OVUM COMMENT; Eden Zoller, Principal Analyst, Ovum; Facebook's...

Amazon has launched its 'Coins' virtual currency in the US for Kindle applications sold via its Appstore, and is hoping to get Kindle Fire owners hooked by giving them $us5 worth of Coins for free. As a further incentive, Amazon is also offering ...

A Facebook app offering users a one-in-six chance of deleting their account has been pulled from the site. Social Roulette mimicked the lethal game of Russian Roulette, in which players spin the cylinder of a revolver hoping to avoid the one loaded ...

One year later, Facebook has figured out mobile, experts say. The social networking giant may have gotten off to a rocky start after its IPO, but the company has quickly turned things around by cashing in on its users' obsession with mobile. (Read ...

A new social networking site will operate like Facebook did in the early days - letting students link up without parents or future employers being able to snoop on them. Unii.com will only be available to British students with a ...

Jane McCallion Firm nets $219 million in profit in first three months of the year. Facebook reported a net $219 million profit for the period January to March, with mobile advertising performing strongly during the quarter. Mobile ad ...

SOCIAL NETWORK Facebook reported a 40 percent jump in revenues for its first quarter of 2013 to $1.4bn, but saw profits stagnate at $219m. Facebook's botched initial public offering last year added pressure on the firm to show it can generate ...

Singer/songwriter Glen Phillips figures you have to have a story to get across as an act these days. Fortunately for the once and future Toad the Wet Sprocket frontman, he has plenty of stories. Phillips, who plays Kirk Avenue Music Hall on Friday ...

Intuit has stolen a march on PayPay with the launch of its mobile point of sale system in the UK, though ownership of the busy market will be decided by the vendor providing the strongest value added software services, an expert has claimed. US ...