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Facebook Users Have Raised $1 Billion on the Site Since 2015

The year the tech giant introduced the donate button. Facebook has hit a new milestone--in philanthropy. The tech gi.....»»

Category: europeSource: fortuneNov 14th, 2018

Facebook fundraising tools have raised more than $2 billion

Facebook Inc. users have raised more than $2 billion for charitable causes since th.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchSep 20th, 2019

Microsoft buys open-source coding site Github for $7.5 billion in stock

Microsoft Corp. said it will acquire San Francisco-based software developer platform Github for $7.5 billion in Microsoft stock. Github was last valued at $2 billion in 2015 when it raised $250 million in a massive Series B round led by Sequoia Ca.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJun 4th, 2018

How Does Facebook Make Money? 6 Ways

Facebook is a social media giant, with 2.23 billion active users engaged with family and friends on Facebook, and 400 new users signing up to use the site every minute. .....»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralOct 24th, 2018

Why Facebook chose Denver to handle its 2.6 billion users around the world

The social network started targeting Denver for an office in 2015......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 16th, 2018

Facebook is launching weekly livestream shopping events with Sephora, Abercrombie, and other big brands, hoping for a slice of a market that could soon be worth $20 billion

Every Friday, Facebook users can now shop live videos from big bra.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytMay 19th, 2021

OnlyFans has boomed during lockdown. Users spent $2.4 billion on the adult-entertainment site in 2020, and 120 million people now use it.

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Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 27th, 2021

After data from half a billion Facebook users was leaked, the company isn"t planning to tell people if they were impacted

Facebook accidentally leaked the personal information of over 533 million users, but is unable to alert them because it's not sure who was impacted. Facebook CEO .....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytApr 7th, 2021

Hedge Fund and Insider Trading News: Jeffrey Gates, Warren Buffett, Alden Global Capital, Tiger Global Management, Archegos Capital Management, Vision Ridge Partners, Facebook Inc (FB), Globaltrans Investment PLC (GLTVF), and More

Tiger Global Raises its Thirteenth Global Fund of $6.65 Billion (The Economic Times) New York-based investment firm Tiger Global has raised .....»»

Category: topSource: insidermonkeyApr 4th, 2021

533 million Facebook users’ phone numbers, personal information exposed online, report says

The information — previously leaked but now made more widely available — was shared online Saturday, according to the news site Insider......»»

Category: topSource: washpostApr 4th, 2021

Supreme Court Denies Facebook Appeal On Curtailing $15B Tracking Lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) to scale back a $15-billion lawsuit accusing the company of illegally tracking the internet activities of its users. read more.....»»

Category: blogSource: benzingaMar 22nd, 2021

Why WhatsApp’s New Privacy Rules Have Sparked Alarm

Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp began alerting its 2 billion users in early January to an update of its privacy policy -- and if they wanted to keep using the popular messaging app, they had to accept it. The new terms caused an outcry among technolog.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostFeb 22nd, 2021

India is reportedly asking WhatsApp to reverse a controversial change to its privacy policy that critics said would have shared personal user data with Facebook

India, WhatsApp's biggest market, holds more than 400 million of the app's 2 billion users, per Reuters. Indian Prime Minister Narendra M.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytJan 19th, 2021

Why WhatsApp’s New Privacy Rules Are Sparking Alarm

Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp has begun alerting its 2 billion users to an update of its privacy policy -- and if they want to keep using the popular messaging app, they have to accept it. The new terms, delivered in early 2021, have caused an outcr.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostJan 15th, 2021

What is Gab? The far-right social media site that Google and Apple banned and that is still gaining thousands of new users after Twitter and Facebook deplatformed Trump

Gab was launched in 2016 for users who don't like Twitter and Facebook's rules on f.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytJan 11th, 2021

Why WhatsApp’s New Privacy Rules Sparked an Exodus

Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp has begun alerting its 2 billion users of an update to its privacy policy -- and if they want to keep using the popular messaging app, they have to accept it. The new terms, delivered in early 2021, have caused an .....»»

Category: topSource: washpostJan 11th, 2021

Facebook launches one-stop shop portal for coronavirus information

Facebook’s new portal aims to be a one-stop shop for its more than 2.5 billion users to find news and resources about the pandemic......»»

Category: topSource: washpostMar 18th, 2020

Broker Public Portal With Homesnap Debuts a Game Changer, Partnering With Facebook Marketplace

The power of Facebook is staggering: 1.62 billion daily active users posting more than a half-million comments and up.....»»

Category: realestateSource: rismediaFeb 27th, 2020

Facebook case rejected by top court, leaving door open for a multi-billion-dollar class action

The Supreme Court will not hear a case involving Facebook and its facial recognition technology for photos, leaving it open to multi-billion dollar lawsuits from its users. Veuer’s Justin Kircher has more......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralJan 21st, 2020

Facebook bans deepfakes, but new policy may not cover controversial Pelosi video

Facebook’s new policy would ban users from posting the computer-generated, highly manipulated videos as the site tries to stop the spread of a novel form of misinformation months before the 2020 presidential election......»»

Category: topSource: washpostJan 7th, 2020

This Chinese super-app is Apple"s biggest threat in China and could be a blueprint for Facebook"s future. Here"s what it"s like to use WeChat, which helps a billion users order food and hail rides.

Visual China Group via Getty Images WeChat has become an integrated part of life in China: you use it to message your friends, buy your groceries, hail a ride, and even book a doctor's appointment. It's basically impossible to exist in China without it......»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderDec 21st, 2019