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Free WiFi Access Offered by Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) To Students

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) announced its pilot program to provide free Wi-Fi access to students in partnership with the Town of Forest City, Rutherford County Schools and PANGAEA Internet. The social network giant Facebook said that a small number of students residing in the neighborhood surrounding the Rutherford Opportunity Center (ROC) will be given free Wi-Fi access as part of the pilot program. Facebook is … Continue reading Free WiFi Access Offered by Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) To Students

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet, Mobile

World Cup 2014 Breaks Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Records

Brazil’s World Cup was the biggest social media event on record involving 350 million Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) users worldwide, the company claimed today, as Facebook makes strides into the so-called “real-time” market dominated by Twitter. People increasingly are using social networking to comment on global events seen on television, like the month-long soccer tournament won by Germany on Sunday. Figures obtained from sources have … Continue reading World Cup 2014 Breaks Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Records

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Active Stock:EU Begins Questioning Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Rivals Over WhatsApp Deal

European Union antitrust officials have started questioning rival firms about Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB)’s proposed $19 billion acquisition of messaging service WhatsApp, ahead of a formal review that could be a test case for how to apply EU competition law to social media. Officials at the European Commission, the EU’s central competition authority, have in recent weeks sent detailed questionnaires to several technology and online-messaging … Continue reading Active Stock:EU Begins Questioning Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Rivals Over WhatsApp Deal

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Stock in News: Quitting Facebook (NASDAQ FB) for 99 Days can make you happy

A Dutch nonprofit initiative is calling on users to conduct their own Facebook (NASDAQ FB) mood experiment by quitting the site for 99 days and taking periodic happiness surveys to see whether they’re better off without it. The idea that started as a humorous undertone inside a small European advertising agency regarding Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB)’s emotional manipulation study and content alteration blossomed into a … Continue reading Stock in News: Quitting Facebook (NASDAQ FB) for 99 Days can make you happy

Richard Atkins
Finance, Internet

Active Stock: Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) To Enter Digital Payment World

In an interesting development on the Wall Street, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) has announced that it would be soon implementing the Digital Payment world on its own platform. Facebook has already taken relevant steps for the same and is waiting for the approval from Central Bank of Ireland so that it can initiate its services. The approval would include the “e-money” status in its Europe … Continue reading Active Stock: Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) To Enter Digital Payment World

Richard Atkins
Analysis, Finance, Mobile

Active Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) looks for optimum ads in Emerging Countries

In an interesting development, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) has looked towards Emerging Markets with New Ad Efforts. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) user growth is slowing in North America, though it continues to grow by leaps and bounds in emerging markets. For example, the number of active Facebook users from such countries has grown from 8 million in 2010 to more than 100 million by the … Continue reading Active Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) looks for optimum ads in Emerging Countries

Richard Atkins