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Slideshows about Facebook

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  In Pictures: 7 staggering social media use by-the-minute stats

  Everyone knows a lot of people tweet on Twitter each day and even more post to Facebook, but the by-the-minute usage numbers for these eight leading social networks will likely surprise you.

  In Pictures: 7 staggering social media use by-the-minute stats
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  In Pictures: The 12 biggest gaffes by high-tech execs

  Tim Cook admires Macs running Windows. Mark Zuckerberg flop-sweats. Marissa Mayer fancies herself a graphic designer. The bigger the names, the bigger the embarrassment when things go awry.

  In Pictures: The 12 biggest gaffes by high-tech execs
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  In Pictures: 10 ways Google has failed with Google+

  Google+ was a late but welcomed arrival to social media scene about three years ago. However, Google's answer to Facebook has failed to provide real competition. Here's a look at 10 ways the search engine king as fallen down with Google+.

  In Pictures: 10 ways Google has failed with Google+
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  In Pictures: Facebook turns 10 - A look back at the milestones

  A lot has happened since Mark Zuckerberg and his friends launched a website from their dorm room.

  In Pictures: Facebook turns 10 - A look back at the milestones
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  In Pictures: The earliest days of your favourite social networks

  Wondering who sent the first Tweet or posted the first pet photo to Instagram? The answers may surprise you (and are definitely cute, when it comes to pets)

  In Pictures: The earliest days of your favourite social networks
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  IN PICTURES: The Week in iOS Apps - Picture perfect

  This week's roundup of new and updated iOS apps includes a couple of great new options for sharing your favorite photos. We've also got music, productivity, and education apps in store.

  IN PICTURES: The Week in iOS Apps - Picture perfect

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News about Facebook

• Facebook cops fresh criticism over sharing data with Chinese tech vendors

  Facebook has said that its contracts with smartphone maker Huawei Technologies and other Chinese firms were standard industry practice

• Facebook confirms data sharing with Chinese companies amid security concerns

  Huawei has come under scrutiny from intelligence agencies over security concerns

• Facebook under scrutiny again following data sharing report

  New York Times reported that manufacturers were able to access user friends’ data

• APAC leads the world in colocation services growth

  The countries that saw the greatest growth in colocation services during the three months ending March were China, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan and Singapore

• Top cloud vendors spend big as race for scale heats up

  The latest quarterly figure comes after a ​full year that saw hyper-scale capex get to US$74 billion​

• Tech giants see jump in Govt data requests

  Apple said it received as many as 16,249 national security requests affecting up to 8,249 accounts during the second half of 2017

Interviews about Facebook

• Profile: Cloudera co-founder Mike Olson

  Talks on his company’s meteoric rise, the Internet of Things and the future of Big Data

• You are responsible for your own Internet privacy

  Stan Stahl knows about the shady world of high-tech security and false privacy.

• OpenDaylight Executive Director spells out where this open source SDN efforts stands

  Neela Jacques explains where the standards stand

Features about Facebook

• With new apps and services, IT connects deskless workers to biz

  Messaging apps and mobile services from companies like Zinc and Crew are springing up to help connect workers not bound to a desk with colleagues ...

• How Facebook keeps you from hating its apps

  Nothing provokes app uninstalls like sluggish performance and aggressive battery consumption. Facebook reveals how it prevents those uninstalls.

• Facebook in the zone: 5 things it’s doing right

  Facebook reports that it’s killing it with revenue, users and mobile

• Will company's trust their communications to A.I. chatbots?

  Businesses will need to weigh risks, set up best practices for new communication tool

• Swarms of smart nano-satellites may offer global connectivity (with video)

  Using artificial intelligence and satellites the size of a loaf of bread could be a game changer for space industry

• Why the open source business model is a failure

  Most open source companies can't thrive by selling maintenance and support subscriptions. But the cloud may be the key to revenue.