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Facebook to Buy $550M in Patents From Microsoft

Result: Facebook gets 650 AOL patents

(Newser) - Earlier this month, AOL agreed to sell Microsoft 925 patents and patent applications for just north of $1 billion; now another tech giant is getting a piece of the action. Facebook has pledged to buy some 650 of those patents, or $550 million worth. In the deal, Facebook also gets...

London Warns Olympics Fans: Don&#39;t Post Pics
 London Warns 
 Olympics Fans: 
 Don't Post Pics 
olympics 2012
Apr 22, 2012 2:30 PM CDT

London Warns Olympics Fans: Don't Post Pics

Olympics protected by stringent branding laws

(Newser) - The Olympics are headed to London this summer, but visitors and athletes alike better beware of what they post online, reports Mashable . London has passed legislation ahead of the games to penalize people who violate the games' official branding. Legally speaking, this would include:
  • Athletes posting media of themselves with
...

Man Steals Cops' Gas, Posts Photo on Facebook

Kentucky man Michael Baker busted after sharing photo

(Newser) - How to go jail in two easy steps: 1. Siphon gas from a police car. 2. Post a photo of yourself siphoning gas from a police car on Facebook. Kentucky man Michael Baker, 20, was arrested and charged with theft after cops got wind of the photo he had shared,...

No, Facebook Isn't Creating a Nation of Lonely Souls

Slate essayist disagrees with cover story in 'Atlantic'

(Newser) - The Atlantic's cover story is a much-discussed piece by novelist Stephen Marche, who concludes that Americans in the age of Facebook "have never been more detached from one another, or lonelier." It's strong stuff, but it's just the latest entry in a long list of...

Zuck Didn't Ask Facebook Board About Instagram Buy

Mark Zuckerberg hashed $1B deal out on his own

(Newser) - If you're wondering what was going through the minds of Facebook's board members when they decided to fork over $1 billion for Instagram, the answer is a big fat nothing. That's because the board of directors didn't play a role in OKing Facebook's biggest acquisition...

Google's Brin: Free Internet in Serious Danger

Sergey Brin sees threat from governments, Hollywood, Facebook

(Newser) - Internet freedom is under attack, says Google's co-founder. "It's scary," Sergey Brin tells the Guardian , saying he's "more worried" than ever about "very powerful forces that have lined up against the open Internet on all sides and around the world." Once, Brin...

Instragram Hits 40M Users
 Instagram Hits 40M Users
Apr 13, 2012 3:33 PM CDT

Instagram Hits 40M Users

Photo app scores 10M new sign-ups in 10 days

(Newser) - Instagram signed up 10 million more users—bringing its total to 40 million—in just the past 10 days. The retro-styling, photo-sharing app was the talk of tech after releasing a version for Android and then getting scooped up by Facebook for $1 billion, reports SlashGear . Instagram launched for the...

Attention, Silicon Valley: You Might Return to Sea

Old levees need $1B upgrade to protect Facebook, Google, et al

(Newser) - It might just be the only thing that could take down Facebook and Google in one fell swoop: some good old-fashioned biblical flooding. As the AP explains, a chunk of Silicon Valley sits on land that used to be part of San Francisco Bay. Which is fine except for two...

Instagram Should Send Kodak a Thank You Card

Lance Ulanoff of Mashable on the sad fate of a visionary company

(Newser) - Here's an irony for you: Instagram, a company that rose to prominence by adding filters to digital photos to make them look more like they were taken by a film camera, was just sold for $1 billion , while Kodak, the company that brought photography to the masses, is bankrupt...

Tulsa Shooters Confessed: Cops

Investigators still determining motive

(Newser) - Two men accused of killing three black pedestrians and injuring two others in Tulsa shootings have confessed to the crimes, according to authorities. Jake England, 19, said he shot two people, and Alvin Watts, 32, admitted to shooting three, say police. Investigators determined that one of England's victims and...

