Analysis: The social network is putting a lot of energy into facial recognition technology. Here are 5 possible motivations. full story ![]()

Facebook has declined to run an ad that criticizes Facebook's new political lobbying group, FWD.us, because it uses CEO Mark Zuckerberg's face
financialpost.com (24 days ago)

Facebook Home, intended to dominate the Android cellphone interface, will be welcomed by those who can't get enough of the social network. But its use will come at the continued expense of privacy.It's hard not to detect a whiff of desperation in Facebook's new please-don't-go interface, which is determined to keep people within the social network as long as it can.
latimes.com (1 month and 20 days ago)

Facebook and Twitter users will face lengthy jail sentences if they defy court orders banning publication of information, one of the country's most senior judges has ruled.
independent.co.uk (29 days ago)
An Inland Republican who posted a religious insult against a leading GOP figure on Facebook may face discipline from her own party.
redlandsdailyfacts.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
An Inland Republican who posted a religious insult against a leading GOP figure on Facebook may face discipline from her own party.
sbsun.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
An Inland Republican who posted a religious insult against a leading GOP figure on Facebook may face discipline from her own party.
pasadenastarnews.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
An Inland Republican who posted a religious insult against a leading GOP figure on Facebook may face discipline from her own party.
dailybulletin.com (2 months and 22 days ago)

Facebook wants to make sure it's in your face while you're on the go. The social media heavyweight on Thursday unveiled new software that puts a user's Facebook friends and messages right on the home screen of a smartphone.
nydailynews.com (1 month and 20 days ago)

Turns out that Facebook isn't exactly permanently changing the world like everyone thought - or feared. Not if you pay attention to what college students, the originally intended audience for Facebook, are saying. At least some of them are deciding to turn away from Facebook in favor of good old -fashioned face time. At least for a while. In the Children and Mass Media class...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 23 days ago)

People are happier and laugh more when talking face-to-face with friends or via webcam than when they use social networking sites, a study has found.
dailymail.co.uk (1 month and 14 days ago)
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