Tag Archives: Online social networking

Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 Billion. It is Official.

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As rumored Microsoft pays $1.2 billion for Yammer. Yammer will join the Microsoft Office Division, led by division President Kurt DelBene, and the team will continue to report to current CEO...

Facebook Offers $10 Million to Settle Sponsored Stories Lawsuit

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Facebook has offered to settle a lawsuit brought against it by five different users of the social network. The users sued Facebook because their faces were used as part of Facebook's sponsored...

Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2 Billion: WSJ

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The rumor that Microsoft buys Yammer appeared yesterday. The Wall Street Journal has now a new report that says that Yammer has agreed to the terms and sells for $1.2 billion to MS.It is not clear...

iPhone is the real Facebook Phone

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Apple just announced tight integration with Facebook in iOS 6 making the iPhone the Facebook phone everybody seems to want. The iOS 6 Facebook integration brings Facebook contact sync as well as Like...

Last.fm Password Breach Was Suspected Well before Announcement

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There have been some high-profile websites that were hacked with security breaches coming to light over the last few weeks. Two of the companies that were hacked included dating site eHarmony and...

Facebook rumored to Acquire Face.com Facial Recognition Startup

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You could soon login to your Facebook account on your smartphone by just looking at the screen. If a report on the Isreal's business publication Calcalist is true than Facebook wants to buy Face.com...

The Facebook Smartphone in the Works?

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Is Facebook entering the smartphone business for real now? Facebook has tried in the past, but the New York Times reports now that Facebook hired former Apple engineers that worked on the iPhone and...