In a subtle yet significant upgrade, Facebook has quietly enabled application developers to begin granting access to Facebook advertising accounts which wish to target ads toward their users. In other words, Zynga, the developers of FarmVille, could grant someone from Coca-Cola access to the Facebook-owned advertising space which resides next to the application (as [...]

In February Facebook announced that the company had surpassed the 100 million user milestone in terms of access on mobile devices. Yesterday, while speaking at the MobileBeat conference, Erick Tseng of Facebook announced that the company had surpassed 150 million users on mobile devices. While not growing as quickly as Facebook’s primary destination [...]

A controversial advertisement posted by Zynga on Facebook has been banned by the “Advertising Standards Authority” in the UK. The advertisement depicted a man wielding a knife with the ad copy of “From street thug to capo. Earn your street cred and be respected.” The Advertising Standards Authority, “the UK’s independent regulator [...]

Since last night’s article we’ve heard from numerous sources that the “Knob Face” virus, which appears to be a spelling error, is actually a hoax. There is no actual threat, although Koob Face, which is the proper spelling of the virus, is one of the more popular Facebook scams. In this case, the [...]

This evening we were alerted to a rumor spreading on Facebook about a new virus called “Knob Face”. Unfortunately we have not yet been able to confirm whether or not this is actually a new virus, however we’ve reached out to Facebook and will post an update once we hear back. Some users [...]

Facebook is testing out a new way of getting new Facebook Page administrators to get their Page off the ground and active. As pictured below, the company is encouraging administrators to post status updates, set up their mobile phone to sync with the Page, and finally syncing the Page with their twitter account. [...]

This morning many Facebook users were shocked to find that their profile boxes had disappeared completely. While some users are hailing the return of the boxes to their profiles as a victory for those who spoke out against the change, Facebook has confirmed that the change is temporary. Profile boxes will be removed [...]

While we’ve confirmed on multiple instances that Facebook is not charging and never will, the company has posted the same information on the site’s homepage. Now when you register for the site, or login, there’s a good chance that you’ll see the new message which states “Sign Up, It’s free (and always will be)”. [...]

A man has filed suit in the Supreme Court of New York’s Alleganey County alleging that by virtue of a 2003 contract with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder he owns an 84% stake in the billion dollar social networking business.

Paul D. Ceglia is seeking ownership and monetary damages based on an alleged contract signed on April [...]

While Facebook previously announced to developers that application profile boxes would no longer be allowed, many users were taken off guard as application boxes began disappearing from their profiles yesterday afternoon. While the volume of complaints was not that extreme, many users continued to complain and demand that Facebook return the boxes. While [...]