The latest version of Facebook for Android is now available! The app has a number of notable new features, including: video playback, the ability to view and RSVP for events, respond to friend requests without leaving the app, and an updated home page. The new home page has a draggable notifications drawer, a photo reel for easy viewing of your friends’ photos and videos, and the ability [...]

A World Intellectual Property Forum panelist has awarded the domain name Facebook.me to the giant social networking site.In what may be one of the longest WIPO UDRP decisions I’ve ever read, the panelist ruled against Amjad Abbas. Facebook claimed that Abbas had placed the domain name on a page with other domains that were for sale for a minimum of $2,000. Other domains listed for sale on the [...]

The Like button enables users to make connections to your pages and share content back to their friends on Facebook with one click. Since the content is hosted by Facebook, the button can display personalized content whether or not the user has logged into your site. For logged-in Facebook users, the button is personalized to highlight friends who have also liked the page. The basic Like button [...]

Facebook is battling a lawsuit filed by a New York man who claims he owns 84 percent of the social-networking company. Paul D. Ceglia of Wellsville, N.Y., claims in a lawsuit (see below) that he entered into a contract with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in 2003 to design and develop a Web site that would ultimately become the social-networking giant. The contract entitled Ceglia to a $1,000 [...]

Today, we are launching another way for people to access Facebook anytime, anywhere: 0.facebook.com. 0.facebook.com is a new mobile site that includes all of the key features of Facebook but is optimized for speed. It initially is available through more than 50 mobile operators in 45 countries and territories with zero data charges. Collaborating with operators from around the world, we developed [...]

Facebook has added a new feature to our News Feeds. When you hover your mouse over a name or a website, additional information pops up in a small box. This rollover action appears to make it easier to find out information about people and websites, as well as send messages or add new friends with only a single click. What do you think about this new feature? When hovering over a friend’s name, [...]

According to a fascinating interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg this week on Inside Facebook (Discussing the Future of Facebook and the Facebook Ecosystem with CEO Mark Zuckerberg), Facebook admits that they may have focused too much on trying to emulate Twitter, the fast-growing microblogging platform, when formulating their strategies and plans for the future. In the interview, which [...]