They beat out google for this small percentage of facebook. Multiplied out it pushes the value of facebook up to $15 billion. In case that number doesn't sound all that big, it is $15,000,000,000 picked by sykeo56 10 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg, the 22-year old creator of Facebook.com has turned down an offer of $1.6 billion dollars from Yahoo.com for the purchase of his site. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Looking at Sheppard's profile picture, Haas was certain he was the son she gave up at birth. She sent a Facebook message to him to say she was looking for a relative with his name. picked by super 1 year ago

First-year student Chris Avenir is fighting charges of academic misconduct for helping run an online chemistry study group via Facebook last term. picked by zzz 6 months ago

An Internet joker jailed for having created a fake Facebook page of the brother of King Mohammed VI, was freed after the king issued a pardon. picked by coldbladed 5 months ago

Okay, it’s official, Facebook is officially getting out of hand. Not only do employers use social networking tools such as Facebook or Myspace to check on prospective employees, but now Oxford University has actually used photos as evidence of students violating their code of conduct. picked by kye1111 1 year ago

Not a story about banning employees from accessing Facebook in the workplace, but instead a coalition of children's charities in the UK have called for measures to stop employers and educational establishments from snooping around potential employee/student online profiles. picked by Pocksucket 5 months ago

Thousands of Facebook users are expected to collaborate on an online course at Podclass.com. The topic? How to make money with Facebook apps. picked by gary1g 12 months ago

Bored of Facebook? So are these people picked by BristolCoops 6 months ago

I'm not sure if this breaches our guidelines exactly, but this is a Facebook group for Plimers! If someone of higher Pliming stature wishes to take the reigns, i'll gladly pass them along... picked by JHalewood 1 year ago

Article highlighting that the CIA funded Facebook. Also has tips on how to keep your profile private picked by happyshopper 1 year ago

Social networking Web sites can seem dedicated to the idea that nobody’s personal life is worth keeping private, but when it comes to Mark Zuckerberg — the founder of Facebook, one of the largest networks — Facebook disagrees. picked by deepcleanfun 9 months ago

Of the 9.5 Million Facebook users, 500,000 signed a petition to keep the feature "News Feed" going. This feature allows users to see updates on the status of their friends - unfortunately it can also be used as a method of 'stalking'. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Facebook has become much more than a place to find a “hook-up” or a kegger, but rather a virtual townhall for the VTech communtity to begin a dialog and somehow find a way to heal. picked by sara917 1 year ago

Yahoo may be purchasing Facebook.com for $1 billion. MySpace sold for $580 million. picked by musicgirldani 2 years ago

Clever video about a guy who adds God to his friends list. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Do you have a Facebook account? How about a Myspace account? Your Plime avatar counts as well. Chances are if you know about the internet tubes you have some sort of online personality. Your "away messages" are possibly hidden messages. Possibly. I'm not a fan of people telling me who I am but to some degree these things can be pretty accurate. picked by Magellan 3 months ago

An old friend of Mark Zuckerberg writes a letter to his old pal to gain publicity for his own site. And he also gives his boy some advice. picked by mgalpert 2 years ago

Police are to use unprecedented powers to force an entire town to stop selling alcohol and halt a beach party organised on Facebook.

The event has been advertised on the social networking site as 'the biggest ever beach party', with organisers using the catchline: 'Lots of people, lots of alcohol...f***in' rave.' picked by doodlechild 2 months ago

Internet "Search Firm", Yahoo, has plans to purchase high school social networking site for the gigantic price of... picked by iduffee 2 years ago