Tech Report: Facebook App Tracks Energy Use
The Opower app, which is free, will connect a person's energy utility to their Facebook account and post energy usage each month.
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The Opower app, which is free, will connect a person's energy utility to their Facebook account and post energy usage each month.
Facebook is stepping up its patent dispute with Yahoo by filing its own lawsuit against the struggling Internet icon.
Silicon Valley insiders are buzzing about the potential of thousands of Yahoo layoffs and another company restructuring in the coming weeks.
Emails from Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard days show the dropout-turned-Facebook CEO as a young entrepreneur losing patience with a client's delayed payments.
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a "Space Hackathon" soon after the last employees moved into the company's new headquarters in Menlo Park.
Facebook is warning employers not to demand the passwords of job applicants, saying that it's an invasion of privacy that opens companies to legal liabilities.
Just how many of your Facebook friends are really friends? The popular social networking site is now giving users the option of demoting people to acquaintances.
Kenneth Raasch and his wife Linda are offering to trade their 7,000-plus square foot home in Los Gatos for $29 million dollars worth of Facebook stock, ahead of the social media giant's move to go public.
The anticipation of the Facebook initial public offering (IPO) has already has driven up prices in Silicon Valley's real estate market.
Yahoo Inc. said in a court filing Monday that Facebook has infringed 10 of its patents covering advertising, privacy controls and social networking.
Google is almost everyone's favorite search engine, despite misgivings about data-collection and advertising practices that are widely seen as intrusive.
Some colleges, and even a few employers, have recently insisted on taking a peak at the Facebook pages of applicants, policies Facebook officials said violate the sites terms of use.
Israeli President Shimon Peres touted the role of technology as an instrument for peace during a talk Wednesday at the annual Launch Conference in San Francisco.
Israeli President Shimon Peres continued his tour of the Bay Area on Tuesday. Peres visited Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park and spoke to a capacity crowd at a San Francisco synagogue.
Shimon Peres will make stops in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley in his historic visit.
Sgt. Brandon Morgan didn't expect to become a global phenomenon when he kissed his partner upon returning from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.
San Francisco-based Yelp Inc. late Thursday priced its initial public offering of stock at $15 a share. That's above its expected range of $12 and $14 per share.
Zynga has unveiled a new online gaming destination so people can play "CityVille," "Zynga Poker" and other games off Facebook.
KCBS Technology Analyst Larry Magid said that if the numbers are true, the company has plenty to worry about after putting so much effort into building the brand.
Further reason to read before you click: according to an investigation by London's Sunday Times, Facebook admits reading its app users' text messages.
KCBS Technology Analyst Larry Magid said that music is behind the revitalization of MySpace.
Facebook may have over 800 million users, but the company's rocket-fueled user growth may be starting to slow. The social network is seeing fewer new users, not only in the U.S., but also in overseas markets.
Facebook says it has 843 million monthly active users, but getting a read on how many people actually visit Facebook's site every day is considerably more complicated. Ultimately, some experts have said that that could mean the company is over-valued.
Looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? A new study suggests you're apt to find it in apps—the services and tools built to run on smartphones, computer tablets and Facebook's online social network.
Facebook's long-awaited IPO filing lifted the stocks of many Internet companies, including recent laggards Zynga and Groupon. But analysts said the halo effect may fade.