Fugitive Updates Friends: 'Ya Got Away Thanks Bro'

Travis A. Nicolaysen has eluded police, but isn't hiding from Facebook

(Newser) - He's on the lam, but Travis A. Nicolaysen still had time to update his Facebook page. The 26-year-old has eluded authorities since two foot chases Wednesday and a dragnet that included a police dog tracking him through a Port Angeles, Washington, neighborhood. The dog came up only with a...

Jealous Hubby Kills Guy for Facebook Flirting: Cops

Taiwanese man accused of baseball bat attack

(Newser) - A little bit of Facebook flirting ended very, very badly for Chuang Shih-chang: Police say the 40-year-old Taiwanese man was beaten to death by another man, 34-year-old Chou You-huang, after Chou discovered Chuang had been flirting with his wife. Chou told police that he asked to meet with Chuang, the...

Facebook Buys Instagram for $1B

Social networking company acquiring photo app for $1B

(Newser) - Facebook today announced its largest acquisition yet: Instagram , the mobile app that lets users turn today's memories into something straight out of 1975, which will bolster Facebook's own photo services. Facebook bought the San Francisco-based service for around $1 billion in cash and shares, and has promised to...

Facebook Page May Provide Clue in Tulsa Killings

Shootings of blacks followed murder anniversary of suspect's dad

(Newser) - Investigators are probing racially charged Facebook comments by one of two white men busted in the murder of black pedestrians in Oklahoma. The apparently random shootings by suspected gunmen Jake England, 19, and Alvin Watts, 32, left three people dead and two critically injured. The Tulsa shootings occurred nearly two...

Board: Ax Marine Who Put Obama on Jackass Poster

General will make final decision on Sgt. Gary Stein

(Newser) - A military board has determined that a Marine sergeant committed misconduct and should be dismissed because he posted derogatory comments and Facebook photos of President Obama. Marine Sgt. Gary Stein launched a Facebook page called the Armed Forces Tea Party , in which he slammed Obama, violating Pentagon rules banning criticism...

Facebook Will List on Nasdaq
Facebook Will List
on Nasdaq
Apr 5, 2012 2:53 PM CDT

Facebook Will List on Nasdaq

Company's 'FB' will be found there instead of on New York Stock Exchange

(Newser) - Nasdaq has scored a major coup in the world of stock exchanges: It's getting Facebook, report the Wall Street Journal and New York Times . The company will list under the ticker symbol FB on the tech-heavy exchange after its initial public offering, expected next month. Nasdaq already has the...

Maine Batman Arrested After Facebook 'Threats'

Christopher Schwartz: It was all an April Fools' joke

(Newser) - Maryland's Batman is a superhero—but Maine's caped crusader is a little different. A Bar Harbor man who has created a Batman alter-ego was arrested for threats he made on Facebook Sunday (that's April 1) that he says were satirical jokes. "I demand payment of...

Facebook Linked to Eating Disorders
 Facebook Linked to 
 Eating Disorders 
STUDY SAYS
Apr 2, 2012 11:57 AM CDT

Facebook Linked to Eating Disorders

Using site causes many to feel badly about their bodies

(Newser) - Not only will Facebook depress you and quite possibly lead to your divorce , it turns out the social networking site is also bad for your body image. A new study finds that 51% of respondents felt more self-conscious about their physical appearance after looking at pictures of themselves on Facebook,...

6 Boys May Not Graduate Over Facebook Kiss Photos

Filipino students called 'sluts,' denied diplomas over kissing photos

(Newser) - Some of the stricter Catholic school principals in the Philippines have taken to going through students' Facebook pages—and they're not liking what they see. But a court has overturned one school's decision to ban five girls from high school graduation ceremonies because they posed for photos in...

Orthodox Brooklyn School Orders Girls Off Facebook

Site encourages immodesty, say administrators

(Newser) - An Orthodox Jewish high school in Brooklyn is making headlines for its new zero-tolerance policy on Facebook. The all-girls Beth Rivkah school has a simple rule for students: Delete your page and pay a $100 fine or find a new school, reports the New York Post . “It’s the...

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