Timeline: facebook

2015-08-25 16:35:37sentencessite
  • Patients of the Minnesota-based St. Cloud Medical Group can follow a public page on Facebook.
  • For patients, connecting with a physician's office or group practice on Facebook can be a simple way to keep up with basic health news.
  • Historically, professional groups including the American College of Physicians and American Academy of Family Physicians have advised against communicating through personal Facebook pages.
2015-08-25 16:35:37sentencessite
  • Why Your Doctor Won't Friend You On Facebook
  • But don't expect your doctor to "friend" you on Facebook - at least, not just yet.
  • These include maintaining active Twitter presences and professional Facebook pages for less-tailored health tips.
2015-08-25 06:43:58sentencessite
  • In 2009, Palo Alto-based Facebook sued Wallace under federal anti-spam laws known as CAN-SPAM, prompting a judge to issue a temporary restraining order banning him from using the website.
2015-08-25 06:43:58sentencessite
  • Wallace collected Facebook user account information by sending "phishing" messages that tricked users of the social networking site into providing their passwords, prosecutors said.
2015-08-25 06:43:58sentencessite
  • He then used that information to log into their accounts and post spam messages on their friends' Facebook walls, according to the indictment.
2015-08-25 05:58:14sentencessite
  • Wallace acknowledged accessing Facebook's computer network in order to send the spam messages on three occasions between November 2008 and February 2009.
2015-08-25 05:12:33sentencessite
  • (AP) - A Nevada man pleaded guilty Monday to sending more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users, federal officials said.
  • Wallace also admitted that he violated a court order not to access Facebook's computer network.
2015-08-19 14:23:03sentencessite
  • South African cricket team's secret plans end up on Facebook
2015-08-19 08:14:11sentencessite
  • Thanks to a popular but little-known new feature, Facebook lets you spruce up the photos you post by adding text and quirky stickers, such as drawings of scuba gear, sunglasses or a corn dog.
2015-08-19 08:08:46sentencessite
  • NEW YORK (AP) - Did you know you can add a pronunciation guide to your name on Facebook?
  • Facebook is constantly updating its service, adding new features or tweaking old ones.
2015-08-19 08:08:46sentencessite
  • Tech Tips: Stuff you didn't know you could do on Facebook
  • Here, Facebook will offer suggestions for your first and last name that you can listen to before selecting.
  • Here, you'll find text overlay options as well as the same stickers you can use in other parts of Facebook.
2015-08-18 00:02:42sentencessite
  • Texas agriculture commissioner spokesman says no apologies for Muslim-bombing Facebook post
2015-08-15 04:35:14sentencessite
  • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian authorities arrested an opposition senator Saturday, two days after Prime Minister Hun Sen accused him of treason for comments posted on Facebook.
2015-08-13 23:19:43sentencessite
  • Khanna ends the study by asking if the public can "reasonably expect Facebook or others with an interest in collecting and sharing personal data, to be responsible guardians of privacy."
2015-08-13 15:59:39sentencessite
  • Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg launched the social media site from a Harvard dorm room in 2004.
2015-08-13 15:59:39sentencessite
  • Aran Khanna's app - called Marauder's Map in tribute to the Harry Potter books - showed that users of Facebook Messenger could pinpoint the exact locations of people they were talking to.
  • Facebook spokesman Matt Steinfeld said the company had been working on a Messenger update months before it became aware of Khanna's app.
2015-08-13 15:42:53sentencessite
  • Khanna received a call from Facebook telling him the company was rescinding his internship offer because he violated the Facebook user agreement.
2015-08-13 14:58:48sentencessite
  • (JOHANNESBURG) - A company famous for its pens marked a public holiday honoring women in South Africa with a Facebook post urging: "Think like a man."
  • In a message on Facebook, Bic South Africa on Tuesday apologized for "offending everybody" and said it understood it had made a mistake.
2015-08-13 14:53:35sentencessite
  • BOSTON (AP) - A Harvard University student says he lost his internship at Facebook after he launched a browser application that exploited privacy flaws on its mobile messenger.
