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  Wall Street Beat: After Facebook fiasco, don't write off tech IPOs

  The Facebook IPO may have been a fiasco, but don't put the nail in the coffin just yet for other tech offerings this year.

  By Marc Ferranti | 25 May, 2012 22:22

  Tags: Investments, business issues, Morgan Stanley, Facebook, workday, Eloqua, palo alto networks, sap, Ariba

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  Refund for some Facebook investors

  Morgan Stanley, the lead investment bank in Facebook's troubled initial public offering, will compensate retail investors who overpaid when they bought Facebook's stock in Friday's IPO, according to a source familiar with the matter.

  By AAP | 25 May, 2012 09:43

  Tags: social networking, social media, Morgan Stanley, Facebook

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  Facebook beefs up mobile photo sharing with Camera

  Facebook introduced its own mobile photo app, Camera, on Thursday, bringing richer photo-sharing features to the platform even before the company closes its deal to acquire the popular photo-sharing app Instagram.

  By Cameron Scott | 24 May, 2012 18:56

  Tags: social networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook

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  Facebook used as terrorist tool: Expert

  Terrorist groups are using Facebook to recruit loners from Western countries like Australia to their cause and authorities are struggling to stop it, a leading counter-terrorism expert says.

  By AAP | 24 May, 2012 09:43

  Tags: social networking, social media, Facebook, Counter Terrorism, Bill Paterson

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  Facebook to settle class-action suit over Sponsored Stories

  Facebook is to settle a class-action lawsuit in California that accused it of appropriating its users' likenesses for its Sponsored Stories advertising feature, according to a court document filed Tuesday.

  By Cameron Scott | 23 May, 2012 10:47

  Tags: social networking, legal, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, Civil lawsuits

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  Facebook stock slumps for third day

  In its third day of trading, Facebook's stock is still in a slump, taking the shine off the frenzy that led up to the company's initial public offering (IPO) last week.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 23 May, 2012 05:55

  Tags: Web 2.0 and Web Apps, social networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Groupon, Financial IT, Facebook, business issues

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  Facebook vs Google: By the numbers

  With the world's largest social networking website, Facebook, going public it is quite obvious that comparisons with Google will crop up. We have collated some figures and here is a list of numbers comparing the two giants.

  By Ershad K. | 22 May, 2012 23:32

  Tags: social networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google, Facebook

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  Facebook shares sink below IPO price

  Facebook shares plunged nearly 11 per cent on Monday during the stock's first full day of trade as the enthusiasm from a massive public offering for the social network giant turned to scepticism.

  By AAP | 22 May, 2012 09:01

  Tags: social networking, social media, IPOs, Facebook, business

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  Nasdaq's Facebook glitch came from race conditions

  The Nasdaq computer system that delayed trade notices of the Facebook IPO on Friday was plagued by race conditions, the stock exchange announced Monday. As a result of this technical glitch in its Nasdaq OMX system, the market expects to pay out US$13 million or even more to traders.

  By Joab Jackson | 22 May, 2012 05:18

  Tags: Zynga, software, Nasdaq OMX, Facebook

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  Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn

  Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab said on Monday.

  By Lucian Constantin | 22 May, 2012 02:34

  Tags: software, security, online safety, malware, kaspersky lab, Facebook, browsers, applications

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  Facebook vs. Google: Who will win?

  Facebook is now officially a public company, scads of new millionaires are on a Silicon Valley spending spree, and media outlets near and far have yet to pipe down about the IPO, likely one of the most anticipated in history.

  By Christina DesMarais | 20 May, 2012 11:59

  Tags: twitter, social networks, social media, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google Plus, Google, Facebook, ads

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  Pakistan's block on Twitter over blasphemous content reversed

  Pakistan late Sunday reversed a block on Twitter in the country over material it considered anti-Islam, the country's interior minister said.

  By John Ribeiro | 21 May, 2012 13:50

  Tags: twitter, Regulation, Internet-based applications and services, internet, government, Facebook

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  Reports: Nasdaq admits technical bugs affected Facebook IPO trading

  Technical problems at the Nasdaq exchange affected the trading of Facebook shares on Friday, the much-anticipated day of its IPO (initial public offering), Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX Group Inc., told reporters on Sunday, according to published reports.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 21 May, 2012 09:07

  Tags: software, social networking, Nasdaq OMX Group, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, business issues

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  Facebook buys mobile e-commerce app Karma

  The mobile gift-giving app Karma has announced it has been acquired by Facebook. The announcement came shortly after the markets closed on Facebook's first day as a publicly traded company.

  By Cameron Scott | 19 May, 2012 09:43

  Tags: social networking, mobile applications, mobile, mergers and acquisitions, Karma, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Facebook, e-commerce, business issues

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  Facebook IPO stumbles out of the gate

  This probably isn't how Facebook envisioned its initial public offering would roll out.

  By Sharon Gaudin | 19 May, 2012 04:32

  Tags: Web 2.0 and Web Apps, social networking, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Financial IT, Facebook, business issues