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Twitter turned down $500m offer from Facebook June 23, 2014 One of Twitter’s founders has revealed how the fledgling company turned down an offer from Facebook to buy the company for $500m. Speaking to Sky News, Biz Stone said that a meeting between himself, co-founder Ev Williams, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, resulted in an offer being made for the then startup. Stone said the [...]
Facebook suffers worst crash in four years June 19, 2014 Facebook suffered a temporary outage yesterday between 9am and about 9:40am, its first meltdown since 2010. The outage prevented users around the world from reaching the site. During the crash, users were greeted with a message that read: “Sorry, something went wrong.” It added that it was “sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.”
Facebook’s Slingshot app should launch in Japan and the UK to rival Snapchat June 19, 2014 Social media addicts in the US have finally got their hands on Facebook's ephemeral messaging app Slingshot, but the rest of the world is still left waiting. If the social network really wants to take on rival Snapchat, and pick up some of its millions of users, Facebook needs to quickly roll out Slingshot in [...]
The great Facebook crash of 2014: The internet reacts June 19, 2014 It may have lasted for around half an hour, but the 'Great Facebook Outage of 2014' certainly got the internet panicking. The social network site was down this morning, with users reporting that they were unable to access the Facebook website and mobile apps worldwide. While the opportunity to go outside and talk to other [...]
Is Facebook down? Social media site serves error message to users June 19, 2014 Facebook has been down this morning, with the message “Sorry, something went wrong” appearing when users visit the site. The social network site said it was working on getting it fixed as soon as possible. The cause of the disruption is not yet known. It is not just the UK that has been affected, with [...]
In pictures: Inside Facebook’s new Dublin office and European HQ June 17, 2014 Be prepared for some significant office envy once you’ve looked at pictures of Facebook’s new European headquarters. Designed by architect Frank Gehry, it ticks almost every stereotype on the cool tech office checklist (roof terrace, ping pong table, coffee bar) and offers a glimpse of what the social network’s new London outpost could look [...]
Slingshot, Facebook’s answer to Snapchat app, ‘accidentally released’ early June 10, 2014 Eager to jump on the photo messaging app bandwagon, Facebook accidently leaked its new Snapchat rival Slingshot on Monday but swiftly removed it from the app store. Facebook has yet to announce full details or a release date for the app, with a spokesperson telling media: “Earlier today, we accidentally released a version of [...]
Facebook clicks like on drastic privacy controls May 22, 2014 Facebook has made drastic changes to its privacy controls that will give its 1.3bn users more control over their information and default new users posts to be more private. The change comes as privacy concerns are rising among internet users and private sharing services such as Snapchat and WhatsApp are becoming increasingly popular with younger [...]
What’s it actually like to work at Facebook? April 24, 2014 Facebook’s bumper annual results last night, with a 72 per cent increase in revenue on last year’s first quarter, means that working at Facebook right now is probably pretty sweet. No doubt they’re throwing giant beach balls around, high fiving each other and necking ice-cold Buds from their beanbags. Consider us jealous. But [...]
Facebook and Apple defy the tech critics April 23, 2014 TECHNOLOGY giants Facebook and Apple silenced talk of a tech bubble last night as they trumped all expectations, both delivering record earnings for the first quarter of 2014. Facebook’s booming mobile advertising business led the social network to revenues of $2.5bn (£1.5bn) in the quarter, above the expected $2.36bn, and profit of $642m, up more [...]