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Facebook Tests its Live Event Streaming at Lollapalooza

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On Friday Facebook unveiled its new live event feature. The feature was launched at the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago. Users were able to stream content from Lollapalooza on Facebook. The...

Facebook is on a Hiring Spree for making VR Goggles, Drones and Data Centers

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According to Facebook’s website the company is looking to increase its employees by 14 percent and that is why the company has started a hiring campaign in which Facebook Inc. (FB.O) looks to hire...

Facebook buying virtual-reality company for $2B

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NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook is buying virtual reality company Oculus, betting $2 billion that its technology will become a new way for people to communicate, learn or be entertained. "This is a long-...

Zuckerberg takes long view with WhatsApp, Internet

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NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg, known for his outsized ambitions for Facebook, is applying a similar long-term vision to bringing the Internet to the billons of people around the world who don't...

Ahead of the Bell: Facebook shares stumble

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Shares of Facebook slipped Thursday morning after the world's biggest social networking site surprised Wall Street by spending $19 billion on the messaging service WhatsApp. Analysts that follow the...

Breaking – Facebook Buying WhatsApp – $16B In Cash And Stock

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From the regulatory filing: On February 19, 2014, Facebook, Inc. (“Parent”) entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”) with Rhodium Acquisition Sub II,...

Facebook at 10: Soaring High

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Born in a dorm room, eyeing world dominance, Facebook turns 10 years old NEW YORK (AP) — It has been 10 years since a Harvard sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg created a website called Thefacebook.com...

Facebook’s Android app wants to access the users’ text messages

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According to the Facebook's latest Android app permission webpage, the Facebook Inc. claims that the reason it requires the access to the text messages is to connect the phone numbers with Facebook...

Facebook 4Q earnings Rise Sharply

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Facebook 4th-quarter earnings, revenue surpass expectations, stock jumps NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's quarterly earnings and revenue grew and surpassed expectations as the company expanded the number...