Facebook Unveils Anonymous Chat App, 'Rooms'

10/24/14 3:15 PM PST

Anyone can create or customize a 'Room' and pick a pseudonym to use

Tags: facebook, rooms, app, chat, branch, creative labs, qr code

Zuckerberg Interviewed in China, Answers in Mandarin

10/23/14 4:47 PM PST

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited a Chinese university on October 21st and spoke Mandarin in a half hour long interview

Business World

Tags: facebook, mark zuckerberg, china, beijing, mandarin

Facebook Introduces New 'Safety Check' Feature for Natural Disasters

10/17/14 1:48 PM PST

Facebook announced the launch of its new "Safety Check" feature that will automatically ask users if they are safe during natural disasters.

World Media Science & Technology

Tags: facebook, media, safety check, safety, feature, social media, social networking, technology

Apple, Facebook Pay to Freeze Employees' Eggs

10/16/14 12:06 PM PST

Tech firms realize that women sometimes face a choice between childbearing or career

Business

Tags: apple, facebook, freeze eggs, egg preservation, oocyte cryopreservation, fertility, health insurance coverage

Facebook Founder Meets Indonesian President-Elect

10/14/14 5:10 PM PST

Mark Zuckerberg has met with Indonesia's president-elect to discus the country's social media presence and how Facebook can help boost the economy

Economy Business

Tags: indonesia, joko widodo, president-elect, social media, facebook, twitter, jakarta

Facebook CEO Donates $25 Million to Fight Ebola

10/14/14 5:03 PM PST

In an announcement made on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg says he and his wife will donate $25 million to the CDC to help fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa

Health

Tags: facebook, ebola, epidemic, donation, cdc, mark zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Meets Indian Prime Minister

10/10/14 3:39 PM PST

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg supports Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' initiative

Media

Tags: facebook, mark zuckerberg, narendra modi, india, social media, internet access, digital india

Missing 3-Year-Old Girl Found After Social Media Campaign

10/07/14 1:17 PM PST

Jhanvi Ahuja was located one week after going missing, and authorities are crediting the 'Bring Back Jhanvi' campaign

World

Tags: jhanvi ahuja, delhi, india gate, missing girl, facebook, social media, twitter, whatsapp

Facebook Apologizes to LGBT Community for Name Policy

10/06/14 10:32 AM PST

36,000 people signed a petition urging Facebook to change their policy on using only 'real names' on their accounts, saying many of them identify differently in real life

Business

Tags: facebook, lgbt, policy, change, names, apology

Facebook to Put Huge Drones in the Sky

09/25/14 3:57 PM PST

It has recently been revealed that Facebook plans to put solar-powered, internet-delivering drones in sky within the next three to five years

Science & Technology Business

Tags: facebook, drones, solar powered, internet

Oculus Announces Next-Generation Headset Prototype

09/22/14 11:47 AM PST

Facebook's Oculus VR just announced a brand-new prototype at the company's Oculus Connect conference

Science & Technology Business

Tags: oculus vr, virtual reality headset, prototype, crescent bay, facebook

Online Country Club Designed to Cater to Millionaires

09/18/14 9:58 AM PST

The social networking site 'Netropolitan' charges $6,000 initiation fee, designed for like–minded (and wealthy) individuals to keep in touch

Media

Tags: facebook, netropolitan, social, networking, country club, rich, millionaires, money, initiation