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Facebook has announced that it will be running sponsored news content starting January, in an effort to make its business model more attractive to advertisers and even investors, leading to its planned IPO. But what Facebook might not be telling users is that the social network is likely to be [...]

Menlo Park has a new resident. And they’ve got 800 million friends worldwide. Facebook has detailed the first few steps in its move to their new headquarters at 1601 Willow Road. With the move, we also get a peek at Facebook’s corporate culture, and how they plan to encourage innovation [...]

Android is surpassing the iOS platform in many respects, including application marketplace growth and handset sales. But now, even Facebook users on Android are exceeding their iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch counterparts.

Facebook has been releasing new features in the pas few weeks, which includes subscription via third-party websites and a worldwide release of Timeline. Now the social network is also updating its mobile tools.

Facebook has been implementing changes in its user interface, which include a much-touted Timeline interface that showed a profile’s history in one continuous screen. Earlier launched for select users, Timeline is now available to Facebook users worldwide.

As social interaction is usually the main purpose of social networks, sites like Facebook often come with a mix of public and private connectivity options. But aside from just person-to-person interaction, Facebook is planning to implement page-to-person messaging.

Amid millions of videos posted on YouTube containing copyrighted material, Google is exerting efforts to ensure copyright holders are properly compensated, without necessarily limiting the content available to third-party video producers.

Social networking is not just about people, but also content, as proven by the popularity of apps like Flipboard and Zite. But while these socially-curated magazines were previously exclusive to tablets like the iPad, developers are now launching versions for the iPhone.

Facebook is all about content discovery, curation and sharing. As such, one of its latest releases is a subscribe button that makes it easier for website readers to subscribe to updates even without leaving the page.

Twitter is introducing yet another change to its interface, with focus on four simple aspects of the service: conversations, topic streams, profile and tweeting. The update is rolling out in the next few weeks, although Twitter is giving users a sneak preview.