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Zuckerberg now richer than Amazon CEO Bezos

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook and All-American Dad, passes Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to become the fourth richest person in the world, according to data from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
4 February 2016, 06:18 AM

Man hooks up with girl on FB, only to find she's his wife

A squabbling couple went their separate ways after a failed marriage, but found each other again under different pseudonyms in Facebook while looking for a new love.
3 February 2016, 11:56 AM

Facebook altering algorithm with ‘user choice’ priority

Social networking giant Facebook will bring about major changes to its algorithm again, this time with “user choice” as a priority to display home page.
3 February 2016, 08:38 AM

Facebook and Instagram ban private gun adverts

Private individuals will no longer be allowed to advertise guns on Facebook and Instagram, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook.
30 January 2016, 05:28 AM

Facebook expands live video streaming

Facebook expands its offering for streaming live video at the leading social network.
29 January 2016, 11:31 AM

Will you like Facebook’s new reaction?

Do you ever "like" something on Facebook? If so, life is about to get a bit more complex.
28 January 2016, 15:47 PM

Facebook quarterly profit doubles as user ranks grow

Facebook quarterly profit more than doubles as its ranks swelled during the past year to a mammoth user base of nearly 1.6 billion, the social media giant says.
28 January 2016, 06:05 AM

Facebook trains AI to beat humans at Go board game

Facebook has created an artificial intelligence system that is "getting close" to beating the best human players at the Chinese board game Go, Mark Zuckerberg reveals.
27 January 2016, 12:40 PM

Facebook to respond in 48 hrs: Tarana

Facebook authorities will response to any complaint by the Bangladesh government within 48 hours, says State Minister for Telecom Tarana Halim.
24 January 2016, 10:51 AM

All you need is the love between this monkey and his adopted puppy

Who does not love puppies? It seems everyone in the animal kingdom loses it over puppies and this monkey is no exception.
24 January 2016, 05:54 AM

Hearts of stone

The man was lying flat on the road, bleeding profusely. He raised his right hand and waved weakly for help. His motorbike was lying two feet away near the road divider only 50 yards off Hotel Radisson.
23 January 2016, 18:17 PM

Facebook gets in game with new sports hub

Facebook has announced a drive Thursday to be a place for sports with a new online hub for news and sharing on sporting events.
21 January 2016, 15:55 PM

India regulator pillories Facebook over Free Basics lobbying

India's telecom regulator strongly criticises Facebook over its campaign to drum up support for its Free Basics internet plan.
20 January 2016, 11:40 AM

'Be like Bill' is passive aggressive meme dividing Facebook

If you've paid a visit to Facebook recently, chances are you'll have seen people sharing images of a stick man called Bill.
20 January 2016, 07:18 AM

How a Facebook post landed man in jail for 15 years

Malik First Born Allah Farrad, will be spending the next 15 and half years of his life in a federal penitentiary because of a single Facebook post.
16 January 2016, 05:36 AM

Facebook appoints translator to help understand ‘objectionable’ Bangla posts

Facebook authority hires a translator for helping them understand the “objectionable” Bangla language posts in the social networking platform.
10 January 2016, 14:18 PM

‘Telecom operators will be forced to compensate call drops’

The country’s mobile phone operators will be forced to compensate their users for call drops, State Minister for Telecommunication Tarana Halim says
6 January 2016, 07:43 AM

Mark Zuckerberg to build AI to help at home and work

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said he plans to build artificial intelligence (AI) to help him around the house and with his work.
4 January 2016, 05:03 AM

Facebook class action lawsuits to go ahead

Two US class action lawsuits against Facebook by shareholders alleging it hid growth concerns ahead of its 2012 public listing can now go ahead.
30 December 2015, 06:15 AM

Why is Mark Zuckerberg angry at critics in India?

Mark Zuckerberg is feeling the force of critics who believe his effort to provide Indians with free access to a limited number of internet services hurts India's democracy and violates net neutrality.
29 December 2015, 15:11 PM