2015-08-13 14:53:35sentencessite
  • Harvard student loses Facebook gig for app that shows flaws
  • Aran Khanna's app showed that users of Facebook Messenger could pinpoint the exact locations of people they were talking to.
  • Facebook asked Khanna to disable it.
  • A week later, Facebook released a Messenger app update addressing the flaw that a company spokesman said had been in the works for months.
  • Facebook was launched from a Harvard dorm room in 2004.
2015-08-13 12:40:06sentencessite
  • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia's prime minister has demanded the arrest of an opposition senator, accusing him of treason for comments posted on Facebook criticizing a border agreement with neighboring Vietnam.
2015-08-12 12:16:07sentencessite
  • Facebook pages including those for University of Michigan football and basketball got way off-topic during a series of early-morning posts.
2015-08-10 21:53:31sentencessite
  • HALIFAX -- An NDP candidate in Nova Scotia has resigned after comments he allegedly made in a Facebook discussion emerged on a Conservative website.
2015-08-10 20:53:00sentencessite
  • However, the Conservatives are circulating a Facebook screen grab from 2014 where Wheeldon allegedly comments, "one could argue that Israel's intention was always to ethnically cleanse the region."
2015-08-10 16:52:50sentencessite
  • How do you laugh on Facebook?
2015-08-10 16:35:00sentencessite
  • However, when Facebook researchers drilled down further, they found that the median age of emoji users is the youngest while the median "lol" user is the oldest, although in all cases that median age is younger than 30.
2015-08-10 13:19:39sentencessite
  • 'Haha' Has Killed 'LOL,' Says Facebook
2015-08-08 02:45:16sentencessite
  • Thai courts hand down record sentences for royal Facebook insults
  • Pongsak , 48, was initially given a sentence of 60 years for six Facebook posts between 2013 and 2014, his lawyer, Sasinan Thamnithinan, said.
  • The woman, who wanted only her first name used, was convicted for seven Facebook posts that insulted the royals, Yingcheep told Reuters.
2015-08-07 12:29:14sentencessite
  • The social moment of the debate on Facebook proved to be the heated exchange between Chris Christie and Rand Paul over government privacy policy.
  • New data from Facebook showed that while immigration was the top issue discussed and real estate mogul Donald Trump was the candidate most discussed, the give and take over how far the government should go in collecting data was the big social moment.
2015-08-07 12:22:39sentencessite
  • Thai military courts harshly punish 2 for Facebook comments
  • Thailand's military courts have issued the harshest sentences in recent decades for two people convicted of insulting the monarchy on Facebook.
  • The hotel worker in the northern province of Chiang Mai was also found guilty of posting offensive Facebook comments, but had her cumulative sentence halved to 28 years after pleading guilty.
2015-08-06 22:45:44sentencessite
  • Facebook has joined the live-stream-video scene - but so far, it's only for famous people.
2015-08-06 14:32:07sentencessite
  • Facebook launches live video for celebs
2015-08-05 16:47:48sentencessite
  • Facebook lets businesses message users privately
  • If users post a comment on a business's Facebook page, then the business can now privately message that person.
  • Facebook Inc rolled out features Wednesday that enable businesses to privately communicate with customers through messages as part of the social networking company's push to make its Messenger app a stand-alone platform.
  • Businesses can now include a "send message" button in ads that appear in Newsfeed that allow Facebook users to click a button and send messages, which are private.
  • The features are part of Facebook's efforts to convince more small and medium-sized businesses - especially those in emerging markets, such as India, Brazil and Indonesia - to advertise on its platform.
  • About twice as many Thai and Singaporean users use Facebook messages to communicate with businesses each month and most Southeast Asia users follow some company pages.
  • By giving them direct access to customers, the world's largest social network hopes to show that advertising on Facebook directly leads to increased sales.
2015-08-04 08:00:00sentencessite
  • It was a rare and deeply personal revelation, not just for the famously private Zuckerberg but for anyone on Facebook.
  • His post immediately went viral, with commenters praising the Facebook executive for his candor.
