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Facebook claims it underpins £1.14bn in the UK economy as well as supporting 18,400 jobs in the country. New research by Deloitte looks at the benefits of the Facebook pages which are used by businesses in order to promote trade. Sheryl Sandberg, the social network’s chief operating officer, said at the DLD conference in Munich [...]
(Read More)13th Jan 12
Facebook UK social networking share declines
by Katie Naylor
Facebook usage in Britain has dropped by over seven per cent during the past year, sparking concerns that it could have reached saturation point. The widely-used social network still attracted considerably more online activity than its nearest rival, making up 52.6 per cent of all social network visits in December. However, Facebook – which is [...]
(Read More)6th Dec 11
Gowalla developers added to Facebook software team
by Natasha Redman
Facebook has revealed that it is adding the co-founders of Gowalla to its team. In addition, the social network is hiring other developers from the Texas-based ‘check-in’ service. As a consequence, Gowalla will close next year. The news arrives just days after Facebook revealed plans to hire “thousands” of new staff members. The company is [...]
(Read More)28th Oct 11
Students fear posts on Facebook will harm job prospects
by Katie Naylor
Almost half of students have concerns that things they post on Facebook could affect their career prospects in the future. Some 42 per cent of students are concerned that personal details which they shared on sites such as Facebook could harm their chances of being offered a job, revealed the Information Commissioner’s Office’s (ICO) latest [...]
(Read More)20th Oct 11
Internet could be changing brains
by Adam Richards
Social network sites could be changing people’s brains in addition to their social lives, suggests research. Brain scans show a link between the amount of friends a person has on Facebook and the size of parts of their brain. It remains unclear whether using social network sites increases grey matter or if people with particular [...]
(Read More)7th Oct 11
Tributes pour in for Steve Jobs
by Adam Richards
World and business leaders have led the tributes to the co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, who died yesterday at the age of 56 following a long fight with pancreatic cancer. Both US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev heaped praise on Mr Jobs, saying he had changed the world. Facebook founder Mark [...]
(Read More)28th Sep 11
Saudi woman to receive 10 lashes for driving
by Natasha Redman
A woman from Saudi Arabia will be given 10 lashes after she challenged the country’s ban on female driving. Amnesty International told of the sentence two days after Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah granted females the right to run in municipal elections and to vote. Philip Luther, a regional deputy director at Amnesty said in a [...]
(Read More)26th Sep 11
Facebook to focus on media sharing
by Paul Russell
Facebook has revealed that its plans to urge users to share more media which they consume – including movies and music – with friends. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder, also unveiled the website’s dramatic redesign, putting an audio visual timeline of users’ lives in place of their profiles. The updates were announced at Facebook’s yearly F8 developer [...]
(Read More)2nd Sep 11
Employers warned about social network snooping
by Sally Davies
Employers have been warned about the risk of having to face discrimination charges if they use websites such as Facebook to snoop on prospective workers’ private lives. A recent guide by Acas, the organisation which helps improve relationships between employers and workers, urges bosses not to be too “heavy handed” by punishing staff for unprofessional [...]
(Read More)22nd Aug 11
Home secretary to meet social networks over riots
by Paul Russell
The Home Office has summoned the major social networks to a meeting on Thursday to talk about the English riots. Facebook, Blackberry and Twitter have all been strongly criticised after news came out that a number of rioters appear to have used them in order to plan riots or encourage others. Facebook has confirmed it [...]
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