http://www.mail.com/companies/1044334-facebook-inc.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/companies/1044334-facebook-inc.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2156698-apple-details-government-requests-data.html NEW YORK (AP) — Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May. The company, like some other businesses, had asked the U.S government to be able to share how many requests it received related to national security and how it handled them. Those requests were made as part o... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:51:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2156698-apple-details-government-requests-data.html 2013-06-17T13:51:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2149462-forecast-sees-big-payoff-googles-mobile-ads.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google will sell more mobile advertising than the rest of its rivals combined for the second straight year, according to a new forecast that highlights the expansion of the Internet search leader's moneymaking prowess from personal computers to smartphones and tablets. The report released Thursday by the research firm eMarketer projec... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:39:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2149462-forecast-sees-big-payoff-googles-mobile-ads.html 2013-06-13T14:39:46Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2147232-facebook-introduces-hashtags.html NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is introducing hashtags, the number signs used on Twitter, Instagram and other services to identify topics being discussed and allow users to search for them. Facebook Inc. said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to click a hashtag to see a feed of discussions about a particular topic. For example, typing a number si... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:58:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2147232-facebook-introduces-hashtags.html 2013-06-12T17:58:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145090-google-asks-to-publish-us-govt.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is asking the Obama administration for permission to disclose more details about the U.S. government's demands for email and other personal information transmitted online in an effort to distance itself from an Internet dragnet. In a show of unity, Google rivals Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc. also supported the attempt to pr... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:54:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2145090-google-asks-to-publish-us-govt.html 2013-06-11T21:54:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2144264-google-snaps-up-waze-to-add-to-mapping-service.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is buying online mapping service Waze in a $1.03 billion deal that keeps a potentially valuable tool away from its rivals while allowing it to gain technology that could improve the accuracy and usefulness of its own popular navigation system. The acquisition announced Tuesday ends several months of speculation as Waze flirted ... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:45:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2144264-google-snaps-up-waze-to-add-to-mapping-service.html 2013-06-11T20:45:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2144784-google-asks-to-publish-government.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is asking the Obama administration to allow the Internet company to disclose more details about the U.S. government's closely guarded demands for emails and other information that people transmit online. The request was made Tuesday in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller. Google is trying to... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:18:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2144784-google-asks-to-publish-government.html 2013-06-11T19:18:35Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137624-denials-surveillance-program-require-decoding.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google CEO Larry Page and Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg are denying reports that depict two of the Internet's most influential companies as willing participants in a secret government program that gives the National Security Agency unfettered access to email and other personal information transmitted on various online services. ... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:30:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137624-denials-surveillance-program-require-decoding.html 2013-06-08T02:30:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2135904-obama-govt-records-sweep-targeting-americans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama declared Friday that America is "going to have to make some choices" balancing privacy and security, launching a vigorous defense of formerly secret programs that sweep up an estimated 3 billion phone calls a day and amass Internet data from U.S. providers in an attempt to thwart terror attacks. He warned that it w... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:07:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2135904-obama-govt-records-sweep-targeting-americans.html 2013-06-07T23:07:40Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137418-ap-photos-where-your-online-data-stored.html Internet companies such as Apple, Facebook and Google have vast amounts of data on you. These include the photos and video you share, the email you send and receive and the musings you broadcast to friends on what you are thinking or eating. Internet companies store all this information at data centers they run around the world. When you're ready to read ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:45:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2137418-ap-photos-where-your-online-data-stored.html 2013-06-07T21:45:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2135900-big-data-turning-government-big-brother.