's official blog. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214944-facebook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090610/facebook-rolls-out-personal-url-039misses-rsquo-revenue-opportunity.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090610/facebook-rolls-out-personal-url-039misses-rsquo-revenue-opportunity.htm Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:19:18 EDT Only a tenth of all Twitter account holders are responsible for sending over 90 percent of all the messages sent on the site. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214585-twitter.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090602/twitter-users-not-an-active-bunch-online.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090602/twitter-users-not-an-active-bunch-online.htm Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:14:59 EDT A woman has been reunited with her son via social networking site Facebook, 27 years after he was 'kidnapped' by his father. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/214411-facebook.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090529/woman-has-been-reunited-with-her-son-via-social-networking-site-facebook-27-years-after-he-was-039-k.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090529/woman-has-been-reunited-with-her-son-via-social-networking-site-facebook-27-years-after-he-was-039-k.htm Fri, 29 May 2009 12:50:38 EDT