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Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.

Facebook is a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch.

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Five At Five: The ‘Amazon Effect’ And Hiring
Five At Five: The ‘Amazon Effect’ And Hiring
December 12, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest data about how Amazon impacts...

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Facebook Files Patent For Tech That Can Predict Your Next Stop
Facebook Files Patent For Tech That Can Predict Your Next Stop
December 12, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook thinks it can predict where users will go next and has filed patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the technology....

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Facebook, Google May See Increased Regulation In Australia
Facebook, Google May See Increased Regulation In Australia
December 11, 2018  |  Regulation

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) earlier this week published a series of recommendations to push back against the influence U.S. tech giants are...

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Facebook Eyes Engineers, Researchers For Blockchain Team
Facebook Eyes Engineers, Researchers For Blockchain Team
December 10, 2018  |  Personnel

Social media giant Facebook is looking to grow its blockchain team, according to a report. The company posted on its careers page that it’s looking...

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Citi: Facebook, Google Hiring Decline Signals Job Growth Peak
Citi: Facebook, Google Hiring Decline Signals Job Growth Peak
December 09, 2018  |  Economy

Facebook and Alphabet, the two tech heavy hitters, have been curbing hiring, which Citi analyst Mark May said could signal a peak in overall job...

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Facebook Played Favorites With Data
Facebook Played Favorites With Data
December 06, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook, under renewed scrutiny for its business practices, enabled certain companies such as Netflix and Airbnb to access the friends lists of users after it blocked...

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Facebook Makes Gift Ideas Shareable With Collections
Facebook Makes Gift Ideas Shareable With Collections
December 05, 2018  |  Retail

To potentially help shoppers discover and exchange gift ideas, Facebook is letting its users share collections on its social media platform. The feature allows consumers...

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Facebook, Google Targeted In Revised Franco-German Tech Tax
Facebook, Google Targeted In Revised Franco-German Tech Tax
December 04, 2018  |  Taxes

France and Germany have come up with a compromise for a European Union (EU)-wide digital tax, abandoning a wide-ranging 3 percent tax on revenues generated...

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WhatsApp Asks RBI To Expand Payment Services In India
WhatsApp Asks RBI To Expand Payment Services In India
December 03, 2018  |  Payment Methods

WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook, is seeking approval from the Reserve Bank of India to extend its digital payments service to all of...

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