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting government officials. The revelations that the National Security Agency is perusing millions of U.S. customer phone records at Verizon Communicati... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:17:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2135900-big-data-turning-government-big-brother.html 2013-06-07T18:17:19Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2128986-internship-film-focuses-googles-good-side.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — This scene isn't in the movie, but it might have been fitting if "The Internship" had ended with stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson wearing ruby red shoes while clicking their heels and dreamily whispering, "There's no place like Google; there's no place like Google." The new comedy depicts Google as corporate America's equivalent of ... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:30:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2128986-internship-film-focuses-googles-good-side.html 2013-06-04T17:30:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2127184-facebook-mogul-to-pay-25m-settlement.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook billionaire Sean Parker's lavish, $10 million Big Sur wedding got even more expensive. The California Coastal Commission and Parker said Monday they have reached a $2.5 million settlement to pay for coastal conservation programs after the Napster co-founder built a large movie-set-like wedding site in an ecologically sensitiv... Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:07:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2127184-facebook-mogul-to-pay-25m-settlement.html 2013-06-04T08:07:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2122196-linkedin-offers-extra-step-to-guard-user-accounts.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — LinkedIn is joining the crowd of Internet services tying account security to mobile phones. In a change announced Friday, the roughly 225 million users of LinkedIn Corp.'s online professional networking service can now choose to require a code to be sent to their phones whenever an attempt is made to log in to an account from ... Fri, 31 May 2013 21:02:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2122196-linkedin-offers-extra-step-to-guard-user-accounts.html 2013-05-31T21:02:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2118488-ahead-bell-analyst-upgrades-facebook.html Video ads could become the next billion-dollar business for Facebook, according to Jefferies & Co., which upped its rating on the stock Thursday. A recent decline in share price creates a buying opportunity for investors, particularly before the company launches video ads, said analyst Brian Pitz. He upgraded his rating on the stock to "buy" from "hold" a... Thu, 30 May 2013 13:23:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2118488-ahead-bell-analyst-upgrades-facebook.html 2013-05-30T13:23:44Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2117436-companies-pull-facebook-ads-violent-content.html Facebook Inc. lost more than a dozen advertisers, some just temporarily, after a campaign drew attention to pages on the social network that promoted violence against women. Women, Action and the Media launched the campaign last week to get Facebook to end hate speech on its website and urged advertisers to pull their support. The content included pages t... Wed, 29 May 2013 22:24:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2117436-companies-pull-facebook-ads-violent-content.html 2013-05-29T22:24:56Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2114716-news-corp-unveils-logo-impaired-publishing-unit.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — News Corp. on Tuesday unveiled a friendlier-looking logo for the publishing division as it prepares to split the struggling newspaper and book unit from its TV and movie business by the end of June. The unveiling, at a one-day meeting with investors in New York, followed the company's recent disclosure to securities regulators that the ... Wed, 29 May 2013 01:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2114716-news-corp-unveils-logo-impaired-publishing-unit.html 2013-05-29T01:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2103710-twitter-adds-security-measure-to-logins.html NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is adding an extra security measure to users' accounts in an effort to prevent unauthorized logins. Twitter said in a blog post Wednesday that users will be able to enroll in a login verification program. For those who sign up, Twitter will send a six-digit code using a text message each time they sign in to Twitter.com. Besides th... Wed, 22 May 2013 20:51:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2103710-twitter-adds-security-measure-to-logins.html 2013-05-22T20:51:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2097674-yahoo-to-regain-cool-with-tumblr-deal.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to ... Tue, 21 May 2013 00:10:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2097674-yahoo-to-regain-cool-with-tumblr-deal.html 2013-05-21T00:10:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093864-year-ipo-facebook-aims-to-ad-colossus.html NEW YORK (AP) — It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. Facebook, the brainchild of a young CEO who sauntered into Wall Street meetings in a hoodie, was going to be bigger than Amazon, bigger than McDonald's, bigger than Coca-Cola. And it was all made possible by our friendships, photos and family ties. Then came t... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:27:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2093864-year-ipo-facebook-aims-to-ad-colossus.html 2013-05-17T21:27:48Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086386-googles-products-dig-deeper-peoples-lives.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco Wednesday for the opening day of Google's annual showcase for its latest brea... Thu, 16 May 2013 01:30:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086386-googles-products-dig-deeper-peoples-lives.html 2013-05-16T01:30:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2082728-linkedin-to-build-impressive-resume.