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November 14
Facebook hacker out of prison on appeal
A man who assaulted his partner then hacked her Facebook account to try clearing his name has been released from prison after his appeal was granted.
Business
September 19
Users abandoning Facebook
Privacy concerns are leading to "virtual identity suicide" with large numbers of Facebook users deleting their accounts, according to new scientific research.
Business
August 22
Facebook-led project seeks Internet access for all
Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg has enlisted Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Qualcomm Inc and other technology companies to help him in a project aimed at making Internet access affordable for the 5 billion people around the world who are not online.
Business
August 15
Facebook makes us feel bad about our lives: study
Don't press the like button: Facebook is a bummer that makes us feel worse about our lives, according to new research.
National
July 10
Facebook seeks spying exemption
Facebook has asked the Government for an exemption from a new spying law that could see its two million New Zealand users' messages subject to interception by the GCSB.
Dunedin
July 5
Police page likeable
With more than 5000 ''likes'' in about five months, the Dunedin police Facebook page is proving to be a valuable tool, police say.
Dunedin
June 20
Facebook shuts down student photo page
A Gender Studies lecturer at the University of Otago has applauded Facebook for removing a page displaying intimate photos of Dunedin students.
Business
March 7
Newsfeed makeover for Facebook
Facebook Inc has introduced a visually richer, mobile device-oriented "newsfeed", in the most significant changes to date for the social network's most recognizable feature.
Dunedin
February 24
Facebook page gets quick result for police
Just a week on the job and the Dunedin police Facebook page may have achieved its first success.
Business
January 16
Questions over new Facebook search feature
Investors are likely to regard the launch of Facebook's Graph Search as ''too little progress'' in the highly lucrative market of web search, Greenlight chief operating officer Andreas Pouros says.
Business
January 15
Facebook launches new search feature
Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg has unveiled a feature to help its billion-plus users search for people and places within the social network, in the company's first major product launch event since its May initial public offering.
Business
January 15
ABs' Facebook page tops with Kiwis
More than half of New Zealand's Facebook population are fans of the All Blacks page - far exceeding the popularity of any other New Zealand brand.
Opinion
October 9
Connecting with life by unfriending Facebook
The only real peace comes when you log out of Facebook, writes Eleanor Ainge Roy.
Business
October 4
Facebook reaches 1 billion users
Social media company Facebook Inc reports it reached the 1 billion user mark last month, while chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said it would keep pursuing growth through mobile devices.
Business
September 20
Why are underage kids on Facebook?
Facebook has an ugly little secret, a number disclosed nowhere in its voluminous filings to become a public company and now only vaguely addressed by corporate officials.
World
September 11
Dutch teen sentenced for 'Facebook murder'
A 15-year-old Dutch boy has been sentenced to a year in juvenile detention for stabbing to death a girl whose Facebook posts reportedly led to a contract for her killing.
Business
August 7
Facebook to allow real-money gambling
Facebook will allow users in Britain to wager real money on its service, opening its doors to gambling for the first time as revenue growth slows at the world's No. 1 social network.
Business
June 18
Facebook agrees to $10 million payout
Facebook Inc has agreed to pay $10 million to charity to settle a lawsuit that accused the site of violating users' rights to control the use of their own names, photographs and likenesses, according to court documents made public over the weekend.
News
June 14
Need a new kidney? Try Facebook
Here's another reason for holdouts to join the social media site Facebook: it's a great place to find a kidney.
Business
May 30
Further slide forecast for shares in Facebook
Facebook shares would continue falling in price until investors believed they had found value in the company that could be sustained, Craigs Investment Partners broker Chris Timms said yesterday.
World
May 29
Facebook shares plumb new depths
Facebook shares slid below $29 to a new low as nervous investors fled the company's shares, concerned about the social network's long-term growth prospects and an initial offering price that in retrospect may have been too rich.
Business
May 21
Shares slump; Facebook 'not living up to the hype'
Facebook shares sank 11 percent in the first day of trading without the full support of the company's underwriters, leaving some investors down almost 25 percent from where they were Friday and driving others to switch back to more established stocks.
Business
May 20
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg weds
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan at the weekend, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site.
Business
May 18
Facebook IPO marred by trading glitches
For a company that is dramatically upending business strategies and social relationships around the world, Facebook Inc made a surprisingly modest debut on the Nasdaq on Friday as a sky-high valuation and trading glitches capped the stock's rise.
Business
May 18
Facebook IPO: rough ride tipped
The Facebook share price is expected to be volatile over the next few days, although new rules implemented by the United States Financial Industry Regulation Authority will help control the fluctuation, Forsyth Barr broker Haley Van Leeuwen says.
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