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• Analysis: How Facebook could integrate with iOS, OS X

  By Lex Friedman | 31 May, 2012 19:45

  Speaking at the All Things D conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook essentially sent Facebook a friend request. "I think the [Apple-Facebook] relationship is very solid," Cook said. "We have great respect for them. I think we can do more with them."

• Menlo Park city council advances Facebook expansion plans

  By Cameron Scott | 30 May, 2012 18:12

  The Menlo Park, California, city council voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve Facebook's plan to expand its headquarters in the city, pending a final procedural vote at its next meeting on June 5.

• Rumored Facebook purchase of Face.com spotlights facial recognition technology

  By Cameron Scott | 30 May, 2012 00:52

  Whether or not Facebook acquires facial recognition services provider Face.com, as rumors say it will, the persistence of the speculation calls attention to the expanding use of the technology in social applications.

• Experts question the need for a Facebook smartphone

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 28 May, 2012 15:35

  Mobile technology will play an important role for Facebook as it tries to find new sources of revenue, but building its own device doesn't make much sense since competition in the smartphone market continues to be very tough, according to analysts.

• China's Sina Weibo targeting Japanese advertisers

  By Michael Kan | 25 May, 2012 05:42

  One of China's top Twitter-like sites, Sina Weibo, is working to attract Japanese companies to advertise on its platform by helping the firms open and use accounts on the microblogging service.

• Facebook beefs up mobile photo sharing with Camera

  By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 18:56

  Facebook introduced its own mobile photo app, Camera, on Thursday, bringing richer photo-sharing features to the platform even before the company closes its deal to acquire the popular photo-sharing app Instagram.

• Facebook to settle class-action suit over Sponsored Stories

  By Cameron Scott | 23 May, 2012 10:47

  Facebook is to settle a class-action lawsuit in California that accused it of appropriating its users' likenesses for its Sponsored Stories advertising feature, according to a court document filed Tuesday.

• Phones are distractions during catch-ups

  By AAP | 23 May, 2012 08:15

  Sick of your friends tweeting during dinner or constantly texting on nights out?

• Facebook stock slumps for third day

  By Sharon Gaudin | 23 May, 2012 05:55

  In its third day of trading, Facebook's stock is still in a slump, taking the shine off the frenzy that led up to the company's initial public offering (IPO) last week.

• Facebook vs Google: By the numbers

  By Ershad K. | 22 May, 2012 23:32

  With the world's largest social networking website, Facebook, going public it is quite obvious that comparisons with Google will crop up. We have collated some figures and here is a list of numbers comparing the two giants.

• yARN: Facebook's disappointing IPO puts other Web businesses on watch

  By Rimin Dutt | 22 May, 2012 15:26

  It should have been a revival of sorts for Web 2.0 public floats. Instead, the social networking giant Facebook’s IPO is turning out to be a dampener, raising questions about its knock-on effects on the fortunes of other social media hopefuls.

• Facebook shares sink below IPO price

  By AAP | 22 May, 2012 09:01

  Facebook shares plunged nearly 11 per cent on Monday during the stock's first full day of trade as the enthusiasm from a massive public offering for the social network giant turned to scepticism.

• Reports: Nasdaq admits technical bugs affected Facebook IPO trading

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 21 May, 2012 09:07

  Technical problems at the Nasdaq exchange affected the trading of Facebook shares on Friday, the much-anticipated day of its IPO (initial public offering), Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., told reporters on Sunday, according to published reports.

• Mobile devices to change workplace and telco attitudes: Cisco

  By Hafizah Osman | 20 May, 2012 22:15

  The growth of mobile devices is changing the workplace landscape and the way employees interact with media, Cisco A/NZ chief technology officer, Kevin Bloch, said.

• Facebook buys mobile e-commerce app Karma

  By Cameron Scott | 19 May, 2012 09:43

  The mobile gift-giving app Karma has announced it has been acquired by Facebook. The announcement came shortly after the markets closed on Facebook's first day as a publicly traded company.