  • "Mark Zuckerberg" became a trending topic on Twitter, and his post received about 850,000 Facebook likes within six hours of posting.
  • "It's following the philosophy of Facebook, and in doing so he's showing he's a human being like everyone else."
2015-08-04 02:08:11sentencessite
  • Ex-Senate candidate: Board has ended probe of Facebook posts
  • Milton Wolf says the medical board has determined he committed no wrongdoing by posting the images on Facebook.
2015-08-03 23:37:53sentencessite
  • Will Smith takes to Facebook to deny divorce
  • Will Smith takes to Facebook to deny divorce "Men in Black" star Will Smith took the unusual step on Monday of publicly shooting down a report that he and his actress wife of 17 years had decided to divorce.
2015-08-03 22:27:16sentencessite
  • Smith, 46, said in statement on his Facebook page that "under normal circumstances, I don't usually respond to foolishness. (Because it's contagious).
2015-08-02 20:00:27sentencessite
  • WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has fired a campaign aide after racially charged Facebook posts surfaced on the aide's account.
2015-08-02 19:48:03sentencessite
  • Donald Trump's presidential campaign has fired a staffer after racially charged and insulting Facebook posts under his name came to light, a person close to the campaign said on Sunday.
2015-08-02 19:40:33sentencessite
  • Trump campaign fires staffer over controversial Facebook posts
2015-08-02 18:57:02sentencessite
  • Donald Trump staffer fired over past racially charged Facebook posts
2015-08-01 04:58:00sentencessite
  • Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his pediatrician wife, Priscilla Chan, are expecting a baby.
2015-07-31 01:50:56sentencessite
  • Separately, Facebook a year ago launched internet.org, an initiative to provide internet access to the two-thirds of the world that do not have a reliable connection.
  • Mr Parikh said Facebook is not planning to sell the drones but will use them to expand internet access.
2015-07-30 21:14:13sentencessite
  • Facebook's drone was developed in part with engineering expertise that joined the company when it acquired a British aerospace startup, Ascenta, last year.
2015-07-30 21:14:13sentencessite
  • Facebook also has a separate but related initiative that works with wireless carriers to provide limited mobile Internet service at no cost, in countries where residents are too poor to afford traditional wireless plans.
  • Facebook hopes to share the technology with telecommunications carriers and development agencies, which it hopes will build and operate the drone networks, Parikh said.
2015-07-30 20:32:09sentencessite
  • Facebook has said it will begin test flights later this year of a solar-powered drone with the wingspan of a Boeing 737, the next stage of its campaign to deliver internet service to remote parts of the world.
2015-07-30 18:37:11sentencessite
  • Facebook ready to test giant drone for Internet service
2015-07-29 22:17:19sentencessite
  • Facebook had 1.49 billion monthly users overall, up 13%.
  • "Once again Facebook has proven its ability to attract and retain users. It's particularly impressive that users are more engaged than ever before - that the percentage of monthly users who visit every day continues to grow," said Forrester Research analyst Nate Elliott.
  • Facebook's mobile advertising represented 76% of the total advertising revenue during the second quarter, proof that the company continues to attract advertisers to where its users are - on smartphones and other hand-held gadgets.
2015-07-28 08:36:00sentencessite
  • Here Are The Key Things To Watch Out For In Facebook's Q2 Earnings
2015-07-27 22:06:11sentencessite
  • What to watch for in Facebook?s Wednesday earnings report
2015-07-27 08:45:55sentencessite
  • Facebook to scale up free mobile Internet service to boost usage
  • MUMBAI (Reuters) - Facebook Inc plans to scale up its service to offer free basic Internet on mobile phones, an executive said, after introducing the application in 17 developing countries over the past year.
  • In a blog post released to mark the first year of the initiative, Facebook said it will open a portal allowing any mobile operator to offer the service under its Internet.org platform.
  • Facebook currently partners with specific operators to launch the service in different countries.
  • It offers pared-down web services for free to users, along with access to Facebook's own social network and messaging services.
  • Facebook was not paying for any of the data being used to access the service, he said.