When we reported last week that executives were planning to “monetize” Instagram, this is not what we expected. The site unveiled an updated Terms of Service and Privacy Policy on Monday that left many furious …

2012 was another big year for Facebook. So, although you might have been upset about one or two of the moves that the social network made this year—privacy continues to be a big issue—there’s a …

To paraphrase Sean Parker in The Social Network, Facebook may not know what this thing is yet, but they’re taking their chips down soon. After acquiring photosharing site Instagram in April, Facebook confirmed this week …

Mark Zuckerberg probably had a better November than you. The co-founder and CEO of Facebook increased his personal wealth by $3.5 billion thanks to his stock in the website, putting his net worth at about …

With around one billion active users, Facebook has struggled mightily throughout its young life to keep everyone happy, and to make it’s tent always bigger and more welcoming. But this week, a prankster’s experiment once …

Could have sworn that you left the group “Extreme Partyers of U-Delaware” right after commencement? Thanks to a glitch in Facebook, your account could have rejoined that group- as well as dozens of others you …

TechCrunch reports that the above signs have been spotted all over Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, CA. It seems that the tech savvy company’s early embrace of free iPhones for employees has backfired, as Facebook …

Facebook is, hands down, the most popular social network in the United States right now. Although there are other popular forms of social media out there—namely, Twitter—Facebook is still the preferred source of social media …

A new study from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand makes the bold claim that sex is the most enjoyable human activity. But the study also claims checking Facebook is the second lowest-ranked activity, …

Rihanna is on a roll promoting her upcoming album, Unapologetic. Riding high off the success of the first single from the project (“Diamonds”), the Barbadian beauty took to the stage to perform at Wednesday night’s …

In the past decade or two, computers and the Internet have undeniably changed the way we live our lives, and even the way we think. An extensive new infographic on Internet addiction, shown below, is …

Do you hate cancer? Do you want to help stop bullying? Do you want world peace? Well, then go ahead and click that “Like” button on Facebook so that we know your feelings are real! …

Are you ready to “go purple” today? For the third consecutive year, tech companies like Facebook, Tumblr, and Instagram are going to be “going purple”—or, more specifically, turning their logos purple—in order to show support …

Social and physical interaction has been marginalized between human beings extensively ever since the world wide web became, well, world wide. Chatrooms replaced clubs. Skype replaced face-to-face conversations, and let’s not even began to discuss …

Yes, we’ve reached that level of self-absorption in society. Now you can not only show your friends what you have for lunch every day- you can pay to make sure that they are more likely …

Are you on Twitter yet? Of course you are. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last two or three years, you have—at the very least—signed up for a Twitter account, sent out …

Facebook today announced a new partnership with cloud-based personal storage company Dropbox. The resulting new feature will allow Facebook users to upload documents directly from Dropbox to Groups.
Dropbox’s Chris Varenhorst announced the decision in a …

No matter how badly you want to see your latest duckface from your friends party, don’t open that file: Mashable reports that a new scam is spreading a malware with emails disguised as Facebook photo …

The internet was once the domain of the acne-ridden and anti-social. But more and more, online socializing appears to melding with real socializing. Forbes’ Kashmir Hill reignited this discussion this week when she published an …

Are your friends new parents? Are they tagging hundreds of baby pictures faster than you can unsubscribe from them on Facebook? Do you want to preserve Facebook as a place for sharing funny videos of …