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded companies couldn't be more different. LinkedIn Corp. promotes its service as a stepping stone to a more enriching career. As it turns out, the professional networking company's initial ... Mon, 13 May 2013 21:10:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2082728-linkedin-to-build-impressive-resume.html 2013-05-13T21:10:57Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2076166-than-mother-shes-your-friend.html Josh Knoller, a young professional in New York City, spent years refusing his mother's "Friend Request" on Facebook before, eventually, "caving in." Today they have an agreement: she'll try not to make embarrassing comments, and he can delete them if she does. "We actually got into some pretty big fights over this," says Knoller, 29. "I love my Mom to dea... Fri, 10 May 2013 08:34:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2076166-than-mother-shes-your-friend.html 2013-05-10T08:34:20Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067690-microsoft-touching-up-windows-8-to-address-gripes.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up announced Tuesday won't be released to consumers and businesses until later this year. The changes, part of a software package given the coden... Tue, 07 May 2013 18:44:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2067690-microsoft-touching-up-windows-8-to-address-gripes.html 2013-05-07T18:44:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2067280-wal-mart-stores-takes-top-spot-fortune-500.html NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. once again leads Fortune's list of the 500 biggest U.S. companies by revenue, as the world's largest retailer succeeded in posting strong growth despite a challenging economy for its shoppers. The Bentonville, Ark., company's revenue grew nearly 6 percent in 2012 to $469.2 billion. Exxon Mobil Corp. dropped to the seco... Tue, 07 May 2013 00:19:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2067280-wal-mart-stores-takes-top-spot-fortune-500.html 2013-05-07T00:19:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2059380-linkedins-disappointing-outlook-eclipses-big-1q.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — LinkedIn's rapidly rising stock got demoted late Thursday after the online professional networking service released a forecast calling for its earnings growth to slow later this year as the company hires more workers, invests in data centers and tweaks the way that it shows online ads. The predicted deceleration overshadowed another s... Thu, 02 May 2013 23:54:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2059380-linkedins-disappointing-outlook-eclipses-big-1q.html 2013-05-02T23:54:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2057030-mobile-ads-help-grow-facebooks-1q-revenue-38-pct.html NEW YORK (AP) — A year ago, Facebook was just testing the waters of mobile advertising, causing plenty of headaches for investors ahead of its massive initial public offering. It has since eased those worries. On Wednesday the world's biggest social networking company said nearly a third of its advertising revenue came from mobile in the first three month... Wed, 01 May 2013 22:58:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2057030-mobile-ads-help-grow-facebooks-1q-revenue-38-pct.html 2013-05-01T22:58:31Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048772-facebook-breyer-wont-stand-board-re-election.html NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says that venture capitalist Jim Breyer won't seek re-election to its board of directors. Facebook Inc. said Friday that Breyer, partner at Silicon Valley VC firm Accel Partners, will stay on until the company's annual meeting on June 11. Menlo Park, Calif.-based Facebook has eight other board members, including CEO Mark Zuckerber... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:48:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048772-facebook-breyer-wont-stand-board-re-election.html 2013-04-27T16:48:58Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048006-facebook-ceo-reaped-23b-gain-stock-options.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reaped a gain of nearly $2.3 billion last year when he exercised 60 million stock options just before the online social networking leader's initial public offering. The windfall detailed in regulatory documents filed Friday saddled Zuckerberg, 28, with a massive tax bill. He raised the money to pay it by s... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:07:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2048006-facebook-ceo-reaped-23b-gain-stock-options.html 2013-04-27T02:07:41Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2045462-yahoo-chairman-joins-boardroom-exodus.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo could use a revolving door in its boardroom. In the latest exit, Chairman Alfred Amoroso will become the eighth Yahoo Inc. director to depart since early last year. He will leave the board on June 25 at Yahoo Inc.'s annual shareholders meeting, the company said Thursday. Amoroso, 63, is giving up the chairman... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:28:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2045462-yahoo-chairman-joins-boardroom-exodus.html 2013-04-26T00:28:50Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2043880-facebook-audit-finds-privacy-practices-sufficient.html NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says that an independent audit found its privacy practices sufficient during a six-month assessment period that followed a settlement with federal regulators. Facebook Inc. said it submitted the findings to the Federal Trade Commission on Monday evening. The audit was a required part of the social networking company's settlement w... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:17:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2043880-facebook-audit-finds-privacy-practices-sufficient.html 2013-04-25T13:17:52Z